8. Banished (2014) by Shining Rock Software

That’s a quaint-looking town there.

The premise of Banished is simple, you are the leader of a group of exiled travelers who have decided to restart their lives in a new land.  All you’ve got are the clothes on everybody’s backs and a cart of supplies.  Ideally, you’ll grow your group of exiles into a thriving new culture.

You won’t so much be worrying about road-planning or money-crunching in this city builder.  Instead, you’ll be making choices of who to feed, how to feed them, when and where to farm, how much to cull the surrounding wildlife, and how to gather supplies to build your new town.  You’ll also have to worry about surviving the winter. 

Detailed gameplay trailer.

Banished is realistic in an older-time sense.  It’s a little bit of fantasy but still a lot of fun. 

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