5 Games like Banished & Alternative Strategy Games for Steam

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Banished is a city-building strategy game developed by Shining Rock Software and is based on resource management and survival. It was released for Windows platform back in 2014 and is currently limited to Windows-PC only.

The game features a group of exile travelers which you get to control. They have decided to restart their lives in this new homeland and you’ll be tasked with managing them. The travelers come with only little supplies and the user has to maintain a settlement and manage the town as a whole.

The game revolves around the user assigning citizen to work on assignments after which they continue to work along without even directions later on. There are over 20 different occupations on offer in the game. The user must keep the citizens healthy and happy so as to ensure the growth of the town. The citizens continue growing via one of two methods, birth of new children or arrival of other wandering nomads. The citizens go through a natural process and eventually die after aging.

Banished gameplay features difficulties in form of harsh weather conditions and things like fire, starvation, death, and depressions. The user has to balance everything out so as to succeed in the game.

gnomoria
  • Craft Workshops
  • Gnomes
  • Sandbox gameplay

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Gnomoria

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  • Craft Workshops
  • Gnomes
  • Sandbox gameplay
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Gnomoria is another one of those in-game simulation ones out there. It's a sandbox management game where you are part of a village and leads a small group of gnomes. It is part of Robotronic games and was released back in 2016 over steam. The game fe...

  • Construction simulation
  • Top-down simulation
  • Two-dimensional

Rim World

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  • Construction simulation
  • Top-down simulation
  • Two-dimensional
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RimWorld is a simulation-based construction and management game which has been part of Ludeon Studios. The game was initially known as Eclipse Colony and first made way as an alpha software. The game went through Kickstarter fundraiser and raised qui...

  • Magic Spells
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • strategy game

Craft the World

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  • Magic Spells
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • strategy game
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Craft The World is one of those unique sandbox strategy games that takes inspiration from the likes of Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress and Terraria. The game is part of Dekovir and offers gamers around the globe to enjoy the thrills of this strategy s...

  • city-building
  • Exploration
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • Single-player

Towns

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  • city-building
  • Exploration
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • Single-player
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  • Linux
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Towns is another of those sandbox based simulation games highly thought off in the gaming fraternity. It was initially developed by Xavi Canal, Alex Poysky and Ben Palgi and was launched in 2012. The game is pretty much influenced from Dwarf Fortress...

  • Escape mode
  • Prison management

Prison Architect

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  • Escape mode
  • Prison management
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Prison Architect is a construction and management simulation game based on private prison. It was started off by Introversion Software via crowdfunded alpha pre-order mode.  The game is pretty much inspired from those of Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keepe...

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