Banished is a game that has its fair share of issues, but in spite of those issues, it manages to come out a pretty great and thoroughly enjoyable city building game. It has a number of systems working together at the same time, it looks decent, and it’s deceptively complex, so the fact that it was made entirely by just one person is pretty impressive. Luke Hodorowicz started development on the game in 2011 and launched it in 2014 under the name Shining Rock Software.














