Can I Run Banished?
Eko Software released Banished in 2026. It is an action game, published by Nacon. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Cloud saves are enabled. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Completionists have 44 achievements to work through. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 2 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600 ou AMD™ Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 ou ATI Radeon™ RX 470 (4Go VRAM) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 42 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10-11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-10500 ou AMD™ Ryzen 5 3700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 ou ATI Radeon™ RX 5700XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 42 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10-11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Banished places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through dungeon floors. The view is from an isometric view. 15 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Banished is demanding
Demand in Banished is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 ou ATI Radeon RX 5700XT in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. DirectX 12 is named, so Banished expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Banished expects 16 GB of system memory. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Banished at the floor and Banished at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Banished takes about 42 GB of disk space, SSD specified.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Banished?
Older hardware holds up here: Banished runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 ou ATI Radeon™ RX 470 (4Go VRAM) enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.03x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.58x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.26x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Banished's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Banished?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600 ou AMD™ Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 ou ATI Radeon™ RX 470 (4Go VRAM); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10-11.
How much storage does Banished need?
Banished needs about 42 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Banished?
The RTX 3060 runs Banished comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Banished?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Banished is the GPU.