Banished: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Banished collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2014 and finished No. 28; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Banished is a city-building video game developed by Shining Rock Software. It was released for Windows on February 18, 2014.

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Banished finished #28 in the 2014 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
0Media outlets
1Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), The Talos Principle (2), The Walking Dead: Season Two (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Banished win?

Banished won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2014 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Banished win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 28 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 February 2014
DeveloperShining Rock Software
PublisherShining Rock Software

city-building game
strategy video game
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Norway	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Gamer.no Readers' Choice Readers	Norway	2014

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.