Play in your browser

This is the full game, built for WebAssembly. It is the same code as the desktop version.

Play Un-Banished in your browser

You need the four game files from your own copy of Banished: data0.pkg, data1.pkg, patch0.pkg and patch1.pkg. They are in the game's WinData folder. Where is this folder?

• Your files stay on your computer. The page reads them in your browser. It does not upload them.
• Your saves stay in this browser. If you clear this site's data, you delete them.
• Use a desktop browser with a keyboard and a mouse. We test in Chrome and Firefox. Edge should also work.
• The game is about 8 MB. It downloads only when you press Start.

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How to start

1. Press Start the game. The game downloads (about 8 MB) and shows its loading screen. It says where the WinData folder usually is.
2. Press Choose files. In your Banished WinData folder, select all four files at the same time: data0.pkg, data1.pkg, patch0.pkg and patch1.pkg. To select several files, hold Ctrl (Cmd on a Mac).
3. Click the game once. Then the game receives your keyboard input, and it can play sound.

Next time. The game keeps the four game files in this browser, so you choose them only once (uncheck Keep them in this browser if you do not want that). When you open the game again, the start page does not show the steps. It shows Start the game, a Help button that shows the steps again, and a manager for what the browser keeps, with three tabs:

• Game files: the kept files and their sizes. Forget the game files removes them; then you choose them again.
• Mods: turn each mod on or off, and move it up or down. The order is the order the mods load in: a mod lower in the list wins. Remove deletes a mod; Add mods (.pkm) adds more.
• Saves: your saves, newest first. Download keeps a copy on your computer, Delete removes a save, and Import saves (.sav) adds saves from the desktop version or the original game.

The game reads these when the page opens, so the page reloads after each change.

The files are kept only in this browser on this computer, in the site's own storage, and are never uploaded. Clearing the site's data in the browser removes them too, with the saves.

To find the WinData folder, or to get the game files on a Mac or a Linux PC, read Find your game data and Getting the game files in the setup guide.

Good to know

• Saves, settings and mods are kept in this browser's storage for this site. They are not shared with the desktop version. If you clear this site's data, you delete them.
• Mods: select the .pkm files together with the four .pkg files, or drag them onto the game at any time. Then turn them on in the Mods menu.
• Screenshots (Print Screen or Scroll Lock) are downloaded by the browser.
• Full screen: press the Full screen button below the game, or check Fullscreen in the game's Options. Press Esc to leave full screen.
• A slow computer, tablet or phone: in the game's Options, set Resolution to 75 % or 50 %. The 3D world is then drawn smaller and scaled up, and the menus and text stay sharp. Refresh rate limits the frames per second (30 to 120); a lower value saves battery.
• Install it as an app: in Chrome or Edge, use the install button in the address bar (on Android: the browser menu, then Install app or Add to home screen). Un-Banished then opens in its own window and starts without an internet connection. Your game files, saves and mods stay as they are.
• High-resolution screens (4K, tablets, Samsung DeX): the menus and text are drawn on whole screen pixels, so they stay sharp at any display scale.
• Mods from the internet: the Mods menu's Browse Nexus Mods tab works in the browser too. The banishedinfo.com tab is only in the desktop version, because that site does not allow other web pages to read it. See Mods.
• Multiplayer: the Multiplayer button on the main menu works in the browser. See Multiplayer.
• If the game does not start, read Troubleshooting, or report the problem.

The controls are the same as in the original game. They are listed in Controls.