Steam market intelligence
The Banished Vault
78% positive · 199 Steam reviews · released Jul 25, 2023 · by Lunar Division
Resource ManagementProcedural GenerationBase-BuildingBuildingRogue-liteStrategyExplorationDark
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~6,567
(P10–P90: 2,627 – 14,447)
Gross revenue: ~$134,570
($53,832 – $296,045)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Visuals & audio75% positive · 71 mentions
“Oh this game is so cool. I wish I knew someone else who would like it. If you love starting up a spreadsheet and copying a screenshot of the map to Paint and drawing all over it with your outpost plans you'll really like this one. I just…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2025 · 30 h played
Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 40 mentions
“I've just finished getting all the trophies 5 minutes ago and hit just about 60 hours in total playtime and i'll sort of simply explain how my experience went from start to finish. I honestly don't even remember how I came across this game…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 61 h played
Difficulty & balance84% positive · 37 mentions
“Stranded everyone on planets and lost. Ran out of Stasis and lost. Ran out of iron and lost. Got consumed by the Gloom and lost. Ran out of Elixir and lost. Ran out of iron and lost again. Finally, figured out how to balance everything…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2025 · 12 h played
Story & writing75% positive · 36 mentions
“Stranded everyone on planets and lost. Ran out of Stasis and lost. Ran out of iron and lost. Got consumed by the Gloom and lost. Ran out of Elixir and lost. Ran out of iron and lost again. Finally, figured out how to balance everything…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2025 · 12 h played
Price & value65% positive · 17 mentions
Controls & UI56% positive · 16 mentions
“I've just finished getting all the trophies 5 minutes ago and hit just about 60 hours in total playtime and i'll sort of simply explain how my experience went from start to finish. I honestly don't even remember how I came across this game…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 61 h played
Content & longevity92% positive · 12 mentions
175 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Setting
FantasySpaceSci-fiMedieval
Structure
Procedural
Mood & themes
Dark
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
Full controller supportSteam Cloud
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.