Relaxing, addictive and replayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I play this game when i need to relax. I love settlement games and this one is really cozy.”
Steam review · 1977.4 h played ↗
Farthest Frontier
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Crate Entertainment2025City Builder · Economy · Strategy
$34.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A deep, beautiful Banished-style survival city builder with rich farming and economy systems. Skip it if you want polished UI, solid combat, late-game goals or smooth big cities.
Great for
Banished fans who like slow, systems-heavy survival city builders with deep farming and logistics
Main risk
Slow pacing, gold/tech bottlenecks, and lag or crashes in big towns, with little to do late game
What changed in the last 30 days
68 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews report frequent crashes and saves that won't reload, which likely drives the dip. Based on a few reviews, so moderate confidence.
68 recent reviews
What players love
Worthy Banished successor
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game has finally succeeded in both capturing the enjoyment of Banished and iterating in a meaningful way.”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals and seasons
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“GOSH is this pretty.”
Steam review · 76.8 h played ↗
Deep, interlocking economy and farming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Each field tracks its own soil nutrients, crop rotation, and weed build-up, so farming stops being a slider you set once and forget.”
Steam review · 86 h played ↗
Customizable difficulty and raiders
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“You can play a cozy non violent game or have your head handed to you by the bandit raids that can be dialed up to incredibly unfair levels.”
Steam review · 76.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slow progression and gold/tech bottlenecks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I need 3000 gold to upgrade my town center.”
Steam review · 232.3 h played ↗
Weak, unbalanced combat and raids
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the balance breaks completely down.”
Steam review · 126.7 h played ↗
Clunky UI and weak tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the tutorial tells you WHAT to do, but doesn't tell you crap about HOW to do it.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Dumb villager AI and bad logistics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Travesting half of the map to get the flour directly from the mill while a warehouse just next to the bakery is filled with flour literally to the roof?”
Steam review · 79.3 h played ↗
Poor optimization and lag in big towns
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The result is a game that starts lagging around 500 to 1,000 citizens and becomes outright unplayable around 3,000”
Steam review · 1560.7 h played ↗
Crashes and save/launch problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“After about 50 game crashes i am really frustrated.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable11 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 or later (64bit versions only)
ProcessorProcessor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD R9 290, with 3 GB VRAM or better
Storage11 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 or later (64bit versions only)
ProcessorProcessor: Intel Core i5 7600 @ 3.5 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ 3.4 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 | AMD RX 590, with 4GB VRAM or better
Storage11 GB available space
OSWindows 10 or later (64bit versions only)
ProcessorProcessor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD R9 290, with 3 GB VRAM or better
Storage11 GB available space
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