Simulation · April 16, 2019

Anno 1800 (2019)

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Comparative Grid Anno 1800™ Definitive Annoversary Edition Unlock the entire Anno 1800 experience with the Definitive Annoversary Edition, which includes the following digital content: - The base game. - The Season 1 Pass. - The Season 2 Pass. - The Season 3 Pass. - The Season 4 Pass. - All DLC cosmetic packs including those released in 2023 as well as new ones coming later in 2024. - The Deluxe Pack including the Anarchist AI character, the soundtrack, a digital art book, and more! Anno 1800 Gold Edition Unlock the entire Anno 1800 experience with the Gold Edition, which includes the following digital content: - Season 1 Pass with three DLCs: Sunken Treasures, Botanica, and The Passage. - Season 2 Pass with three DLCs: Seat of Power, Bright Harvest, and Land of Lions. - Season 3 Pass with three DLCs: Docklands, Tourist Season, and The High Life. - Season 4 Pass with three DLCs: Seeds of Change, Empire of the Skies, and New World Rising. - Deluxe Pack with the Anarchist AI character, the soundtrack, a digital art book, and more. About the Game Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you. In Anno 1800, players will take charge of their own fortune as they navigate the rapidly evolving technological landscape and malicious political arena of the 19th century in their quest to build an empire that will reach from the smog-filled cities of Europe to the teeming jungles of South America. Combining beloved features with innovative gameplay, Anno 1800 is the beginning of a new era for the Anno franchise as players leave their mark on a crucial moment in human history. Welcome to the 19th century, a time of industrialization, diplomacy, and discovery. Rich with technological innovations, conspiracies, and changing allegiances, this era presents the perfect setting for classic Anno gameplay. Anno 1800 provides players ample opportunity to prove their skills as a ruler as they create huge metropolises, plan efficient logistic networks, settle an exotic new continent, send out expeditions around the globe, and dominate their opponents by diplomacy, trade, or warfare. Anno 1800 combines beloved features from 20 years of Anno history. It delivers a rich city-building experience, including a story-based campaign, a highly customizable sandbox mode, and the classic Anno multiplayer experience. Anno 1800 will see the return of beloved features such as individual AI opponents, shippable trade goods, randomly generated maps, multi-session gameplay, items, and more. To bring this pivotal historical era to life, Anno 1800 introduces many all-new features to the franchise’s rich tradition. Expeditions allow players to send crews of specialists across the globe as they seek fame and fortune, while the new workforce feature makes managing your factories more demanding and realistic than ever. Finally, players will settle South America as they lay claim to the black gold powering this new age of industry. Leading prosperous metropolises requires you to adapt your strategy to new situations. Fulfil the needs of your inhabitants by establishing numerous production chains, deal with other AI rulers sharing your world, and rise to prosperity by building a profitable network of trade routes.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume25.1k Steam reviewsTop 20% in Simulation
Positive rating81% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 56%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 75 — top 34% of Simulation titles
Concurrent peak2.8k playersTop 9% in Simulation by live player count
Engagement hours41 h averageTop 29% for session depth among Simulation

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • City Builder · 500
  • Strategy · 427
  • Simulation · 343
  • Economy · 296
  • Multiplayer · 283
  • Resource Management · 192
  • Sandbox · 149
  • RTS · 121
  • Co-op · 114
  • Singleplayer · 111
  • Exploration · 101
  • Management · 97
  • Historical · 92
  • Building · 87
  • Political · 81

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

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  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
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Full audio (5)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Russian
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

81%Mostly Positive · 25.1k reviews

20.3k positive · 4.8k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

27.0k

Peak concurrent players

2.8k

Simulation releases from 2019

11 Simulation titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Other

  • Single-player

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

41h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

13h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

6h

Current engagement

Achievements

112

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 16, 2019
DeveloperUbisoft Mainz
PublisherUbisoft
Base price$14.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons35 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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