Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Anno 2205 is one of the most beautiful graphics among all the strategy games I ever played.”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Anno 2205™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 70%Mostly Positive · 70%Blue Byte2015City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A relaxed, streamlined, great-looking sci-fi city builder across Earth, Arctic and Moon. Skip it if you want classic Anno depth or can't stand Ubisoft Connect and dead online features.
Great for
Casual city-builder fans who want a relaxed, beautiful sci-fi setting with several regions, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login trouble and dead online features, plus simplified gameplay that feels shallow to Anno veterans
What players love
Multiple regions: Earth, Arctic and Moon
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I play it the most because I get to have a moon colony.”
Steam review · 202.8 h played ↗
Relaxed, accessible, streamlined gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This Anno is way more relaxing, satisfying and throws away all the tedium of the other games.”
Steam review · 77 h played ↗
Stock market and optional combat add variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Buying up the stocks of your competition was especially fun for me since it gives you BlackRock powers.”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
Simplified logistics without trade-route micromanagement
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“transport system is super easy and clean, no big hassle with figuring out whats wrong with a trade route or anything”
Steam review · 219.5 h played ↗
Good value on sale, lots of hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“you can pick it up for $7 on sale, and that, I believe, is definitely worth it.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ubisoft Connect launcher and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Ubisoft Connect is a broken piece of garbage that doesn't work 95% of the time.”
Steam review · 41.8 h played ↗
Dumbed down, too easy and shallow
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“So basic and simplistic it feels like an Android phone game.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Not a true Anno: no sandbox, AI or random maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“All the city locations are the same in each playthrough, all the missions will be the same in each playthrough”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Online features dead and endless voting nags
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“an NPC will annoy you about every 90 seconds about not voting in an election that players no longer have access to.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Boring repetitive combat and gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Very boring game about spamming residential buildings to earn money for more residential buildings...”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
No manual saves, lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“I lost many hours of progress because often the autosave won't work. There's no manual save or quicksave”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable35 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10(64bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 750 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX460 or AMD Radeon HD5870 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)
Storage35 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10(64bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX 4100 @ 3.6
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD7970 or better (2048MB VRAM or more, with Shader Model 5.0)
Storage35 GB available space
OSWindows 10(64bit versions)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 750 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX460 or AMD Radeon HD5870 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)
Storage35 GB available space
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