Faithful adaptation of the board game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It feels 100% authentic playing Catan.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Catan Universe
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 47%Mixed · 47%Client/Frontend: Endava / Backend: SuperNimbus2017Board Game · Strategy · Casual
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A faithful digital Catan that's fun with friends, but online play is plagued by freezes, disconnects and buggy bots, and "free" is really a paywall. Skip it if you expect stable, free multiplayer.
Great for
Catan fans who want to play online with a few friends and don't mind paying for the base game
Main risk
Games freeze or desync mid-match, and the "free" game is paywalled with a 12-hour play limit
What changed in the last 30 days
41 recent reviews
Recent negatives report AI freezes that now bypass the turn-timer workaround, connection drops and unreachable lobbies, plus the 12-hour limit and paywalls. Update-related breakage is likely but not certain.
41 recent reviews
What players love
Great way to play with friends remotely
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“having a digital game makes it playable with friends when we cant be in person.”
Steam review · 228 h played ↗
Clean interface and nice visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The interface is clean and easy to navigate.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Solo play against bots when no one is around
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“great because i don't have anybody irl to play with”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Reasonable price compared to the board game
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“it looks and plays better than colonist.io for a way better, one time purchase, of $13”
Steam review · 24.4 h played ↗
Cross-platform play and account linking
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“it can be linked to the android version of the game and you can play it on PC or phone with one account and keep tracking your progress.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Misleading free-to-play and paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“90% of the game is DLC locked. It's fine if you don't wanna give it away for free, but just market it as a demo.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Freezes, stuck turns and bot bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“bots freeze during their turns, forcing you to restart the game every single time just to keep playing.”
Steam review · 256.4 h played ↗
Bad servers, disconnects and rejoin loops
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Server often gets stuck mid-game, requiring players to quit and rejoin, and in many cases this does not work and ELO points (and rankings) are lost.”
Steam review · 810.8 h played ↗
12-hour limit on offline games
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I bought all the expansions and I can play one game every 12 hours? wasted money.”
Steam review · 47.9 h played ↗
Dice and AI feel rigged
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game is rigged, numbers getting rolled are not rng at all. Too many 7s”
Steam review · 79 h played ↗
Every friend must buy the game or DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Why would all my friends have to have the expansion to play? its so dumb, as if everyone needed to have the physical game to play”
Steam review · 41.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor1.5Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsOpen GL 3.1+ Compliant
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor2.0Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 600 series with 2 GB memory or higher
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor1.5Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsOpen GL 3.1+ Compliant
Storage1 GB available space
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