Anno 1800

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%2019

$59.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A deep, beautiful, addictive production-chain city builder with huge content, but a mandatory Ubisoft Connect account causes lockouts and launch failures. Skip it if you hate DRM, launchers or micromanagement.

Great for

Fans of production chains, logistics and long optimization sessions in a 19th-century setting

Main risk

Ubisoft Connect login failures or account lockouts can leave you unable to play the game you bought

What players love

Deep, addictive production chains

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Those production chains need more workers. Those workers want more things. And suddenly it's 3 AM and you're redesigning an entire island”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗

“in anno you will ALWAYS be busy there wont be a single dull moment becuase the second you finish doing something you have 20 more things that need doing”
Steam review · 219 h played ↗

“One of those cases where you sat down for an hour and came to in the middle of the night.”
Steam review · translated · 26.9 h played ↗

Beautiful graphics and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This game is unbelievably beautiful.”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗

“The cities look alive; you can spend hours just watching people walk the streets and gears turn in factories.”
Steam review · translated · 222.1 h played ↗

Huge amount of content and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The game is packed with content and there's always something to do, I've played around 420 hours so far and there's still so much I haven't even done yet.”
Steam review · 421.4 h played ↗

“Anno 1800 has ten times more content!”
Steam review · translated · 93 h played ↗

Great DLC, mods and co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Playing the same empire at the same time with my wife hooked us both.”
Steam review · 438.3 h played ↗

“The second best decision was playing co-op with a friend as one player.”
Steam review · translated · 100.6 h played ↗

Rewarding progression and challenge

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“I really like the sense of progress and the way the game doesn't let you just spam buildings.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗

“Steep learning curve but very satisfying once you get the hang of it”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

Best entry in the Anno series

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“Definitely the best game in the entire series.”
Steam review · 122.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Mandatory Ubisoft Connect launcher

Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews

“I bought it on Steam. I paid good money. I am now required to create an account in your store to be able to play the game.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗

“you cannot play in offline mode when you don't have internet connection because the ubisoft connect app wont let the game launch when you are offline.”
Steam review · 57.7 h played ↗

“The game is great, but the publisher is awful. It shoves in its useless launcher.”
Steam review · translated · 7.7 h played ↗

Account lockouts and lost game access

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Apparently my Ubisoft account (required to play) had been cleaned out due to inactivity or something? This game is now no longer playable”
Steam review · 78.9 h played ↗

“I lost access to my ubisoft account email and despite being able to show Ubisoft support my creditcard purchase statement and my steam receipt I can't play this game.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“First I spent 3 hours trying to recover my Ubisoft password.”
Steam review · translated · 1.7 h played ↗

Crashes and launch failures

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Game keeps crashing. You'd think a game this old would have all the crash bugs worked out”
Steam review · 152.7 h played ↗

“it worked fine for two months, now it crashes steadily within 10 minutes”
Steam review · translated · 164.4 h played ↗

Overwhelming micromanagement and steep learning curve

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“The game is overloaded with micromanagement and constant side activities that simply do not respect your time.”
Steam review · 58.5 h played ↗

“you there is now way to hold time AND check if things are still in order”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗

“over time everything drowns in a huge routine of micromanagement”
Steam review · translated · 21.4 h played ↗

Expensive DLC and high price

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews

“If i want the rest of the game, i need to spend another $50 - $75. For a 7-year-old game.”
Steam review · 94.5 h played ↗

“not worth 80 bucks (australian)”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗

Broken multiplayer and co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews

“Can't get multiplayer to work. Steam invites don't work.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“co-op doesn't work through Steam, or only with workarounds; the only option is via a Ubisoft account”
Steam review · translated · 9.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 10(64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel i5 3470, AMD FX 6350

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 670 GTX or AMD Radeon R9 285 (2 GB of VRAM, Shader Model 5.0)

Storage60 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10(64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel i5 4690k, AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 970 GTX or AMD Radeon RX 480 (4 GB of VRAM, Shader Model 5.1)

Storage60 GB available space

OSWindows 10(64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel i5 3470, AMD FX 6350

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 670 GTX or AMD Radeon R9 285 (2 GB of VRAM, Shader Model 5.0)

Storage60 GB available space

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