Anno 1800

 PC
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Apr 16, 2019
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 456 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 56 out of 456
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  1. ll4mat
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    I was able to play it for about 2 hours. After that it just keeps crashing to desktop if i try to start it.
    (https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2046798-Anno-1800-random-Crash-quit-to-desktop-without-error)

    **** U UBISOFT! - I've deinstalled that ****
  2. MadJim61
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    It's just a matter of personal taste, but I found this more frustrating than fun. Depends on the kinds of games you like, obviously, but for me there was just far too much micromanaging in real time, trying to juggle numerous islands, maps, etc. I also found the AI utterly annoying (sink half a dozen of a pirate's ships, for example, and they expect you to pay *them* for a cease fire). TheIt's just a matter of personal taste, but I found this more frustrating than fun. Depends on the kinds of games you like, obviously, but for me there was just far too much micromanaging in real time, trying to juggle numerous islands, maps, etc. I also found the AI utterly annoying (sink half a dozen of a pirate's ships, for example, and they expect you to pay *them* for a cease fire). The campaign gets tired pretty fast, and the expeditions and quests soon become very dull. Perhaps the most frustrating thing is that you have to understand the late stages of the game at the outset, in order to plan your city, but the planning tool only allows you to "blueprint" the buildings you currently have access to. So, you end up (for example), having completely blocked the route from your oil wells to the coast by the time you reach the "Engineer" level. So, have to demolish masses of houses, farms, etc., to make rail connections.

    Some people will love it, of course, but to me it felt more like a job than a game.    … Expand
  3. Shadowspawn99
    Apr 20, 2020
    4
    Positives first. The game does look gorgeous, there is multiplayer after 2205 removed it, combat and AI opponents are back on the map and the Story actually feels like a story again and will last you a good 15 hours. I also like the new newspaper-Propaganda System (as long as its not locking content behind day one DLC). So essentialy Anno returned to the state it was in before 2205. ExceptPositives first. The game does look gorgeous, there is multiplayer after 2205 removed it, combat and AI opponents are back on the map and the Story actually feels like a story again and will last you a good 15 hours. I also like the new newspaper-Propaganda System (as long as its not locking content behind day one DLC). So essentialy Anno returned to the state it was in before 2205. Except not quite.

    Anno 2070 is still the peak of the Franchise. Where 2070 had different Missions, unique AI with different goals and even different approaches to gameplay with different Factions, this game has none of that. There is only Sandbox or a Sandbox with some extra Quests that calls itself "Campaign". All AIs are essentially the same with the only thing differing being their expansion speed and Aggression. Diiferent factions with unique Buildings, Perks and downsides? Gone. There are not that many ships, Planes and Submarines are gone completely with nothing to replace them with. Research is gone too, forcing you to rely on random item drops or purchases. Essentially, alomst a Decade later, Anno is back at the state it was in with Anno 1404. The games asthetic matches 1404 too. Except Anno 1404 is on Steam, costs less and doesn't require you to buy 2 SEASON PASSES plus day one DLC to get the full experience. Shame on you, Ubisoft.

    In Summary, buy 1404 on Steam instead and look up a graphics overhaul mod or buy 2070 on Uplay and look up how to fix the Autopatcher bug.    … Expand
  4. shakov22
    May 8, 2019
    2
    After a few hours of play, I hit a bug that prevents progressing the campaign. The issue is there since the launch of the game, with no acknowledgment from Ubisoft and plans to fix it. Since there is only one save slot you can't roll back the game state, the only option to restart the whole campaign with the hope you will not hit the bug again. It kills the joy in the game.

    Would love,    After a few hours of play, I hit a bug that prevents progressing the campaign. The issue is there since the launch of the game, with no acknowledgment from Ubisoft and plans to fix it. Since there is only one save slot you can't roll back the game state, the only option to restart the whole campaign with the hope you will not hit the bug again. It kills the joy in the game.

    Would love, but I cant review this game without talking about Uplay. It is a requirement for this game, no more Steam support. This decision probably helps to improve some financial report but also kicks out from the platform anyone without infinite patience setting up Uplay. The biggest difficulty in this game is to fight your way through the ridiculous payments/install system of Uplay. Prepare your evening for this nasty first round.

    How much I try to love this game, I'm disappointed.    … Expand
  5. Danny
    Jul 17, 2019
    2
    There are multiple campaign breaking bugs that prevent completion of the game. Support has no avenue to repair broken saved games, so unless you want to roll the dice on losing dozens of hours only to be stuck half way through the campaign avoid.
  6. Clickbeetle
    Jun 28, 2019
    1
    In this current state i can not suggest this game to anyone. It has a lot of bugs, especially in campaign mode. Bugs preventing you from successfully finish the campaign. This bugs were known from the start of the game sales. 5 months have passed but they still have not fixed this bugs.
  7. Ktvinch
    Dec 29, 2019
    0
    Bought the game 2 days ago.

    Still doesnt appear on my uplay.

    Wrote to customer support, received automated reply saying a human will reply to me in 24 to 48 hours during "opening days" so 2 days later since it was on saturday.

    I m never ever buying a ubi game in my life again, just put your games on steam instead of running the slopiest digital game platform ever.
  8. pajomife
    May 15, 2019
    2
    Unfortunately after twenty years, the engine of the game remains the same, there is not a single curve, there are no different angles besides the same 90 ° ones, it's pity. It looks like a expensive Anno 1404 mod, with huge maps limitations, which will be filled with DLCs.
  9. Phi_gg
    Jul 22, 2020
    0
    Epic exclusive on PC. Oh, Ubisoft has a toxic culture that allegedly includes a decade of sexual harassment, misconduct, and endemic problems of sexism and racism
  10. gfdsa77
    Apr 17, 2019
    0
    Зачем война в экономическом симуляторе? Я хочу строить города и развивать экономику, а меня заставляют заниматься войной. (Why the war in an economic simulator? I want to build cities and develop the economy, and I am forced to engage in war)
  11. Larrynautik
    Apr 16, 2019
    0
    Un jeu très décevant qui ne montre aucune évolution notable de la série, mais nécessite une configuration titanesque pour tourner. L'interface est assez brouillonne et les personnages peu charismatiques. Le doublage en français en catastrophique, il n'y a aucune synchronisation labiale.

    Le coeur du jeu lui-même n'est qu'une énième répétition de ce que l'on faisait déjà sur les versions    Un jeu très décevant qui ne montre aucune évolution notable de la série, mais nécessite une configuration titanesque pour tourner. L'interface est assez brouillonne et les personnages peu charismatiques. Le doublage en français en catastrophique, il n'y a aucune synchronisation labiale.

    Le coeur du jeu lui-même n'est qu'une énième répétition de ce que l'on faisait déjà sur les versions d'avant. A noter toutefois un crash de sauvegarde, ce qui m'a surpris. J'ai dû recharger une très ancienne sauvegarde, et c'est très gênant quand on passe des heures à régler les choses au millimètre.

    Dernier point, les révoltes de paysans ou d'ouvriers sont très pénibles : à vrai dire, il n'y a aucun moyen réel d'agir dessus. Je regrette vraiment mon achat, et non-remboursable.    … Expand
  12. DrShepherdLIVE
    Apr 16, 2019
    2
    Its just another Anno. Yes it looks cute but the fps drops and the bugs are just so bad! Yet another failed start of an anno. We do remember the first launch of an anno where people couldnt even start the game for days before they released a patch? Good old times! People are way too hyped over a franchise. Also they removed the whole battle on land. No more soldiers or any tactical aspectIts just another Anno. Yes it looks cute but the fps drops and the bugs are just so bad! Yet another failed start of an anno. We do remember the first launch of an anno where people couldnt even start the game for days before they released a patch? Good old times! People are way too hyped over a franchise. Also they removed the whole battle on land. No more soldiers or any tactical aspect at all.
    Yeah and 2 weeks before release uplay decided to make the game an epic launcher exclusive too! What a betrayal!
    Well done!    … Expand
  13. pwnpwnpwn
    May 15, 2019
    2
    - There are so many progress-breaking bugs in the campaign that it feels like an alpha version (try to enter the new world as early as possible or don't be in war with anyone when you arrive there!)
    - You can't change the game speed in multiplayer, while the game feels so slow that it sucks the life out of you.
    - There's this annoying delay with quests and buying ships, when there has    - There are so many progress-breaking bugs in the campaign that it feels like an alpha version (try to enter the new world as early as possible or don't be in war with anyone when you arrive there!)
    - You can't change the game speed in multiplayer, while the game feels so slow that it sucks the life out of you.
    - There's this annoying delay with quests and buying ships, when there has been a dialog window recently
    - The Ship AI is terrifying bad. The ships will chase anything forever, dying in enemy harbours (default stance)
    --- They don't help each other when a ship literally next to them gets attacked at max range. (only in passive stance?)
    - The Enemy AI is practically non-existing. I don't get how a big company like ubisoft can release 7 Anno games and still not be able to program a half-decent enemy AI.
    --- Basically the enemy plays by cheating their a** off, making any kind of strategy pointless.
    - Trains are super disappointing (if their announcement got you excited), the only thing they transport is oil

    Besides the technical side, Anno 1800 could have been a great game, if it had been created by skilled developers with any kind of quality control    … Expand
  14. franziboss
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Rejected from Steam. Rejected from Quality.
    Stucked on Wishlist for a decade, never got rid of it.
    Now i'm happy, never pushed my money up theyr ...
  15. bladex
    Mar 18, 2021
    3
    what a joke of a game first of all you better set your autosave to 5 minutes because this can and will FREEZE at the drop of a hat! I've lost track of how many times i had to do exactly the same thing i did 5 minutes before the save and changing to dx11 doesn't help either.

    now onto the game: it gets boring REAL fast. eventually you end up doing the same thing every single game. playing    what a joke of a game first of all you better set your autosave to 5 minutes because this can and will FREEZE at the drop of a hat! I've lost track of how many times i had to do exactly the same thing i did 5 minutes before the save and changing to dx11 doesn't help either.

    now onto the game: it gets boring REAL fast. eventually you end up doing the same thing every single game. playing on max difficulty settings and AI don't help either.

    Speaking of the AI they are a joke. they are pretty much there just to take your unoccupied islands or other you lame quests and that's all they will do. if you want to declare war against them you have to do it first and afterwards they don't even put up a good fight it's very easy to take their islands or just bully them around even the harder difficulty ones.

    i had all the dlc up to season 2 i've heard docklands basically breaks the game making it even more easy!

    Mods make it a little more interesting like spice it up and maug but eventually even those don't solve how boring this is! Also it sill freezes and it's not the mods causing it i've checked.

    Apart from the damn thing freezing if you give it a dirty look the game itself is just so damn boring!

    if your looking for a great anno game this is not it. Try anno 2070 with the ARRC mod you'll thank me later!    … Expand
  16. mutexin
    Jun 29, 2022
    4
    The worst Anno. There is only a single map campaign. Only 10-20 hours of content. It looks great but boring. Ship behavior is the most stupid thing I have ever seen. It's not worth the money. Don't buy until they release all 3 DLCs.
  17. Dmitry981
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Hello.

    DON'T BUY IT. CAMPAING UPLAYABLE FOR MANY PLAYERS SINCE 2019 TILL NOW (NOV 2021). Just bought complete edtition. Started campaing from scratch with all DLC enabled. First mission with ship was ok. Next mission impossible to complete. No tasks/no possible to progress. Have 1000+ population, can't remove any ruins, can't upgrade houses, etc... In support chat message:    Hello.

    DON'T BUY IT. CAMPAING UPLAYABLE FOR MANY PLAYERS SINCE 2019 TILL NOW (NOV 2021).

    Just bought complete edtition. Started campaing from scratch with all DLC enabled.

    First mission with ship was ok.

    Next mission impossible to complete. No tasks/no possible to progress. Have 1000+ population, can't remove any ruins, can't upgrade houses, etc...

    In support chat message: no support forum anymore, use chat, cause it's better during COVID... In chat button send message just don't works.

    Absolutely terrible expirience.

    Googled for a problem just to find out, that there are people with same issues from 2019 year. Support quality almost zero for quite common issue. And at the same time company releases tons of payable DLC...

    How do you like that?!

    Sincerely dissapointed,
    Customer.    … Expand
  18. GameNerdSupreme
    Jan 18, 2021
    0
    I started with the story and found the story was overshadowed by the gameplay. I wasn't interested in the story, but it did give the game some much needed structure for someone who has never played any Anno before. The game took a couple of hours to learn and at this point it feels like second nature.

    There's a class system which begins at farmers, workers and moves up all the way to    I started with the story and found the story was overshadowed by the gameplay. I wasn't interested in the story, but it did give the game some much needed structure for someone who has never played any Anno before. The game took a couple of hours to learn and at this point it feels like second nature.

    There's a class system which begins at farmers, workers and moves up all the way to tier 6. In order to fulfill the needs of higher tiers you'll have to send out a ship on an expedition to South America, this way you'll be able to crate an intercontinental trade route and supply your population with goods such as rum, coffee, cigars and cotton.
    There's a nice complexity to this game, it shouldn't be over whelming after your second playthrough. I'm on my second play through and I'm working on optimizing my main island by refining trade routes and delegating certain island to specialize in certain goods, such as having farmer only island or an island that specializes in heavy industry (steel weapons ect).
    Once you've learned an optimal build pattern then you'll find the game becomes quite easy, as untidy management will slowly become an insidious killer, not just because untidy=not optimal, but become the mess will overwhelm and confuse you.
    Take your time, play the game on easy, you're meant to be able to chill and play with a slight bit of stimulation.
    I found myself unable to sleep as my mind was abuzz with planning how I would structure my settlements. I planed to remove all farmland and low tier industry and delegate production to my lesser islands for import, this would create more room for housing while simultaneously improve the attractiveness of my city by remove ugly industry.    … Expand
  19. W1llhelm
    Sep 25, 2022
    4
    Beautiful and fun, until the game breaking bugs and extremely dumb ship behaviors catch up and ruin it.
  20. Rian30
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    My problem which was not solved today that i currently can't play the game due to the Ubisoft Launcher, i can't start it, i opened a ticket it was solved but after 1 week same again issue happened,

    im sorry Ubisoft but this is a big negative for you as now i bought a game which i can't play.. and unfortunately i was out of refund

    so thanks Anno 1800
  21. Phytom
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    When you start the game you'll be confronted with a dozen DLC's you need to buy, since it's a Ubisoft game.
  22. Shoninya
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Game can be nice, but the "Ubisoft Connect" force is the worst.

    And even more worst is the ubisoft "Support". I payed such a hugh amount of money for the complete edition of this game (150€) but im not able to play it and the support dosnt help me. i switched my mailadress with the ubisoft support years ago. and now they force me to verify with my old emailadress which was allready    Game can be nice, but the "Ubisoft Connect" force is the worst.

    And even more worst is the ubisoft "Support". I payed such a hugh amount of money for the complete edition of this game (150€) but im not able to play it and the support dosnt help me.

    i switched my mailadress with the ubisoft support years ago. and now they force me to verify with my old emailadress which was allready deleted 11 years ago. but ubisoft changed it back then for me. i still have the ticketmails from that process.

    its so stupid. and fighting against windmills. and cause this new ticket allready takes 3 month im not able to get my money back in steam.... so i wasted 150€ for nothing. this was my birthday present once a year i buy a game. thanks ubisoft for this awefull experience. :(    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#64 Best PC Game of 2019
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#38 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 49
  3. Negative: 0 out of 49
  1. Wccftech
    Jul 7, 2019
    80
    Anno 1800 is a visually stunning, incredibly compelling management-strategy game. One thing of particular note is just how great and addictive the gameplay loop is, hooking you in as you watch your cities develop and expand, made all the better as you unlock and build a wide variety of buildings. There are slight issues though, with an unintuitive UI and trade system, which due to the way resources are spread around the game can be irritating. Simply put, Anno 1800 is an incredibly addictive and engaging game, with a few flaws, but nothing that stops it from being a great entry in the series.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 26, 2019
    73
    Once, RTS were a challenge that required quick thinking and foreplanning, never afraid to humiliate inept player. Today, they’re exact opposite, eager to please paying client. Anno 1800 is a perfect example of such strategy: good-looking, predictable and forgiving. [Issue#238, p.48]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 31, 2019
    80
    A great strategy game from a gripping period of our history which is remarkable when it comes to building. The rest of the game elements aren’t as good, but they do the the game and the authors justice. Anno 1800 is a safe bet. [Issue#295]
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