Anno 1800

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

Generally favorable reviews- based on 456 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 341 out of 456
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 456
  3. Negative: 59 out of 456

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  1. Espuma
    Nov 4, 2020
    10
    A truly fantastic city-builder and resource management game. Rich in detail and variety. Graphically stunning. Make sure your PC meets the recommended requirements. Certainly the best in the series. Game is updated regularly.
  2. Jeenna565
    Nov 23, 2020
    8
    Spending + 500 hours with all DLCs
    Very good city building game, for me best Anno game
  3. Papizza199
    Jan 21, 2023
    10
    One of my most played games ever! You just cannot stop playing and with 4 seasons of dlc there is endless "work" to do.
  4. 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
  5. Rekbond
    Jan 11, 2023
    8
    One of the best city builders I ever played. The Story is great and the DLCs are too. The ship combat is a bit dull. The early, mid, and semi-late game are amazing, fun, and interesting to play. Once you get into the real late game when there is 3000+ investors the game becomes a bit boring for my taste because the game basically becomes a micro-manager simulator and the fun really slowsOne of the best city builders I ever played. The Story is great and the DLCs are too. The ship combat is a bit dull. The early, mid, and semi-late game are amazing, fun, and interesting to play. Once you get into the real late game when there is 3000+ investors the game becomes a bit boring for my taste because the game basically becomes a micro-manager simulator and the fun really slows down once you get a million factories, farms, and trade ships. overall really great game, I recommend getting Anno 1800 discounted with a few DLCs.… Expand
  6. Luzak
    Sep 6, 2021
    6
    I approached Anno games in the past, but never was a big fan of it and did not spent much time in previous titles - I prefered series like Civilization, Europa Universalis, Panzer Corps. I decided to use free weekend with Anno 1808 to give it a try and first impression was great. Once you start playing it's hard to stop. Game is really cool and I was pretty sure I'll pay the price to beI approached Anno games in the past, but never was a big fan of it and did not spent much time in previous titles - I prefered series like Civilization, Europa Universalis, Panzer Corps. I decided to use free weekend with Anno 1808 to give it a try and first impression was great. Once you start playing it's hard to stop. Game is really cool and I was pretty sure I'll pay the price to be able to keep playing after trial ends. But after several more gameplay hours I'm no longer convinced and the reason is the lack of active pause, which is not an issue in the first hours of play, but as you progress your empire management is getting really complex ( that can be considered benefit till the moment your empire become unmanagable in real time). Managing couple islands in one map is not an issue, but having to manage number of islands on several different maps ( different worlds ) simultaneously, dealing with potential disasters, covering expeditions, missions, diplomacy, trade, battles all at once in multiple different worlds becomes frustrating, as you'll always need to sacrifice something at specified moment in time. Maybe I'm perfectionist and want to address everything that needs to be addressed right away rather than putting tasks in queue. In example - island development or some missions can usually wait till your ships sink the enemy, but the further you go into the game more and more tasks you'ld like to do must to wait.

    I've really mixed feeling about this game. It's probably best in the series and very addictive, but lack of active pause considering game complexity makes it unmanagable    … Expand
  7. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is:
  8. IJustWorkHere
    Nov 17, 2021
    5
    Anno 1800 is just OK. The answer to everything is BUILD MORE HOUSES. Row after row after row of houses, and then some infrastructure to support that. Pave the world! The game is very fast paced for a RTS and there is a ton of stuff going on with all expansions installed - I grant maybe having all the expansions enabled simultaneously makes things even more complex than they would beAnno 1800 is just OK. The answer to everything is BUILD MORE HOUSES. Row after row after row of houses, and then some infrastructure to support that. Pave the world! The game is very fast paced for a RTS and there is a ton of stuff going on with all expansions installed - I grant maybe having all the expansions enabled simultaneously makes things even more complex than they would be otherwise. I've played Single player a number of times but even playing co-op with a friend we could scarcely manage our one empire and then we were eventually greeted with a DEFEAT screen with no idea how we actually lost and no explanation from the game or method to find out why we lost. That is extremely unsatisfying as you can imagine.… Expand
  9. chosenhunter7
    Nov 19, 2021
    5
    Disappointed when it comes to creativeness. The management system is fairly fun and challenging enough. However when it comes to the building a city (The reason to play games like this) this game really falls short. Roads can only be straight lines with 90 degree turns. Really limits the city layout and looks extremely fake. In the real world (Even in a dense city) some roads haveDisappointed when it comes to creativeness. The management system is fairly fun and challenging enough. However when it comes to the building a city (The reason to play games like this) this game really falls short. Roads can only be straight lines with 90 degree turns. Really limits the city layout and looks extremely fake. In the real world (Even in a dense city) some roads have curves... Further more every building of the same function looks identical to one another.. HUGE LETDOWN... as your city grows its just 100s of the exact same building without any variation what so ever... Games like City Skylines or Tropico have 5+ variants for many building types which really helps make cities look believable. Anno was really lazy on this front and makes the game feel really dated once you see past the pretty graphics. I would not recommend paying full price for this game.… Expand
  10. Art_919
    Apr 22, 2022
    10
    An excellent city resource management building game developed by Bluebyte and published by Ubisoft. The continued support of the game throughout the years with consistent and good quality communication from the developers has turned this game into an absolute must have for any city builder fans, but do beware, the game is difficult. While there are custom difficulty options which go intoAn excellent city resource management building game developed by Bluebyte and published by Ubisoft. The continued support of the game throughout the years with consistent and good quality communication from the developers has turned this game into an absolute must have for any city builder fans, but do beware, the game is difficult. While there are custom difficulty options which go into significant depth, the game can still be a challenge to a new player. But, once you're going, the game is an absolute blast, with an array of content in the base game and available in it's 4 season passes, on regular sale.

    Highly recommended.    … Expand
  11. Minipiman
    Jul 18, 2022
    9
    The most beautiful and fulfilling city builder to date, depite the shallow campaign.
  12. Pielie
    Jul 10, 2022
    8
    Hours and hours of entertaining game play contained within Anno 1800. Downside is the multiple DLC's. I do feel angered with its multiple DLC content which racks up the total price of this product. I would've given it a 9 if it wasn't for the greedy publishers. Game has a great balance across city building, war mongering, story missions, region expansion and trading between yourself and AI.
  13. W1llhelm
    Sep 25, 2022
    4
    Beautiful and fun, until the game breaking bugs and extremely dumb ship behaviors catch up and ruin it.
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
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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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Metascore
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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