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Anno 1800
Developer Ubisoft Mainz
Anno 1800 is a city-building real-time strategy video game, developed by Ubisoft Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft, and launched on April 16, 2019. It is the seventh game in the Anno series, and returns to the use of a historical setting, following the previous futuristic titles Anno 2070 and Anno 2205, taking place during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Following the previous installment, the game… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
402 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
60
Fresh
171 positive · 115 negative
95% range 54–65%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 171 | 115 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 37 | 13 | 51 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
10,176 of 12,984 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
58% recommend · 143 yes, 104 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 247 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (26,534 of 32,623 positive).
Players widely praise the game as a deep and addictive city builder. [1][2][3] Many reviewers strongly criticize the forced Ubisoft Connect launcher and account requirement. [4][5][6] Some players report being locked out of their purchased game due to launcher issues. [5][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [5]
Oh the game is great. I absolutely love it. For a game that I spent nearly $100 on including DLCs, it worked like a dream. So much so that I racked up 538 hours worth of play time... Only for Ubisoft to decide to force their launcher into the game, and now I can't access accounts, I can't play any titles, I can't do anything. I have what amounts to a $100 brick taking up harddrive space because Ubisoft felt they …
- [7]
Game needs Ubisoft account to launch. Ok fine, make account. Refuses my password and locks me out of my purchased game for an undisclosed amount of time. Is this a joke? Edit: Now it doesn't recognise the game key and has effectively blocked me from my own game. Ubisoft, please know that I will never ever buy a game made by you again.
- [1]
Anno 1800 is propably the best city building game on the market. Its gaming content vast and you are going to build and uncountable hours. Be prepared to be sucked into this game! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- …
- [2]
One of the best building games in terms of depth and quantity. What is great about it? - Great and efficient game engine that can handle ultra-complex worlds without being too CPU-taxing. - Massive amount of content, including for the endgame. The DLCs are absolutely worth it and add a lot to the overall experience. - Challenging in every regard — you need to use your brain to be successful in the game. However, …
- [3]
Anno 1800 is, in many ways, exactly the return to form that I had hoped for. After some of the more experimental entries in the series, Ubisoft went back to what made Anno great in the first place and delivered one of the most impressive city builders and management games available today. It combines deep production chains, beautiful visuals, and addictive progression into an experience that can easily consume …
Summarised from 34 of the 356 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Anno 1800 sits at 60% positive across 286 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Anno 1800 received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. As per OpenCritic, 95% of the 63 critic reviews recommend it. The title became the fastest-selling Anno game, selling four times more copies than Anno 2205 achieved during its first week of release. Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 402 · most liked firstOh the game is great. I absolutely love it. For a game that I spent nearly $100 on including DLCs, it worked like a dream. So much so that I racked up 538 hours worth of play time... Only for Ubisoft to decide to force their launcher into the game, and now I can't access accounts, I can't play any titles, I can't do anything. I have what amounts to a $100 brick taking up harddrive space because Ubisoft felt they absolutely had to force their launcher on everything, and now I can't do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →want to play the game, hear good things. forgot it was ubisoft. as usual, forced to use that fking login sht that is glitchy and broken. cant log in so here is a negitive reveiw in hopes enough people finally convince ubisoft to fix their broken login BS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have bought the game with DLCs, enjoyed it quite a bit. But then I had to move to another country and after that Ubisoft has stolen the game from me, can not play anymore despite the game being legitimately purchased. I call this the backwards piracy. Nope.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game needs Ubisoft account to launch. Ok fine, make account. Refuses my password and locks me out of my purchased game for an undisclosed amount of time. Is this a joke? Edit: Now it doesn't recognise the game key and has effectively blocked me from my own game. Ubisoft, please know that I will never ever buy a game made by you again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ubisoft get your freaking launcher out of this thing. 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. That I bought on Steam. This is highly unethical. Amazing game though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate ubisoft so so so much. Why do I need to go through another 3rd party launcher? The gymnastics required just to play the game is driving my crazy. I will avoid all future Ubisoft games. this is stupid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh I'm certain it's a great game but it's worth little to nothing WHEN THE USELESS, INTRUSIVE LITTLE PEST THAT UBISOFT CALLS A LAUNCHER WON'T FUNCTION. You can't create an account! You cannot! Forbidden! Feel free to enter multiple e-mails, fill in the same data again and again so you can break your mouse clicking on the "create account" button, maybe you'll be luckier then me. But I'm done with these FECKLESS VAMPIRES at Ubisoft who couldn't sell their own products properly if their life…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful game, captivating, you just forget about time passing by. UNFORTUNATELY, the developer has a stupid app, which is called Ubisoft Connect. Although i have linked the game to the Ubisoft account, that stupid think keeps appearing every single time on my desktop when i am trying to access the game, it requires to log in again into my account. Every single time same stupidity... now i forgot my password, entered it few times and Ubisoft blocked my account :) great thing, thanks guy!…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Third ever review, second ever refund request. (edited for technical correctness) DLC in this day in age is hot garbage. Ubisoft and Steam cannot or will not bundle content in an intelligent way. Both Efficiency Masters Bundle and Industrial Immersion Bundle does not contain all playable, non-cosmetic DLC. Buying the Year 5 Gold Edition or the Definitive Annoversary edition does not refund the cost of the base game which is already owned. Adding all DLC to cat is $378.65. This is toxic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will never buy a ubisoft product again. Fired it up after not playing for a while. Apparently my Ubisoft account (required to play) had been cleaned out due to inactivity or something? This game is now no longer playable, and Ubisoft refuses to bind to a new account. I am told to repurchase it if I want to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FYI just blacklist the Ubisoft Launcher exes (check Task Manager when game is open) in your firewall and the game just skips the launcher, no ubisoft account required
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wish i could play it probably good game but F%&K*NG Ubisoft program that has to run doesn't allow me. This is last thing I buy from ubisoft. Time to refund and YARRR HARRR.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I won't rate any game in steam that forces an extra launcher to open positive. Launching a launcher from my launcher is dumb. Either don't sell it on steam and only let it be available from ubisoft, or get rid of ubisoft connect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sure, this game has it's quirks, mostly UI and gameplay related (the grid layout hurts my brain) But Ubisoft connect turns a good review to a bad one. Want to play Anno 1800? Guess what, Ubisoft Connect is down... and you can't. Why wouldn't this game use Steam services for downloads/multiplayer etc? Because Ubisoft. Whatever title is slightly enjoyable from this studio is tainted and ruined by thier garbage online services (Black Flag Kenways Fleet anyone?).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long story short 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. Their entire support team are either chatgpt bots or people who live in a country where they'll work for pennies a day and use google translate, because their support has literally no power to help you. The only thing they can do is send you to visit various online forms, and guess what, before you can start your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ubisoft has decided to make this game impossible to access. I see I am far from the only one with this issue. They have effectively stolen my money and I will never buy a ubisoft game again. Game was fun when I was actually able to play it though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I originally bought this game, I didn't know it was linked to Uplay. I bought the game on launch, and once installed it launched Uplay and automatically opened an old account I had saved there. However, it kicked me out of the account and asked me to log in again. Since I didn't know the email or password for that account, I simply logged into my current Uplay account that I was using Unfortunately because Anno 1800 initially launched through that old account that I no longer had access…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant access this game and have had no support from Ubisoft. Never buying a game from these guys again...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ubisoft can eat my shorts forcing me to log in, good game though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming to Game Pass Ultimate: • April 16 | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game • April 24 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 • April 29 | Towerborne (Game Preview) • April 30 | Far Cry 4 • May 1 | Anno 1800 • May 1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II • and more news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Awesome game, But cant play it now because of Ubisoft. So i have to buy it again and get a activation code. I had to become a pirate to play this again. Thumbs down for Ubisoft. 95/100 for the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun and I would recommend it if you didn't have to have a ubisoft account to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A quick tiny post about Shadows in Anno 1800. It's not really a Game Art Trick, but a strong decision for good composition. 🌞 simonschreibt.de/gat/anno-180... #gamedev
positive · AI labelView post →Needs Ubisoft account, create ubisoft account, im tired so fdup the password two times. Account suspended. I just hate Ubisoft. The game look fun in youtube.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine a company preventing you from playing a game you purchased because it's selfish enough to force a parasitic login system onto players, but too incompetent to create a functional account creation application. I eagerly await the day when Ubisoft finally collapses under its rotten management.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anno 1800 is propably the best city building game on the market. Its gaming content vast and you are going to build and uncountable hours. Be prepared to be sucked into this game! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anno 1800: Just Like the 1800s, but Somehow Worse Before you can even build a single road, you're asked to solve the real puzzle: the Ubisoft launcher. A game about 19th-century logistics shouldn't be harder to launch than a 19th-century steamboat. Between double logins, pop-up overlays, and surprise updates, getting into Anno 1800 feels like you’re hacking into your own game. Once you're finally in, the game politely asks if you'd like guidance. You say yes — because obviously, you do. But…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**Comrade V. I. Lenin on the Simulation ‘Anno 1800’: A Dialectical Analysis** A comrade has placed before me this bourgeois entertainment, *Anno 1800*. I have subjected it to a thorough materialist examination. It is, as expected, a fascinating monument to capitalist contradictions and a superb, if unintended, tutorial on the absolute necessity of the Planned Economy. The game tasks the player—a nascent industrialist—with building a productive society. One immediately sees the genius of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After not playing this game for 5 years I decided to redownload it and give it a go. The game requires an external launcher now, which somehow synced to an email I haven't had access to in ages. I reached out to customer support, hopefully they can help me. Ubisoft is trash...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is good, but ♥♥♥♥ Ubisoft Connect. The developers for that platform can suck 34 ♥♥♥♥♥.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Downloaded the game 20 mins ago and still can't create an account with their website???
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only dislike the constant need for an online connection to ubisofts servers. I only want campaign/offline play, but if the server is down, i start the game. This is utterly stupid.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Xbox Game Pass Games: 4.15: -GTA V 4.16: -The Patrick Star Game 4.17: -Crime Scene Cleaner -Tempopo 4.24: -Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 4.29: -Towerborne 5.1: -Anno 1800 5.2 -Modern Warfare II 5.6 -Dredge 4.30: -Far Cry 4 Standard 4.16: -Neon White news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Beware: this company just wants your money. Buying the game will open you up to more predatory schemes such as forcing faulty launchers and such. Most other reviews should tell you as much so I'll just add another example. My girl got the Gold edition and I waited on a sale to gift her the few decorations she's missing. Effectively upgrading from gold to full. the price difference between gold and full edition for new players: 15 euros. upgrading gold to full edition for existing players by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was looking forward to trying this game out however I am stuck burning through my 2hr refund window trying to create an ubisoft account through their terrible launcher. This is a horrible horrible experience, please avoid purchasing at all costs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →system: your ship is under attack. player: i know system: your ship is under attack. player: a moment system: your ship is under attack. player: see and realize its no longer being attacked, system: your ship is under attack. player: sigh... system: your ship is under attack. system: your ship is under attack. system: your ship is under attack.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I lied. Put your clothes back on. I’m infodumping about the city builder/4x game Anno 1800.
neutral · AI labelView post →I genuinely tried to like this game. I’ve put 60 hours into it, more than enough time to understand its systems and give it a fair chance. And that’s exactly why this review isn’t reactionary frustration. It’s accumulated disappointment. The game is overloaded with micromanagement and constant side activities that simply do not respect your time. You’re endlessly jumping between cities, expeditions, quests, trade routes, notifications, rarely making meaningful strategic decisions, mostly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mandatory online ruined performance in game with significant fps drop after around 1 hr playing. And UBISOFT never fixed it or even bother to add offline support. It's suggested to block the game accessing Internet in Windows Firewall for your life.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all, the game needs Ubisoft account to launch it. When you make one, it refuses you to login due to "suspicious activity" for undefined amount of time. After several relaunches and enabling VPN I finally get to play the game itself. Still this is a very mediocre city building simulator with primitive mechanics, unreasonably complex controls and interface, and campaign mode with boring story that makes you find little NPCs on the map to complete ton of quests. I wish I could return my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A vivid capitalism simulator which illustrates the fact that the resources are limited while the desires are unlimited.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →masterpiece of a game, if it wasnt for the ubisoft luancher this game would easily have 95% postive reviews
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is nice. The campaign a little small but if you enjoy the gameplay you can play for hours. But the biggest problem is Ubisoft Connect. It take me 3-5 launches of the game in order to start playing because "The product could not be activated". It is annoying to purchase a game and to not be able to play it. I have a stable internet connection, so this is not the problem.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best building games in terms of depth and quantity. What is great about it? - Great and efficient game engine that can handle ultra-complex worlds without being too CPU-taxing. - Massive amount of content, including for the endgame. The DLCs are absolutely worth it and add a lot to the overall experience. - Challenging in every regard — you need to use your brain to be successful in the game. However, complexity is unlocked step by step and never feels overwhelming. - A massive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Standard -GTA5 (Today) -Neon White (4/16) -SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (4/16) -Far Cry 4 (4/30) -Anno 1800 (5/1) -Dredge (5/6)
neutral · AI labelView post →After waiting for years and years for Civ VII to come out, surprisingly I am completely engrossed in a different game, Anno 1800, and will not be playing Civ VII until I'm done with that one
positive · AI labelView post →Amazing game ruined by an atrocious launcher ran by a ridiculous company. Ubisoft bankrupcy cannot come soon enough
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ubisoft login is broken, cant play my locally hosted single player game. awesome.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is awesome. But ubisoft connect is a cancer. Pirated version works far more stable. Cloud saves always fail, servers cant be reached, and also THEY need you to have an account in order to play offline.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stages of an Anno Player 1: You hear about it online or you see it on sale and decide to try it 2: You play it for an hour get bored and then leave 3: You randomly come back and become addicted to the game 4: You buy all the other Anno Games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda Disappointing. Game seems fine, but I only got about half of the game. In typical ubisoft cash grab fashion, its only half a game. I bought it on sale for $14.99. If i want the rest of the game, i need to spend another $50 - $75. For a 7-year-old game. And that's at the sale price. Full Price is listed at almost $130. For a city builder. I really don't understand who is making these decisions. It's as if they forgot that reputation is a thing. I haven't bought ubisoft games in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy games like Tropico then you will enjoy this. The game offers less personal details in favor of a broader empire. The supply chains in this game will keep you up late. My only complaint is I wish it did not need Ubisoft connect.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anno 1800 is, in many ways, exactly the return to form that I had hoped for. After some of the more experimental entries in the series, Ubisoft went back to what made Anno great in the first place and delivered one of the most impressive city builders and management games available today. It combines deep production chains, beautiful visuals, and addictive progression into an experience that can easily consume hundreds of hours. One of the first things that stands out is just how stunning the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i wanted to revisit this game but the stupid launcher wont let me play. I bought this game with some dlc and i can no longer play it. I'm never buying another ubisoft game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addictive like good old CIV days... Just one more round, one more thing to do and... how is it 3am?? Cute animations, the sandbox style is addictive...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to find a fast game to play with a friend on Friday evening, and then suddenly realize it's already Monday with only 6 hours left before your work week starts - this game is what you need. I've never reached a single ending because building your island is more interesting than anything else. Unfortunately, the publisher is Ubisoft, so you'll need to reset your password for Ubisoft Connect, since nobody uses it regularly enough to remember it. That's why this game gets 8 islands out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Requires a third party ubisoft account. You need too download ubisoft connect. I am on an only 1 client phase. If Ubisoft wants me to keep buying their games, they need to put the whole thing on steam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the game, but the Ubisoft Connect ruined it for me. I bought the game but I can't play it. It somehow infused into my bf's account now I can only play it on his steam, under his name, while my profile is showing it like I'm playing it on my own. I have no idea how this happened. The game is great but Ubisoft Connect sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best city builders I am playing, literally the best but I'm trying to be fair cos for me it was the Co-Op. Playing the same empire at the same time with my wife hooked us both. Games like these are huge and complex. Having two people manage all the little details worked great and we always try city builders that actually let you do this. The game itself is good as well! Tiers of workers are fun and the style is executed great and ages well. There are also LOADS of mods to keep…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a bit pricey for an old game, and the DLCs are predatory, only get it on sale. Don't buy the DLCs until you beat the game - it will keep you busy for a long time. Bonus Points: You can play the entire game without touching your keyboard.
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