Anno 1701 History Edition

Anno 1701 History Edition

Fair · Strategy · 2024

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
41.5h
Value
$0.24/hr
Reviews
85% of 235 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.24/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews85% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 82% after the small-sample adjustment
DRMUbisoft account needed
Needs a second account on top of Steam, a small friction discount
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 216 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 660, R7 265, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

Across all 21 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Anno 1404 - History Edition ($14.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Norland ($14.99, scores 58).

More about Anno 1701 History Edition

None of the 216 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2024 to August 2026.

Players

Players online
25 when we last checked, on Oct 8, 06:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Love this game. Enough complexity to challenge you, but learnable enough to really get going.
Colonel StogieRecommendedafter 800hApr 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
---en-US--- I played this game nearly 20 years ago and recently decided to revisit it. Years have passed, yet the game still managed to hook me for a couple of days. - It is fairly simple and serves as a great entry point into the economic strategy genre. - It feels well-balanced. There is no need to rack your brain; you can simply open a guide and follow it. The game is quite linear. - It features a pleasing visual...
nekst'aRecommendedafter 15h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
After playing Anno 1800 and 117 on my xbox series s, I decided to try some older Anno games, using Steam on Linux. So I've played Anno 2205 and enjoyed it. After completing many milestones on 2205, I moved onto 1701, which I've been playing for some hours already. It is very lightweight on my computer (iGPU), this History Edition looks gorgeous. The supply chains are more simple. Still, you get to go on a travel...
paulordarosaRecommendedafter 5.6hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Anno 1701 History Edition scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2820140/anno-1701-history-edition
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

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Details

DeveloperUbisoft Mainz
PublisherUbisoft
GenreStrategy
Released2024
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate