Anno 1404 - History Edition
City-building strategy with trade, production chains, and island expansion
Ubisoft Mainz · Published by Ubisoft · Released Jun 25, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 3,612
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 24 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 262
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
What is Anno 1404 - History Edition?
A city-building strategy simulation where you build settlements, manage an expanding empire, and explore. It includes single-player, co-op, and competitive multiplayer, while the bundled Venice expansion adds ships, quests, and items.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing city growth, resources, and trade routes
- +you want sandbox, scenarios, and cooperative multiplayer
- +you prefer approachable management with room for optimization
Not for you if...
- −you dislike managing production chains and citizen needs
- −you want action-focused play instead of long-term planning
What players say
82% of 3,612 reviews are positive · 95% of 24 in the last 30 days
Players praise the city building, production-chain progression, and trade-route optimization, often describing the systems as approachable without lacking depth. The dominant complaint is the required Ubisoft account and launcher, which some players say causes login failures or prevents the game from starting.
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Anno 1404 - History Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- FX 4130 – 3.9 Ghz, I3-3220 – 3.3 Ghz
- Graphics
- GTX 660, R7 265
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7.8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- I5-4460 – 3.2 Ghz, Ryzen5 1600
- Graphics
- GTX 770, RX 470
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7.8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Ubisoft Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian. Text only: Czech, Polish.
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