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2020PC82 % positive14.99 €

A classic city-builder set between the medieval Occident and the Orient, where you grow trade empires, keep citizens supplied and sail goods across the seas. The History Edition brings the game and its Venice expansion to modern PCs in high resolution.

  • Economy and management
  • Historical setting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting

The closest matches for Anno 1404: History Edition are Dawn of Discovery, Manor Lords and Pharaoh. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Anno 1404: History Edition special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dawn of Discovery

98 %Match

2009PC90 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Anno 1404: History Edition: economy and management, a historical setting as well as building and crafting.

A medieval city-builder and economic sim where you settle islands, craft trade chains and keep citizens happy across both European and Oriental cultures. Diplomacy and occasional naval skirmishes add variety to its detailed, relaxing city planning.

Manor Lords

Economy and management

A medieval city-builder and strategy game where you grow a 14th-century Franconian village through detailed production chains. It adds tactical real-time battles and a strong focus on historical authenticity.

Pharaoh

Economy and management

A classic ancient Egypt city builder where you lay out housing, farm around the Nile floods, manage trade and raise monuments like pyramids. Supply logistics, pleasing the gods and occasional invasions make for a calm yet demanding flow.

Foundation

Sandbox with your own goals

A relaxed medieval city-builder where towns grow organically without a rigid grid and you manage resource chains. Full mod support and a creative sandbox approach invite long, calm building sessions.

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom

Economy and management

A medieval-flavored city-building strategy game where you manage intricate production chains and pursue victory through military, trade, or technology. The multiple paths to winning give it strong replay value.

Banished

Sandbox with your own goals

A calm yet unforgiving city builder where you guide a band of exiles through harsh winters. You have to balance food, firewood and population growth carefully, or the whole settlement collapses.

Mashinky

Sandbox with your own goals

A train-focused transport tycoon where you plan routes, research new locomotives and grow a rail empire on procedurally generated maps. Tricky track layout and a gradual tech progression define the experience.

Transport Fever

Sandbox with your own goals

A transport tycoon simulation where you start in 1850 and build rails, roads, harbors and airports, growing a thriving transport company across more than a century. The appeal lies in planning efficient networks and watching cities grow.

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