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Anno 2070™ cover art

Anno 2070™

Blue Byte · Ubisoft · 2011-11-17

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 17, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

48
playing now
60%
positive of 13k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (93 ratings)
12
Nexus mods (3.9k downloads)
32h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Anno 2070 is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the Anno series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs and Blue Byte, and published by Ubisoft. Anno 2070 required Uplay to operate as an always online DRM System, later removed for receiving severe criticism from players.

Trailer

Anno 2070™ trailer thumbnail

ANNO 2070 - Launch trailer [UK]

≈3,381 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 171 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 509k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,713 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.10 at GamersGate (2019-08-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 73 of 78 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

132242026-09-14 21:00 — 69 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 49 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 75 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 47 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 112 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 38 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 57 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 115 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 73 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 132 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 55 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 78 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 79 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 65 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 72 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k49Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,547 · peak 3,645Dec 2012 — avg 1,312 · peak 6,731May 2013 — avg 585 · peak 1,093Oct 2013 — avg 359 · peak 731Mar 2014 — avg 729 · peak 2,009Aug 2014 — avg 448 · peak 915Jan 2015 — avg 663 · peak 2,229Jun 2015 — avg 522 · peak 2,276Nov 2015 — avg 545 · peak 1,542Apr 2016 — avg 374 · peak 974Sep 2016 — avg 221 · peak 491Feb 2017 — avg 260 · peak 580Jul 2017 — avg 269 · peak 722Dec 2017 — avg 262 · peak 657May 2018 — avg 204 · peak 456Oct 2018 — avg 194 · peak 467Mar 2019 — avg 279 · peak 755Aug 2019 — avg 168 · peak 400Jan 2020 — avg 172 · peak 360Jun 2020 — avg 135 · peak 311Nov 2020 — avg 155 · peak 383Apr 2021 — avg 116 · peak 267Sep 2021 — avg 88 · peak 178Feb 2022 — avg 95 · peak 227Jul 2022 — avg 87 · peak 183Dec 2022 — avg 102 · peak 201May 2023 — avg 84 · peak 240Oct 2023 — avg 93 · peak 204Mar 2024 — avg 88 · peak 185Aug 2024 — avg 74 · peak 154Jan 2025 — avg 86 · peak 200Jun 2025 — avg 75 · peak 162Nov 2025 — avg 89 · peak 216Apr 2026 — avg 59 · peak 127Aug 2026 — avg 49 · peak 99
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.46$3.992015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — best price $17.992015-04-03 — best price $7.492015-06-06 — best price $17.992015-08-31 — best price $16.492015-12-19 — best price $19.992016-03-25 — best price $4.992016-08-07 — best price $5.872017-04-14 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-04-23 — best price $19.032018-10-18 — best price $6.802019-02-04 — best price $4.502019-05-26 — best price $4.982019-08-13 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $19.762020-01-19 — best price $19.952020-03-04 — best price $19.992020-07-04 — best price $19.992020-08-28 — best price $19.592020-10-19 — best price $17.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-03-01 — best price $4.592021-04-27 — best price $17.792021-09-09 — best price $4.992021-11-20 — best price $19.992021-12-31 — best price $17.992022-03-15 — best price $29.992022-05-23 — best price $4.752022-12-31 — best price $4.752023-04-30 — best price $4.992023-10-05 — best price $4.992024-02-11 — best price $4.042024-06-09 — best price $19.992024-11-12 — best price $5.002025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $4.042026-01-08 — best price $29.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $5.002026-09-30 — best price $4.73
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95442026-05-31 — 56 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-08 — 67 pageviews2026-06-12 — 48 pageviews2026-06-16 — 50 pageviews2026-06-20 — 61 pageviews2026-06-24 — 67 pageviews2026-06-28 — 75 pageviews2026-07-02 — 58 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-10 — 79 pageviews2026-07-14 — 61 pageviews2026-07-18 — 72 pageviews2026-07-22 — 54 pageviews2026-07-26 — 79 pageviews2026-07-30 — 54 pageviews2026-08-03 — 54 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-11 — 64 pageviews2026-08-15 — 64 pageviews2026-08-19 — 71 pageviews2026-08-23 — 69 pageviews2026-08-27 — 69 pageviews2026-08-31 — 74 pageviews2026-09-04 — 69 pageviews2026-09-08 — 51 pageviews2026-09-12 — 65 pageviews2026-09-16 — 65 pageviews2026-09-20 — 92 pageviews2026-09-24 — 56 pageviews2026-09-28 — 86 pageviews2026-10-02 — 80 pageviews2026-10-06 — 53 pageviews2026-10-10 — 56 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading Cards10 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Czech

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2012-02-13, latest 2012-10-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingBuildingStrategyReal-TimeFuturisticManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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