When did Anno 1701 come out?

Anno 1701 was released on 30 October 2006 for Nintendo DS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Anno 1701 (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Anno 1701

Anno is a real-time strategy video game series with business simulation and city building elements. It involves colony building and resource management on a series of small islands. It includes aspects of…

77 30 October 2006

What Anno 1701 is

Anno 1701 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Related Designs and released in 2006. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on Nintendo DS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Anno 1701, also marketed as 1701 A.D., is a real-time strategy and city building video game, part of the Anno series. It is developed by Related Designs and published by Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software. It revolves around building and maintaining an 18th-century colony in the "New World". With a budget of €10 million, it was the most expensive German game ever produced by 2006.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Anno 1701 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 57 votes.

What it launched against

Anno 1701 launched on 30 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

Cheats and codes

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