Catan: Console Edition

Play the official video game of Catan on Console! Acquire resources, master new strategies, and build your settlements across a board that comes to life. Challenge friends both online and in the living room or…

65 23 February 2023

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Catan: Console Edition is a card & board game developed by Nomad Games, released 23 February 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB

What Catan: Console Edition is

Catan: Console Edition is a card & board game game developed by Nomad Games and released in 2023. It was published by Asmodee Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Play the official video game of Catan on Console! Acquire resources, master new strategies, and build your settlements across a board that comes to life. Challenge friends both online and in the living room or play against smart & dynamic AI to become the winning Catanian! Charmed by opportunity and the promise of faraway riches, you and a collection of likeminded adventurers abandon your homeland and livelihoods to discover new lands. After a long and arduous journey, fraught with danger and difficulty, you arrive at the shores of a lush land, untouched by humanity, and abundant in resources. See each tile come to life as you grow your settlements and take over the board. Gather ore from…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are kids. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the The Settlers of Catan series

Catan: Console Edition is the fourth of 4 entries we hold in the The Settlers of Catan series. It arrived 16 years after Catan. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

See all 4 The Settlers of Catan games in release order →

How it was received

Catan: Console Edition holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Catan: Console Edition launched on 23 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered and Octopath Traveler II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered, Octopath Traveler II.

Cheats and codes

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