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Catan

Catan, based on the popular board game "Settlers of Catan", is a game of production, trading, and building in which players compete to develop the most successful colony on the island.

75 2 May 2007

Catan is a card & board game developed by Big Huge Games, released 2 May 2007 on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Catan is

Catan is a card & board game game developed by Big Huge Games and released in 2007. It was published by Asmodee Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Catan, based on the popular board game "Settlers of Catan", is a game of production, trading, and building in which players compete to develop the most successful colony on the island.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Catan holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Catan launched on 2 May 2007, within three weeks of Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Forza Motorsport 2 and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Persona 3 FES, The Lord of the Rings Online, Forza Motorsport 2, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.

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When did Catan come out?
Catan was released on 2 May 2007 for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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