
games like
Anno 1800
Anno 1800 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
11 games like Anno 1800
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Hit rates and crit RNG affect runs
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Both lean on variance about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 0) - No mechanical inputs
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - No adaptive opponent in the world.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - No adversary exists.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 2) - Pausable building keeps hands out of the equation
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Initiative rolls, random loot and unknown encounters add spice
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Invasions are scheduled, not adaptive
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - All aeons and fiends operate on fixed AI scripts
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Shuffle time, fusion accidents, and crit rolls.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Hit, crit, and break rolls
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Tower inhabitants follow scripted roles with no adaptive AI
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- Released
- 2019
- Developer
- Ubisoft Blue Byte
- Platforms
- Series X|S, PC, PS5
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 83/100
- IGDB users
- 87/100