Explore the popular real-time strategy video game series The Settlers, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft, featuring city-building, resource management, military training, and intense battles.
The Settlers is a long-running real-time strategy video game series focused on building cities, gathering resources, training military units and battling enemies. First launched in 1993, the franchise currently spans 8 main games and multiple spinoffs.
In a typical Settlers game, players start with a transport ship carrying a small group of settlers. They must explore the map, build roads and buildings to establish a city, exploit natural resources like iron and gold, produce goods, trade with allies and train military units. Victory is achieved by building an advanced civilization faster than opponents.
Key features of The Settlers games include complex, interdependent economic chains, a lighthearted story campaign with AI opponents, an open world sandbox mode for custom maps and multiplayer games over LAN or internet. It introduces various novel concepts in the real-time strategy genre.
The Settlers series is credited by many as the forerunner of the popular city-building strategy genre. Over the years, it has attracted a cult following and sold over 20 million copies worldwide across both desktop and mobile platforms. Fans praise the games for rewarding indirect strategy and planning over quick clicking skills.
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