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Games like Anno 2070™

If Anno 2070™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anno 2205™, Atmocity and Anno 1800 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, atmospheric and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Anno 2070 is a strategy simulation released in 2011 by Blue Byte and Related Designs. Set in the near-future year 2070, the game tasks players with building and managing thriving societies across ocean archipelagos. Core gameplay revolves around ecobalance management, faction politics, and resource optimization, with the notable inclusion of underwater building mechanics that add a distinctive vertical dimension to city construction. Reviewers describe the near-future setting as atmospheric, while players highlight the appeal of constructing entire future worlds and the satisfying challenge of balancing environmental sustainability against economic growth. Currently available at $4.99 on Steam, the game runs at a Playable level on Steam Deck and offers a massive, challenging single-player experience spanning dozens of hours.

About Anno 2070™: Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

2011Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 83Windowsby Blue Byte, Related Designs
Anno 2070™ — Steam game cover
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Building a future world is specialEnvironmental and economic balance mattersWriting quality is exceptionalAtmosphericNostalgicEcobalance management

Players who liked Anno 2070™ also play

Steam players who put hours into Anno 2070™ also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Anno 2205™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Top pick for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Atmocity

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Second-strongest match for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Atmocity allows you to build impressive, gravity-defying cities. Test your skills as a mayor in the campaign mode with set objectives, or let your creativity go wild in the free-roaming mode.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Anno 1800

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Third-strongest match for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

    2019StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Railway Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Anno 117: Pax Romana

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Ranked #5 for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

    2025StrategySimulation59.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dawn of Discovery™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Ranked #6 for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    A unique and award-winning combination of construction, economy, discovery, diplomacy, and combat. Create your own nation with a unique blend of simulation and real-time strategy as you journey across the globe to explore, trade, and learn technologies to expand your empire and to make your own history. Meet the Orient!

    2009StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  7. Endzone - A World Apart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Ranked #7 for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Nebuchadnezzar

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Ranked #8 for Anno 2070™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Anno 2070™

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Settlers: New Allies

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

    2024Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Anno 2205™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Anno 117: Pax Romana

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

    2025StrategySimulation59.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pharaoh™: A New Era

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

    2023StrategySimulation22.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Terra Nil

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plan B: Terraform

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Anno 2070™.

    Reviewers of Anno 2070™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.

    2010StrategySimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anno 2070™ at current Steam store prices.

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Anno 2070™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Blue Byte

Other recommendable Steam games by Blue Byte, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. FOR HONOR™

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™.

    Fight alone or with friends in For Honor, a third-person hero-based melee fighting game. Enter the chaos of war as a Knight, a Viking, a Samurai, a Wu Lin, or an Outlander. Fight in brutal PvP and team-oriented modes, or play the thrilling story campaign.

    2017Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Anno 2205™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dawn of Discovery™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    A unique and award-winning combination of construction, economy, discovery, diplomacy, and combat. Create your own nation with a unique blend of simulation and real-time strategy as you journey across the globe to explore, trade, and learn technologies to expand your empire and to make your own history. Meet the Orient!

    2009StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Champions of Anteria™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Anno 2070™.

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Champions of Anteria is a tactical Real Time Strategy Game that will allow players to lead and develop their group of cheerful champions into tactical action battles, to save the legendary Kingdom of Anteria.

    2016StrategyRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Anno Online

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Anno Online is a free-to-play city-builder game that lets you develop big magnificent metropolises in the medieval times.

    2015StrategySimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Might & Magic Heroes Online

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and a nostalgic mood with Anno 2070™.

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Explore this vast fantasy world of Ashan - from the glorious temples of Elrath, the Dragon of Light, to the undead lands of Nar-Heresh.

    2015StrategyMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Settlers Online

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Blue Byte, the studio behind Anno 2070™. Shares Strategy with Anno 2070™.

    Build a medieval kingdom in The Settlers Online!

    2015StrategySimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anno 2070™

Does Anno 2070™ run on Steam Deck?
Anno 2070™ is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Anno 2070™ cost?
Anno 2070™ is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Anno 2070™ have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Anno 2070™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Anno 2070™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anno 2070™ are Anno 2205™, Atmocity, Anno 1800.
Who developed Anno 2070™?
Anno 2070™ was developed by Blue Byte, Related Designs and published by Ubisoft.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Anno 2070™.

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