The Settlers Online

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• browser game

Genres

• real-time strategy

• city-building game

• construction and management simulation^*

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Series

• The Settlers

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Free To Play^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Czech^*
• Dutch^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Portuguese - Portugal^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• Free to Play^*

  Votes · historical

  164^*

• City Builder^*

  Votes · historical

  107^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  94^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  69^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  60^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  45^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  21^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• RTS^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz Dual Core^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Hardware Accelerated Graphics^*

  Storage

  200 MB available space^*

  Conditions

  Permanent internet connection required^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz Dual Core^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Hardware Accelerated Graphics^*

  Storage

  200 MB available space^*

  Conditions

  Permanent internet connection required^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  OSX 10.7.5^*

  Processor alternatives

  2 GHz Dual Core^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Hardware Accelerated Graphics^*

  Storage

  200 MB available space^*

  Conditions

  Permanent internet connection required^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unknown^*

Developers

• Ubisoft Blue Byte

• Blue Byte^*

Publishers

• Ubisoft^*

• 2010-10-22

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2010-10-21 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2010-10-21^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 19, 2015^*

Detailed specifications