Anno (series)

Anno
Genres	Real-time strategy
Developers	Related Designs Ubisoft Blue Byte Max Design
Publishers	Ubisoft Sunflowers
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, Android, iOS
Platform of origin	Microsoft Windows
First release	Anno 1602 24 September 1998
Latest release	Anno 2205 3 November 2015

Anno is a real-time strategy video game series with business simulation and city building elements. It involves colony building and resource management on a series of small islands. It includes aspects of exploration, combat, diplomacy and trade. It is developed by various developers and currently published by Ubisoft.

Titles

Main series

Title	Year	Notes
Anno 1602: Creation of a New World	1998	released in the U.S. and Australia as 1602 A.D.
Anno 1503	2003	released in the U.S. as 1503 A.D.: The New World
Anno 1701	2006	also marketed as 1701 A.D.
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon	2007	expansion pack
Anno 1404	2009	released in the U.S. as Dawn of Discovery
Anno 1404: Venice	2009	expansion pack
Anno 2070	2011
Anno 2070: Deep Ocean	2012	expansion pack
Anno 2205	2015	released 3 November 2015

Spin-offs

• Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery (2007)

A video game for the Nintendo DS, and spin-off of the series.

• Anno: Create A New World (2009)

A video game for the Nintendo DS and the Wii, known in North America as Dawn of Discovery.

• Anno Online (2013)

A free-to-play browser game.

• Anno: Build an Empire (2015)

For Android and iOS platforms.

• Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner (2015)

For Android and iOS platforms.

Trivia

• The digit sum of the year digits in all Anno games always equals 9.
• In addition to that, there are 9 main series games (including expansions), currently.

See also

• The Settlers, a similar German real-time strategy and business simulation game
• Unknown Horizons, a game inspired by the Anno series

External links

• Anno Ubisoft website (US)
• Anno at MobyGames