Anno 1800 triples the series’ player count on Steam even though you can’t buy it there
Anno 1800 is now “the fastest selling game in the series” according to Ubisoft, and it’s quadrupled the launch week sales Anno 2205 achieved back in 2015. The latest game in the city building series has had a strange road to release, thanks to semi-exclusivity on the Epic Games store.
You can no longer purchase Anno 1800 on Steam, as it’s now exclusively sold through Ubisoft’s own Uplay launcher and the Epic store. However, pre-orders for the game remained on Steam remained live until launch, and those orders were all honoured with Steam version of the title. It seems plenty of players were eager to take advantage of that opportunity.
Anno 1800’s concurrent player counts on Steam peaked at 25,214 on launch day, according to Steam Charts. The previous title, Anno 2205, reached 7,401 peak concurrents on day one. We don’t have data on how many people are playing through Epic’s launcher or Uplay, but it’s safe to say that a significant number of those early sales came through Steam.
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