The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

This page is for the original release. For the History Edition, see The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition.

Warnings

RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).


⤏ Go to series page
The Settlers	1994
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici	1996
The Settlers III	1998
The Settlers IV	2001
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings	2004
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary	2006
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire	2007
The Settlers: Rise of Cultures	2008
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom	2010
The Settlers Online	2012
The Settlers - History Edition	2018
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici - History Edition	2018
The Settlers III: History Edition	2018
The Settlers IV - History Edition	2018
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition	2018
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition	2018
The Settlers 7: History Edition	2018
The Settlers: New Allies	2023

Key points

Currently it is recommended to buy the GOG.com version, this includes a patch to fix issues on Graphics Cards with 2GB of VRAM or more.^[1]

General information

Official Forum - Ubisoft forum for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (Gold Edition)

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Gold Edition includes The Eastern Realm

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Windowed

Windowed^{[citation needed]}
Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\Config\Options.ini` Find the section `[Display]` Change `Windowed=0` to `Windowed=1`

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Local retail version only.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	4	Versus
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.66 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (15330) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/the_settlers_series/rise_of_an_empire_contains_a_bug_concerning_available_vram_size/post6

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (15330) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (15330) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/the_settlers_series/rise_of_an_empire_contains_a_bug_concerning_available_vram_size/post6

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[Note 1]

Developers

	Blue Byte Software
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	September 25, 2007