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The Settlers 7: History Edition

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This page is for the updated re-release. For the 2010 original game, see The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom.

The Settlers 7: History Edition
The Settlers 7: History Edition cover
Developers
Ubisoft Blue Byte
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows November 15, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Fantasy
Series The Settlers
The Settlers 7: History Edition on HowLongToBeat
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The Settlers 7: History Edition on MobyGames
⤏ 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

The Settlers 7: History Edition is an enhanced re-release of the 2010 building RTS The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom which includes the game with all its DLC, with the notable change compared to the original being the usage of Ubisoft's multiplayer backend.

The History Edition was released on November 15, 2018 alongside other History Editions in the franchise. It replaced the Steam SKU of the original version upon launch.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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 Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Ubisoft+.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS 7 - History Edition
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/965320/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/965320/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect
[1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/off described in-game as "Low quality, but fast edge smoothing"
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, World, Terrain, Voice, UI
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
4

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1 10
Processor (CPU) 64-bit CPU
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB DirectX 11–compliant card with Shader Model 4.0 or higher
DirectX 9.0 compatible 		DirectX 11 compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/965320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (965320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References