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The Settlers III: History Edition

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This page is for the updated re-release. For the 1998 original game, see The Settlers III.

The Settlers III: History Edition
The Settlers III: History Edition cover
Developers
Ubisoft Düsseldorf
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, Isometric
Controls Point and select, Multiple select
Genres Building, RTS
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Asia, Classical, Egypt, Fantasy
Series The Settlers
The Settlers III: History Edition on MobyGames
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

This is an enhanced re-release of the 1998 building RTS The Settlers III which includes The Settlers III, the Mission CD, and the Quest of the Amazons expansion pack, with widescreen and multi-monitor support, as well as a multiplayer backend on Ubisoft's servers.

The History Edition was released on 15 November 2018 alongside other History Editions in the franchise, and is an Ubisoft Connect exclusive.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

Monetization

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

Essential improvements

Settlers United

A community driven project that main goal is to restore and improve multiplayer capabilities of The Settlers III and IV.
Compatible with History Edition, Ultimate Edition and Gold Edition.
Includes community fixes for most of the original game's bugs.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TheSettlers3\config.json

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TheSettlers3\SAVE

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Ubisoft Connect
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Video

External settings application
External settings application

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
The game automatically detects the desktop resolution and can not be edited separately.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X- and Y-axis inversion applies only to scrolling.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Fan translation based on original Polish version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Removed in this edition.
Online play

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 4.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer Ubisoft Connect

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM


References