- Price$4.99
- CategoryGames
- SubgenreBoard
- First releasedSeptember 29, 2010
- Versions4 archived
- Installable3 of 4
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerUSM
- Bundle IDcom.exozet.catan.hd
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Report an issue"Catan", the legendary strategy game provides gaming fun anytime, anywhere.
True to the original game, you can compete with up to four players for the most settlements, the longest roads and the largest army. You can trade with each other and claim the precious land with all its resources.
Challenge other Catan fans online via cross-platform multiplayer to prove your strategy skills or play against the AI: Various computer opponents, each with their own individual characteristics, will prove themselves worthy competitors: the pirate Jean, who knows no compromise, Vincent the merchant, who never allows himself to be cheated, Sean the knight, who takes what is rightfully his...
The popular Catan expansions "Seafarers", "Cities and Knights" and two new special scenarios are available as In-App purchases.
The complete Seafarers expansion includes more than 10 additional scenarios with an extensive campaign. Become Harbormaster, discover new islands and extra game elements like ships, gold fields, treasures and pirates. Ahoy!
The Cities and Knights expansion introduces various new gameplay mechanics that add even more variety to Catan. Invest new trade goods in city improvements to build one of the three metropolises of Catan – but beware of the barbarians attracted by Catan’s new wealth! You’ll need your best knights to fend them off! C&K contains a short campaign and 7 challenging maps.
Exciting adventures await you in the two new scenarios "Enchanted Land" and "The Great Canal". Vanquish dragons and bag their treasures or build a canal to help barren grain fields bloom once more.
Features:
- Available languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese - Original "Settlers of Catan" rule set - Update 4.0+: Synchronous online multiplayer games - Smart computer opponents with individual strategies - Scrollable game board including zoom option - Freely combinable game settings - Game statistics - Comprehensive tutorial - Seafarers LITE: New scenario "The 4 Islands" and two additional game variants - Cities and Knights LITE: Test the new expansion in the scenario "The first Island" - 3 different graphic sets to choose from
***** Catan FAQ:
Question: An expansion seems gone after an update or reinstallation of Catan or after restoring the device? Answer: Don’t worry, your initial purchase is already saved in your iTunes account. You can restore your InApp purchases by selecting the restore-option in the Catan IAP menu.
Question: I lost my campaign progress after reinstalling, updating or restoring my device. Is there any way to restore it? Answer: When saved games can’t be automatically restored, we’ve integrated a cheat code: In the campaign mode go to select player and enter "CatanWarp*" (* = 1–15) as your player name and confirm. Exit the game via the home button and restart it. The campaign can now be continued from the specified level number (1–15). Levels up to the specified number will be unlocked in the custom game mode as well.
Question: Are dice rolls really random? Answer: Of course! All dice rolls are 100% random and not modified in any way. We’re avid Catan players ourselves. We’ve played the iOS version hundreds of times while developing the program. There have been times when we won and lost a few games in a row because of the dice - just like when playing the board game!
***** Questions or suggestions for improvements: Mail to [email protected] We are looking forward to your feedback!
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Bundle Size Over Time
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 13 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2010 | — | — | 19 | $4.99 |
| April 29, 2011 | 2.0.2 | — | 660 | $4.99 |
| January 16, 2012 | — | — | 2,093 | $4.99 |
| February 10, 2013 | — | — | 4,949 | $4.99 |
| December 26, 2014 | 4.2.1 | ★ 4.0 | 7,701 | $4.99 |
| January 21, 2015 | 4.2.1 | ★ 4.0 | 7,931 | $4.99 |
| April 21, 2015 | 4.3.0 | ★ 4.0 | 8,355 | $4.99 |
| October 16, 2015 | 4.3.0 | ★ 4.0 | 8,867 | $4.99 |
| January 31, 2019 | 4.6.8 | ★ 4.0 | 10,982 | $4.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25The title says it all. I can no longer even start a game.
Sure why they won’t fix this. For example at a certain point in the game you will not be able to see your cards. You have to exit out, continue game will send you the blank screen and reload the whole app
People have been complaining about the algorithm for this app for years, and it hasn’t gotten any better in all that time. I play Cities and Knights and the seafarers versions in real life and on this app, and this app is ridiculous. The number of wedding, saboteur, resource monopoly, deserter cards etc. is completely unrealistic. There are only so many of those cards in a real deck, and in a real game they come up infrequently. And, number of times you get robbed as soon as you acquire some assets is extremely improbable. There are games when I’ve been robbed three or four dice rolls in a row, with the bots moving the robber back and forth from one of my hexes to another one to another one etc. In a real game, the likelihood of losing a city at the start of the game because you haven’t been able to get a knight on the board is very low, and on the app it happens all the time. In fact, I’ve played games where every player lost their city the first time the barbarians attacked, which would be almost impossible in a real game. The developers should work on making the bots play a realistic game of Catan, instead of only being able to beat you by stealing all of your assets. It’s probably more work as far as coding goes, yet the game is still as unplayable as it was a few years ago. I’m uninstalling it and not playing it anymore. If you decide to actually work on fixing it let me know and I’ll try it again.
Please write better code for the dice role…..it is so far from random. I have played this game too much and the “lucky” anomalies that happen in favor of the AI are far too frequent to be random. I am big fan of Catan and I am at the point of deleting the App because it just isn’t an enjoyable experience to have the “AI” working against you time and time again in a way that just isn’t fair. Stop stacking the deck!
Keeps crashing in the middle of the game. I bought the first one it had this problem so bought this one thinking they fixed the bugs but they didn’t
Don’t waste your time.
I lost continually to my adult kids until I started playing on this app. I learned the rules and began to win.
I paid for this online game a few years ago but they locked me out of a few boards not sure why. Can’t see paying twice. I have all the box games and enjoy playing with family
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.
