Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

The Settlers

Title	The Settlers
First release	1993
Developers	Blue Byte, Massive Development, Ubisoft Blue Byte
Publishers	Blue Byte, Strategic Simulations, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Blue Byte
Platforms	Amiga, DOS, PC (Windows)
Genres	city-building game, real-time strategy
Also known as	Serf City: Life is Feudal · Die Siedler
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Amiga: 1993-12-01 DOS: 1994-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q17048660

Construct a medieval settlement by assigning individual workers to specific, autonomous tasks to drive your economy. You must expand your resource production and territory to compete against computer-controlled opponents for land supremacy. The simulation focuses on the logistical flow of goods as your army of workers populates the growing colony.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q17048660) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (amiga/settlers-the) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (24591) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (11503) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Blue Byte · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Blue Byte · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Blue Byte · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (4): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Blue Byte · internal use only.

Logo: Blue Byte, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“The Settlers logo.png”)

Sprites

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Videos

The Settlers: Commodore Amiga

Insert Disk · Amiga version · longplay · 21:44auto-matched
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The Settlers Mission 1 (Amiga)

dcoates14 · Amiga version · longplay · 1:25:28auto-matched
Part of a multi-part series.
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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