Games like Anno in Space

What Anno fans find in OGame

Anno players know the feeling: settling an empty island, building resource production, establishing trade networks, researching technologies and gradually developing a mighty civilisation. OGame transfers exactly this building DNA into space — and adds a dimension that Anno lacks: real competition through thousands of human players.

Instead of island cities, you build out planets in OGame. Instead of marketplace and trading posts, there are resource mines and transport fleets. Instead of medieval or historical technologies, you research hyperspace drive, plasma technology and graviton research. The basic feeling — building a self-sustaining economy from nothing — is identical.

Anno vs. OGame: The Parallels

OGame's economic system — the heart of building

Optimising resource production

OGame's economy begins with three basic resources: metal (basis for everything), crystal (for research and advanced ships) and deuterium (fleet fuel and research). Every mine consumes energy, which solar power plants and later fusion reactors must provide. Optimising the ratio of production to energy consumption is an independent mathematical discipline — comparable to Anno's production chain optimisation.

The research tree

OGame's research tree is deep: From energy technology via hyperspace technology to the mighty graviton research (which requires 300,000 energy units and unlocks the Death Star). Research runs in real-time — similar to buildings. Anyone researching cannot build simultaneously. Prioritising the research path is strategically crucial.

Colonies as expansion

With astrophysics research, additional planets can be colonised — up to 9 colonies plus home planet. Each colony has its own resource production and can be specialised: some as production planets with maximum mine development, others as military planets with shipyard and defence. This specialisation of colonies mirrors Anno's island specialisation.

What OGame offers more than Anno

Real multiplayer competition

Anno can be played alone and you always win. OGame cannot. Thousands of real players in the same universe means: every resource you produce could be wanted by an attacker. Every fleet you build could be destroyed by a better-positioned opponent. This social pressure is completely absent in single-player city-building games.

The fleetsave system

OGame's most distinctive feature has no equivalent in Anno: you send your own fleet on a precisely timed mission to protect it overnight. Calculating the correct arrival time — so that the fleet returns exactly when you're back at the PC — is a strategic mini-game in itself.

Longevity through community

Anno games have endings and campaigns. OGame has no endgame phase — it's a persistent competition. The community grows, alliances form and dissolve, server events change the dynamics. An OGame account can remain active for years.