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1849

1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

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Mostly Positive (264) - 71% of the 264 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

May 8, 2014

Developer:

SomaSim

Publisher:

SomaSim

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔
German	✔
French	✔
Polish	✔

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About This Game

The year is 1849, and gold has just been discovered in California. You decide to head out west, to seek fame and wealth in the approaching Gold Rush.

Will you strike gold and become an overnight mining magnate? Or will you build your fortune bit by bit by supplying 49ers with pickaxes and blue jeans?

Gameplay

1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

Key Features Of 1849

A campaign mode that traces the development of the Gold Rush from mining camps to bustling cities. Each city scenario presents players with unique starting conditions, victory goals, and obstacle events.
Sandbox mode with a procedurally-generated map for your location, based on geography (from the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada mountains), precipitation, resource availability, and starting lot size.
Vivid old west towns with buildings lining the streets directly inspired by California’s Gold Country.
Over 50 resources that players can dig up, farm, refine or manufacture as they build complex towns and cities.
Developed by SomaSim, a new studio dedicated to producing deep simulation games for today’s players

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista
Processor: Pentium 4 or better
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 75 MB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later
Processor: Intel only
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 75 MB available space

* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.

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