Widelands
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| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | The Widelands Development Team |
| Written in | SDL-based custom engine |
| Platform | AmigaOS 4, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Single-player, multiplayer, real-time strategy |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
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Widelands is a free and open-source, slow-paced real-time strategy video game under the GNU General Public License. Widelands takes many ideas from and is quite similar to The Settlers and The Settlers II. It remains a work-in-progress game, with development still required in graphics and bug-fixing. The game runs on several operating systems such as AmigaOS 4, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Gameplay
Widelands has single-player, local network and internet multiplayer modes, single-player campaign missions,[1][self-published source?] and an internationalisation system with translations for British English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Low German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Slovak, Spanish, and Swedish.[2] Players may select one of five different tribes: the human-like "Empire", the "Barbarians", the "Atlanteans", the "Frisians", and the "Amazons".
The game provides four basic tutorials and four tutorial campaigns. Advanced players can create their own maps with the included map editor.[3] It is also possible to import and play original Settlers II maps.
Development
The first version of Widelands was published in August 2002.[4] Widelands 1.0, the first stable version, was released 19 years later in June 2021.[5] The latest release of Widelands as of February 2026 is version 1.3.1.[6]
Reception
The game was reviewed by Linux Journal which noted: Template:Quote The German LinuxUser magazine reviewed Widelands in issue 4/2008 in a three A4-paged article.[7]
The German c’t magazin wrote a short review of Widelands in their 4/2008 issue and included a Windows version of Widelands Build 11 on their magazin DVD.[8]
The French free software website Framasoft remarked: Template:Quote
Widelands was selected in September 2010 as "HotPick" by Linux Format magazine.[9]
In 2022 the Slovenian magazine Jazbina briefly reviewed Widelands in a Settlers retrospective, describing it as "another unfinished free alternative, but one that is friendly, ambitious and maverick".[10]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Manual". www.widelands.org. 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.GunChleoc (2019-05-04). "News: Widelands Build 20 Released". www.widelands.org. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Widelands". Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Widelands appdata". GitHub. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Widelands 1.0 Released". widelands.org. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Widelands 1.3.1 Released". widelands.org. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bärwaldt, Erik (April 2008). "Strategiespiel Widelands". LinuxUser (in Deutsch).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Artikel aus c't 4/08, S.152, zu Widelands Build 11" (in Deutsch). heise online. April 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HotPicks". Linux Format. No. 135. September 2010. p. 71. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
Widelands is a strategy game aiming for gameplay similar to Settlers II by BlueByte. In this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more than a few of useful resources. Using those, you can build yourself an empire with many thousands of inhabitants. On your way towards this goal, you will have to build up an economic infrastructure, explore the lands around you and face enemies who are trying to rule the world just like you do.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Štrancar, Matjaž (7 April 2022), "The Settlers, saga o srečnih tlačanih", Jazbina (in slovenščina), no. 7, Založba Jazbina, pp. 66–67, ISSN 2738-5108, retrieved 25 June 2022
External links
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