Build a lively, bustling medieval town in The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. In this richly detailed, realistic world, you must create an expansive empire from scratch in an attempt to rule the entire nation. You'll have extensive control over choosing people, gathering resources, managing the food supply and more. Satisfy the needs of the settlers who will help you build your empire, or you won't have anything left to rule. From changing weather conditions to the repetitive tasks of daily life, your world becomes uniquely your own and more true to life than you ever thought possible. See if you can keep your people happy and win their support in your efforts to become a legendary ruler. Put plenty of thought into designing and building your town, so it can grow and prosper. For example, you must decide whether to use the sawmill to construct buildings or goods; each choice has both positive and negative consequences for your village's future. Entertain the settlers by hiring traveling performers and organizing a fair. Keep an eye on your resources, such as the supply of trees used for building and the number of wild animals for food, to ensure everyone's survival. Assign troops that will identify and thwart enemies that threaten your livelihood. Establish an empire that encompasses entire continents in Campaign mode, which requires you to pick the right combination of knights to accomplish missions. Test your skill in Freeplay mode, settling more and more territory at your own pace. Expand your domain via single-player or online multiplayer gameplay.

Settlers: Rise of an Empire In Settlers: Rise of an Empire, the player creates their own empire of bustling cities in a captivating medieval world. However, threats are always looming so you must be prepared to defend your mighty kingdom.
Powered by RenderWare, everything is visible, highly detailed, and real. Each character has his own life, which can always be observed by the player. The game offers you a deep but always comprehensible economy system with various recourses and goods which are produced and gathered by the different professions. The ultimate goal of the game is to expand your empire to become a legendary King.
Bring out the best in every Settler, build up a prosperous economy, fulfill every need of your citizens, and protect your people from any danger!
Create big, bustling medieval cities: Plot your expansion, manage your resources wisely, and provide for your people. Settlers: Rise of an Empire offers an easy to pick-up gameplay that allows everybody from newbies to strategy experts to enjoy the game.
Protect your citizens and your empire: Build up armies, vehicles, and walls to protect your empire. Everything depends on your economy: Is your empire wealthy enough to supply a powerful defense force?
Exciting multiplayer experience: Work together with one friend and play against another team: Will your division of labor be efficient enough to beat your opponent?
A full living, detailed atmosphere: The RenderWare engine creates an extremely detailed universe with numerous plants, animals and other details which will attract the player.
Four climatic zones: The four climatic zones and the four seasons have full impact on recourse management and gameplay
System RequirementsMinimum Specifications:Recommended Specifications: OS:Windows XP, Windows XP (64-bit), Windows Vista, Windows Vista (64-bit) Processor:Pentium 4 2.0 GHz, Athlon XP 2000+ processor Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, Athlon 64 3400+ processor RAM:512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM Hard Drive:2 GB (Download File Size 1.5 GB) Video Card:128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant video card with vertex shader 1.1 and pixel shader 1.3 support: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant video card with shader 2.0 support Input Device:N/A Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 or ATI RADEON 9500; NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT or ATI RADEON X1650 XT Settlers: Rise of an Empire