Catan Universe News

Dear Catanians,


in an effort to further reduce the server loads we've just released CATAN Universe 1.8.7 for the Steam and Browser version of the game.

That means that it won't be possible to play cross plattform from PC to mobile at the moment. We are still watiting for the approval of 1.8.7 in the Appstore and GooglePlay Store.

We will try to keep this version discrepancy as short as possible but it might still take a couple of days until things are back to normal.

As usual we will continue to update you on the latest developments through our socials and in-game news so please keep an eye out for more news.

Hi Catanains,
As we have mentioned, over the last few days we’ve had the largest rise in user numbers yet. While we’re very happy about the interest in Catan, this has caused severe technical issues with our system that currently can’t handle the increased demand during peak hours.


We’ve already made several updates to the backend systems, but after careful evaluation, we’ll need to make very substantial changes to some parts of the game’s backend architecture to be able to cope with this situation.
Therefore we will regrettably have to temporarily disable the multiplayer mode “Free Match” used by non-paying users. We do this very reluctantly and only because there is no other short-term solution that can decrease server load as significantly and without effecting paying users.
The function will be restored as soon as other measures have been successfully implemented. We’ve had this mode since the beginning, as we’d like new players to try Catan easily. We want to restore it as soon as possible.

We understand that this will cause speculations if this is just a move to drive sales. It’s quite the contrary. We hate to do that, because it will cause frustration and likely drive off new players.
However we feel obligated to our existing customers and need to make sure that we can sustain the current user numbers until the tech team has made the necessary updates.

Thank you for staying on Catan with us during this time. We will continue to update you on the latest developments via in-game news and our social media channels.

- Savegames work properly again

- Playing Rivals and then the CATAN boardgame is now possible again

- 2 Players and 1 AI can now start Custommatches again

- Viking Table assets no longer cause graphics bugs

- Tutorials load properly again

Hi Catanians,

Tuesday March 3rd Catan Universe servers won’t be available starting at 11 am.

The maintenance is used to roll out Catan Universe 1.8.6. The latest version will include several fixes for save games and tutorials as well as custom match fixes.

Dear Catanians,

In order to release Hotfix 1.8.5 we will perform server maintenances on Feb 11. at 11 am [CET].
The server maintenances might take a few hours but we will do our best to keep the downtime as short as possible.

Here you can read up on the changes we made with Hotfix 1.8.5:

- Loading screen for multiplayer matches will now bring you back to the main menu if the match can´t get loaded correctly

- If an Automatch fails to load correctly player won´t get Karma or Elo deducted

- The process of reconnecting to an online match has been streamlined