The Settlers 2
Shares rank 11 of 21 city builder games by recommenders
Recommended as a polished strategy game where optimizing resource flows across a node graph is rewarding, and as a nostalgic favorite.
Recommended as a polished strategy game where optimizing resource flows across a node graph is rewarding, and as a nostalgic favorite.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgic favorite still considered best
“I absolutely loved The Settlers 1 and 2 as a kid.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1” “Settlers II is also a game I liked”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “30 Year Anniversary of WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness” “Yes, S2 is still the best.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1” Optimizing resource flows in a graph
“it had a strict grid of nodes, creating a complex graph of buildings and paths”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1” “It's quite interesting to optimize the resource flows through this graph.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1”
Other city builder games people recommend
The four most recommended other city builder games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimCity 3000 | 23 | 2 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| SimCity 2000 | 20 | 7 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| SimCity | 20 | 12 | 63% | 9 | — | — |
| Cities: Skylines | 20 | 18 | 53% | 9 | — | — |
| The Settlers 2This page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Settlers II is also a game I liked”
“was a nice recreation of the game in 3D”
“It's quite interesting to optimize the resource flows through this graph.”
“They took a system that was fairly polished already and tinkered with it without understanding how it would impact the whole”
“Yes, S2 is still the best.”
“it had a strict grid of nodes, creating a complex graph of buildings and paths”
“really felt like they polished up the mechanics of the first game and made the UI more tolerable”
“I absolutely loved The Settlers 1 and 2 as a kid.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.