Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. Still, it is easy to get started through playable tutorials.

For more information read the full description and look at some screenshots. Or you can download the latest release and just try it out for yourself.

This website is the home of the Widelands community. You are invited to visit the forums: discuss strategies, find partners for multiplayer games, help with translations, voice your opinion on graphics, music and much more.

Widelands is currently (and will always be) under development - you can get a feel for what is worked on by looking at the changelog. Everybody is invited to help out too - we need 2D and 3D artists, sound effect creators, composers, map makers, translators, test players, web programmers and C++ coders. All skill levels are welcome - just start working on something or ask in the forums for pointers.

Maintenance on the server

Maintenance work ahead!

Next weekend, July 4/5, the website and the meta server will not be available.

Our server requires an OS update. This unfortunately means a full reinstallation of all infrastructure. We plan to do all of this work on the coming weekend. During this operation on the server, it is unable to perform its duties - therefore website and meta server will not be functional during that time.

Update: Work has concluded. Website should be stable again. Please report any issues on sight.

Tournament 2015 - Final

We have a winner team!

Yesterday, the final of the Team Tournament 2015 has been played, and the winner is: Team A! Congratulations!! Team A has won ALL their matches and has shown an astounding abtitude to build up a highly productive economy.
For king_of_nowhere and Cyberpangolin, it‘s time to harvest now: besides all the congratulations and admiration, they receive a winner‘s T-Shirt.
Thanks to all teams for this first team tournament. There were many good games!

Tournament 2015- Group phase is over

The group phase is over!

Thanks to all players for the great games there have already been in the tournament! Really exciting ones. The replays can be downloaded here. See also the bracket.

For 4 teams, the way is open to play the double elimination part of the tournament. Congratulations!

We can now look forward to the matches of juma, Kuvastin, Team A and Whynstein. Good luck!