Anno-serien har eksisteret i lang tid, og i denne periode har udvikleren Blue Byte konstant videreudviklet formularen. Det er kulmineret i Anno 1800, der udkom d. 16 april på uPlay og Epic Games Store, og som nu viser sig at være seriens hurtigst sælgende kapitel.
I en pressemeddelelse sendt til Gamereactor siger Benedikt Grindel, der er manager hos Blue Byte:
"Anno 1800 has been an incredible journey for all the people working at Ubisoft Blue Byte and we are so happy to see that players really enjoy playing our game. Since the announcement of the game, the community of Anno 1800 has provided us with countless useful feedbacks through our community platform Anno Union and helped us releasing an excellent game. We really feel privileged to have one of the most committed communities of the video game industry. After this amazing and successful launch, we now completely focus on delivering the best post-launch content possible for Anno 1800 and can't wait to show you more!"
Ubisoft nævner ikke noget om Epic Games Store som værende en faktor i spillets succes, men dette er første gang at et spil i serien undgår en Steam-lancering.