Catan Universe vs The Elder Scrolls: Legends
Catan Universe is a strategy game from Client/Frontend: Endava / Backend: SuperNimbus (2017) while The Elder Scrolls: Legends is a strategy game from Sparkypants Studios, LLC (2017).
What each one is
Steam files Catan Universe under Strategy. In contrast, it files The Elder Scrolls: Legends under Strategy.
Trade – build – settle: Become Lord of Catan! Get to know Catan and play the starter scenario in multiplayer mode. Purchase the complete base game, expansions, card game and much more to discover the entire Universe of Catan.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends™ is an award- winning free-to-play strategy card game based on the world and lore of the Elder Scrolls series. Play for hours or minutes across many game modes that are easy to learn but challenging to master.
At a glance
| Catan Universe | The Elder Scrolls: Legends | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 4.9/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Mixed (48%, 18,112) | Mostly Positive (75%, 11,074) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | Free | Not listed |
| Install size | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2017 | 2017 |
| Developer | Client/Frontend: Endava / Backend: SuperNimbus | Sparkypants Studios, LLC |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Catan Universe vs The Elder Scrolls: Legends, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Catan UniverseStrategy gameThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsStrategy gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Catan UniverseBoard Game, Casual, StrategyThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsFree to Play, Card Game, Trading Card GameThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Catan UniverseScore 4.9 · 48% on SteamThe Elder Scrolls: Legends ✓Score 6.5 · 75% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Catan Universe18,112 reviews · 1 GBThe Elder Scrolls: Legends11,074 reviews · 3 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Catan UniverseFreeThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsNot listedRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Catan UniversePlayableThe Elder Scrolls: Legends ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueCatan Universe and The Elder Scrolls: Legends on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: The Elder Scrolls: Legends (GamingPickz Score 6.5)
- Better on a Steam Deck: The Elder Scrolls: Legends (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Catan Universe (1 GB)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Board GameMultiplayerCasualStrategyFree to PlayCard GameSingleplayer
Where they differ
Tabletop
Trading Card GameFantasyGreat SoundtrackTacticalStory RichAtmospheric
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Catan Universe is relaxed, easy to pick up. The Elder Scrolls: Legends is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Catan Universe | The Elder Scrolls: Legends | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Open GL 3.1+ Compliant | — |
| Minimum CPU | 1.5Ghz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 | — |
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB | — |
| Install size | 1 GB | 3 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Catan Universe · The Elder Scrolls: Legends.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Catan Universe and 0 for The Elder Scrolls: Legends. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Catan Universe and The Elder Scrolls: Legends in scope?
Catan Universe has drawn 18,112 Steam reviews and installs in 1 GB. The Elder Scrolls: Legends has drawn 11,074 Steam reviews and installs in 3 GB.
Is Catan Universe or The Elder Scrolls: Legends better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Elder Scrolls: Legends rates higher (6.5 to 4.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Catan Universe or The Elder Scrolls: Legends?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.