Play Builders Online Free with Friends
Builders is a free, Catan-style strategy game you play online in your browser with friends. Settle an island of nineteen hexes, trade sheep for ore, build roads and cities, and race to ten points — real-time multiplayer, no download and no account required.
2–4 players · ~45 min · free forever · Premium Games
How to play Builders
- Found two settlements with roads on a hex island, then take turns rolling two dice.
- Every hex with the rolled number pays 1 resource to each adjacent settlement (2 to a city) — brick, wood, sheep, wheat, or ore.
- Build with resources: a road costs brick+wood; a settlement (1⭐) costs brick+wood+sheep+wheat and must sit 2 road-steps from any other building on your own road; a city (2⭐) upgrades a settlement for 2 wheat + 3 ore.
- Rolling a 7 skips production: everyone holding more than 7 cards discards half, and you move the robber to any hex — it blocks that hex and you steal a card from a player beside it.
- Development cards (sheep+wheat+ore): Knights move the robber, Points are secret ⭐, plus Road Building, Year of Plenty, and Monopoly. One play per turn, never the turn you bought it.
- Trade with the bank at 4:1, or cheaper through harbors your settlements reach (3:1, or 2:1 for a specific resource).
- Largest Army (3+ knights) and Longest Road (5+ segments) are worth 2⭐ each and can be stolen.
- First to 10 points on their turn rules the island.
Builders FAQ
- Is Builders the same as Catan?
- It plays like the classic: the same island of hexes, the same dice-driven production, robber, roads, settlements, cities, development cards, Largest Army and Longest Road, and the same race to 10 points. It is our own build with its own art.
- Can I trade with other players?
- Yes. Post an open offer and anyone at the table can accept or pass; you pick who takes it. Harbours give the usual 4:1, 3:1 and 2:1 rates with the bank.
- How long does a game take?
- About 30 to 45 minutes for four players.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Type a name and play — no signup, no download, nothing to install. Making an account is optional and only exists to keep your stats, nickname and preferences across devices.
- Is it really free?
- Yes, all of it. Every game on Board Game Universe is free to play, with no premium tier holding anything back.
- Can I play on my phone?
- Yes. It runs in a mobile browser on phones and tablets as well as on a desktop — there is no app to download.
- How do I play with my friends?
- Start a table and send your friends the link. They open it, type a name, and sit down. Moves and table chat happen in real time.
- Can I play against the computer?
- Yes. Add a bot to any table and it plays a proper game — useful for filling a seat while you wait for a fourth.