Istanbul: Digital Edition

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About this game

Istanbul is, without a doubt, one of the best board games to have ever been published. The long list of its awards and honors speaks for itself:

🏆 2015 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee
🏆 2014 Swiss Gamers Award Winner
🏆 2014 Meeples' Choice Nominee
🏆 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner
🏆 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
🏆 2014 Hra roku Nominee
🏆 2014 Gouden Ludo Winner
🏆 2014 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
🏆 2014 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
🏆 2014 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee

In our 2018 digital version we have maintained all of the features that made Istanbul the fan favorite that it is, but also expanded upon it with a number of tools and features only available on the digital platform. We maintained the authentic board game feeling with the convenience you can expect from an electronic device.

So what is the game about?

Can you be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies?
✔️ Run, collect and trade goods across the bazaar
✔️ Take control over your assistants
✔️ Increase your wheelbarrow capacity
✔️ Acquire special abilities to increase the advantage over your competitors
✔️ Buy rubies or trade goods for them

In Istanbul, you lead a group of one merchant and his four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar. In each such a location, you can carry out a specific action. The challenge, however, is that to take an action, you must move your merchant and an assistant there, then leave the assistant behind to handle all the details while you focus on larger matters. If you want to use that assistant again later, your merchant must return to that location to pick him up. Thus, you must plan ahead carefully to avoid being left with no assistants and thus unable to do anything…

What can you expect?

• Official Istanbul game - 100% original rules
• Adaptation of TOP 100 board game of all time by BGG ranking
• Play with AI, with friends or both
• Great artwork by Andreas Resch
• Languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, French, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Spanish
• Pass and play mode
• Cross platform online multiplayer with synchronous and asynchronous modes
• Opponents' last moves replay
• 3 levels of AI difficulty with individual strategies
• Preset or random generated game boards
• Atmospheric music and sounds
• Unique, original board game experience
• Intuitive gameplay
• Colorblind mode
• Over 70 achievements

For more information check out some of our sites:

Website: www.acram.eu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acramdigital/
Twitter: @AcramDigital
Instagram: @AcramDigital


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Updated on
Jul 24, 2026
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Ratings and reviews

444 reviews
Gary Malkin
January 31, 2021
I only play this with AI, so can't comment on the online mode, but I absolutely love this. The AI on hard level is unusually challenging (for me at least). The game itself plays very well. It's simple to learn but hard to master. Random set up makes the tactics in each game different, as does player count. It's a very different game with 2 than with 5. It's also very quick to play with games lasting maybe 10-15 minutes. The artwork is top notch and the app functionality very smooth.
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Haoru He
July 24, 2026
I like the game but the app is pretty buggy. It's been so many years it's ridiculous they still haven't fixed all the bugs. Note: a year ago I posted this review and the developer replied to me saying they have fixed the bugs and I should try again. So I even deleted my original review to give the app another try. Well now I have given it another try and I'm sorry to say that my original review remains valid.
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Acram Digital sp z o.o.
August 11, 2026
Hey Haoru He, we're really sorry to hear that you're still experiencing issues. Could you please confirm whether the problem you mentioned is still occurring in version 1.2.6? Please let us know so we can get this sorted out as soon as possible. :)
Vasko Butikoski
May 26, 2026
Would be really nice to have letters expansion (probably will). But i would like to say i stinky endorce if you would give us the option to have Pegasus depo and Kebap shop, because those are vastly supperior versions of the base ones. One last thing. Give us option to end the game with more than 6 gems, lots of ppl feel like 6 is too fast. Thank you for this great game and excellent implementation on digital platforms.
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What’s new

Fixed incorrect cost calculation for the Guild Card that allows players to buy Rubies at half price.
Fixed a desynchronization issue that could occur when undoing or replaying Guild Card actions.