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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

World's Edge · Xbox Game Studios · 2019-08-19

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 15646 reviews).

564
playing now
84%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (367 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

564 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Empires is a 1997 real-time strategy video game based on the ancient world, developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, and the first game in the Age of Empires series. The game uses the Genie Engine, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages, gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 564 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 808 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~101/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 393k–943k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,724 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$44.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at 2game (2026-07-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 63 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58558520192026Week of 2019-08-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k4102026-09-15 12:00 — 611 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 654 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 430 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 771 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 940 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 530 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 544 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 772 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 589 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 708 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 770 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 528 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 495 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 816 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 736 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 513 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 748 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 579 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 432 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 880 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 872 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 516 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 564 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k417Aug 2019Aug 2026Aug 2019 — avg 847 · peak 1,464Nov 2019 — avg 534 · peak 1,478Feb 2020 — avg 655 · peak 1,341May 2020 — avg 699 · peak 1,346Aug 2020 — avg 553 · peak 924Nov 2020 — avg 839 · peak 1,958Feb 2021 — avg 966 · peak 1,971May 2021 — avg 755 · peak 1,346Aug 2021 — avg 701 · peak 1,141Nov 2021 — avg 791 · peak 1,476Feb 2022 — avg 769 · peak 1,338May 2022 — avg 635 · peak 1,027Aug 2022 — avg 596 · peak 937Nov 2022 — avg 684 · peak 1,210Feb 2023 — avg 743 · peak 1,226May 2023 — avg 719 · peak 1,315Aug 2023 — avg 620 · peak 1,057Nov 2023 — avg 648 · peak 1,164Feb 2024 — avg 685 · peak 1,241May 2024 — avg 659 · peak 1,132Aug 2024 — avg 637 · peak 1,002Nov 2024 — avg 670 · peak 1,103Feb 2025 — avg 769 · peak 1,296May 2025 — avg 716 · peak 1,237Aug 2025 — avg 730 · peak 1,385Nov 2025 — avg 745 · peak 1,281Feb 2026 — avg 759 · peak 1,308May 2026 — avg 725 · peak 1,196Aug 2026 — avg 695 · peak 1,113
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
15152026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 15 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$44.99$3.192017-09-192026-10-092017-09-19 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-06-04 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $17.992020-10-21 — best price $19.992020-12-04 — best price $19.992021-01-28 — best price $19.992021-04-02 — best price $9.002021-04-30 — best price $19.992021-07-26 — best price $10.002021-08-22 — best price $4.252021-10-15 — best price $4.992021-12-20 — best price $17.992022-02-25 — best price $19.992022-04-15 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $4.992022-08-14 — best price $3.872022-11-15 — best price $19.282023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-05-04 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $4.812023-11-21 — best price $4.502024-01-29 — best price $4.502024-04-18 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $3.192024-12-13 — best price $4.502025-02-10 — best price $13.492025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $3.192025-09-09 — best price $16.792025-10-24 — best price $17.882025-12-11 — best price $4.392026-01-19 — best price $4.392026-04-02 — best price $17.882026-05-09 — best price $17.882026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $13.492026-10-09 — best price $44.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3171432026-05-30 — 187 pageviews2026-06-03 — 168 pageviews2026-06-07 — 232 pageviews2026-06-11 — 186 pageviews2026-06-15 — 186 pageviews2026-06-19 — 189 pageviews2026-06-23 — 184 pageviews2026-06-27 — 215 pageviews2026-07-01 — 226 pageviews2026-07-05 — 196 pageviews2026-07-09 — 169 pageviews2026-07-13 — 179 pageviews2026-07-17 — 169 pageviews2026-07-21 — 216 pageviews2026-07-25 — 163 pageviews2026-07-29 — 159 pageviews2026-08-02 — 196 pageviews2026-08-06 — 173 pageviews2026-08-10 — 178 pageviews2026-08-14 — 206 pageviews2026-08-18 — 157 pageviews2026-08-22 — 190 pageviews2026-08-26 — 208 pageviews2026-08-30 — 191 pageviews2026-09-03 — 186 pageviews2026-09-07 — 152 pageviews2026-09-11 — 239 pageviews2026-09-15 — 175 pageviews2026-09-19 — 173 pageviews2026-09-23 — 257 pageviews2026-09-27 — 240 pageviews2026-10-01 — 181 pageviews2026-10-05 — 190 pageviews2026-10-09 — 185 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
37.9%
earned "Pepperoni Pizza"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editor1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Windows (Xbox)8,54920%44
Steam (Steam)7,65010%44
Windows (Xbox)2,13024%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSCo-opActionRemakeClassicMedievalStrategyReal-TimeHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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