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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

World's Edge · Xbox Game Studios · 2019-11-14

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Strategy

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

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jan 17, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 17, 2023 (Xbox One), May 28, 2026 (Mac)

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (95% of 181376 reviews) sentiment.

19,764
playing now
95%
positive of 183k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (192 ratings)
24
Nexus mods (12k downloads)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (3,260 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 92% recommend · from 55 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

19,764 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a 2019 real-time strategy video game developed by World's Edge and Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a remaster of the 1999 game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original. It features significantly improved visuals, supports 4K resolution, and includes all previous expansions from the original and HD Edition. In addition, the game includes an expansion to the HD Edition called The Last Khans, which adds four new civilizations based on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, as well as four new campaigns. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition was released for Windows on November 14, 2019, and was ported to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on January 31, 2023. A PlayStation 5 version was released on May 6, 2025.

Trailer

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 19,764 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 8,534 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,067/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,027 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183,337 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.25 at GamesPlanet UK (2023-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 57 of 73 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13k13k20192026Week of 2019-11-01: 13,334 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,064 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6,309 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 521 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,661 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,228 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,361 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,376 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,326 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,208 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,869 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,935 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,754 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,818 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,458 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,949 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,287 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,255 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,314 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,740 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,933 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,970 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,865 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,579 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,758 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,359 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,303 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,602 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,159 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,042 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,183 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,507 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,391 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,656 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,248 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,838 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,501 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,264 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,321 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,159 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,486 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,077 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,851 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,508 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,279 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,232 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,276 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,270 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,232 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29k10k2026-09-14 18:00 — 19,198 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 18,913 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 19,355 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 19,076 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 20,581 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 22,396 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 24,464 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 19,869 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 24,442 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 23,719 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 24,060 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 24,484 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 26,965 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 28,941 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 22,630 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 21,459 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 21,723 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 10,750 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 23,021 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 26,421 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 27,746 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 21,910 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 21,333 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 21,059 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 21,632 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 22,689 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 25,480 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 26,767 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 24,283 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 20,967 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 19,764 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20k11kNov 2019Aug 2026Nov 2019 — avg 13,843 · peak 26,767Feb 2020 — avg 11,152 · peak 20,924May 2020 — avg 17,628 · peak 33,160Aug 2020 — avg 13,439 · peak 21,018Nov 2020 — avg 14,834 · peak 28,381Feb 2021 — avg 18,239 · peak 35,154May 2021 — avg 16,214 · peak 29,158Aug 2021 — avg 15,816 · peak 25,907Nov 2021 — avg 13,580 · peak 22,662Feb 2022 — avg 14,673 · peak 24,246May 2022 — avg 15,119 · peak 29,267Aug 2022 — avg 13,368 · peak 20,940Nov 2022 — avg 14,225 · peak 23,455Feb 2023 — avg 16,319 · peak 27,279May 2023 — avg 16,646 · peak 26,358Aug 2023 — avg 14,363 · peak 23,202Nov 2023 — avg 17,220 · peak 29,154Feb 2024 — avg 16,245 · peak 26,178May 2024 — avg 16,228 · peak 26,635Aug 2024 — avg 15,164 · peak 24,119Nov 2024 — avg 17,157 · peak 30,067Feb 2025 — avg 17,136 · peak 27,909May 2025 — avg 18,538 · peak 31,994Aug 2025 — avg 15,640 · peak 25,366Nov 2025 — avg 16,839 · peak 26,590Feb 2026 — avg 18,475 · peak 31,454May 2026 — avg 17,755 · peak 28,037Aug 2026 — avg 16,963 · peak 26,302
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

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Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
63632026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 17 new positive2026-09-16: 4 new negative2026-09-17: 27 new positive2026-09-17: 2 new negative2026-09-18: 22 new positive2026-09-18: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 36 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-20: 25 new positive2026-09-20: 2 new negative2026-09-21: 37 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 63 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 57 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 30 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new negative2026-09-25: 28 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 39 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 28 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 27 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 27 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 35 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 25 new positive2026-10-04: 37 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 33 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 58 new positive2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 27 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 32 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 33 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 30 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 35 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1091.30$0.002019-08-192026-10-142019-08-19 — best price $19.992020-04-02 — best price $16.192020-07-24 — best price $19.992020-10-16 — best price $13.492020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-06 — best price $19.992021-03-21 — best price $19.992021-04-26 — best price $17.992021-07-22 — best price $13.392021-08-18 — best price $13.752021-10-07 — best price $19.992021-12-20 — best price $17.992022-02-17 — best price $19.992022-04-24 — best price $6.732022-07-15 — best price $9.992022-09-15 — best price $20.092022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $17.052023-07-21 — best price $6.742023-11-22 — best price $4.382024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-10-25 — best price $9.002024-12-12 — best price $12.242025-02-07 — best price $34.992025-05-09 — best price $11.032025-07-16 — best price $12.242025-08-22 — best price $29.392025-11-03 — best price $10.492025-12-12 — best price $11.032026-02-09 — best price $10.492026-04-13 — best price $10.842026-05-29 — best price $10.842026-07-11 — best price $29.952026-08-03 — best price $10.842026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4191952026-05-13 — 282 pageviews2026-05-17 — 274 pageviews2026-05-21 — 238 pageviews2026-05-25 — 282 pageviews2026-05-29 — 410 pageviews2026-06-02 — 319 pageviews2026-06-06 — 362 pageviews2026-06-10 — 337 pageviews2026-06-14 — 301 pageviews2026-06-18 — 258 pageviews2026-06-22 — 359 pageviews2026-06-26 — 332 pageviews2026-06-30 — 253 pageviews2026-07-04 — 277 pageviews2026-07-08 — 235 pageviews2026-07-12 — 261 pageviews2026-07-16 — 286 pageviews2026-07-20 — 257 pageviews2026-07-24 — 263 pageviews2026-07-28 — 225 pageviews2026-08-01 — 260 pageviews2026-08-05 — 273 pageviews2026-08-09 — 324 pageviews2026-08-13 — 220 pageviews2026-08-17 — 241 pageviews2026-08-21 — 208 pageviews2026-08-25 — 255 pageviews2026-08-29 — 257 pageviews2026-09-02 — 249 pageviews2026-09-06 — 252 pageviews2026-09-10 — 210 pageviews2026-09-14 — 283 pageviews2026-09-18 — 260 pageviews2026-09-22 — 365 pageviews2026-09-26 — 327 pageviews2026-09-30 — 260 pageviews2026-10-04 — 270 pageviews2026-10-08 — 256 pageviews2026-10-12 — 267 pageviews2026-10-13 — 243 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54.1%
earned "Baby Boomer"
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements16 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 16 DLC released, first 2019-11-14, latest 2026-09-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49,6240%357
Windows (Xbox)42,6020%357
PS5 (PlayStation)2,6221%358

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-opRemakeClassicMedievalStrategyTacticalIsometricReal-TimeHistorical

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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