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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

World's Edge · Xbox Game Studios · 2020-10-15

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Strategy

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

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $34.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 54975 reviews).

2,907
playing now
86%
positive of 55k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (11k downloads)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 71% recommend · from 55 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

2,907 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a real-time strategy video game developed by Tantalus Media and Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a remaster of the 2005 game Age of Empires III, celebrating the 15th anniversary of the original. It features improved visuals, a remastered soundtrack, two new game modes, and four new civilizations, plus African and Mediterranean-themed downloadable content as of June 2022. The Mediterranean expansion introduces the Italians as a playable civilization, which was planned for the original version of the game but did not appear. It includes all previous expansions from the original game. It was released on October 15, 2020 for Windows.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,907 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,292 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~162/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,791 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 14,104 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55,254 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 8 of 9 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.3k4.3k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 4,287 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,504 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,779 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 754 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 914 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 992 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.2k2.5k2026-09-15 12:00 — 4,095 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 4,890 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,110 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 4,963 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 6,231 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,461 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2,935 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,839 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 3,528 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4,313 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 4,754 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,031 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2,725 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,917 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 4,387 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,640 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,305 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 3,615 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,664 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 4,626 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 5,272 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,849 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,907 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.5k2.4kOct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 7,507 · peak 18,142Dec 2020 — avg 3,477 · peak 6,471Feb 2021 — avg 3,017 · peak 5,466Apr 2021 — avg 4,449 · peak 9,192Jun 2021 — avg 2,967 · peak 4,983Aug 2021 — avg 3,120 · peak 5,751Oct 2021 — avg 2,988 · peak 5,748Dec 2021 — avg 3,088 · peak 5,678Feb 2022 — avg 2,683 · peak 4,957Apr 2022 — avg 2,951 · peak 5,398Jun 2022 — avg 3,477 · peak 6,108Aug 2022 — avg 2,843 · peak 4,804Oct 2022 — avg 2,705 · peak 5,703Dec 2022 — avg 3,176 · peak 5,832Feb 2023 — avg 3,321 · peak 6,186Apr 2023 — avg 3,077 · peak 6,135Jun 2023 — avg 2,584 · peak 4,360Aug 2023 — avg 6,207 · peak 15,329Oct 2023 — avg 4,465 · peak 8,194Dec 2023 — avg 4,284 · peak 6,958Feb 2024 — avg 4,119 · peak 6,814Apr 2024 — avg 4,173 · peak 7,359Jun 2024 — avg 3,951 · peak 6,805Aug 2024 — avg 3,937 · peak 6,487Oct 2024 — avg 3,960 · peak 6,950Dec 2024 — avg 4,116 · peak 6,691Feb 2025 — avg 4,225 · peak 6,924Apr 2025 — avg 3,932 · peak 6,557Jun 2025 — avg 3,702 · peak 6,200Aug 2025 — avg 3,987 · peak 6,912Oct 2025 — avg 3,750 · peak 6,718Dec 2025 — avg 3,768 · peak 6,194Feb 2026 — avg 3,730 · peak 6,089Apr 2026 — avg 3,723 · peak 6,186Jun 2026 — avg 3,574 · peak 5,960Aug 2026 — avg 3,905 · peak 6,704
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
63632026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 63 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 10 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 14 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$0.002022-07-072026-10-142022-07-07 — best price $0.002026-08-13 — best price $34.992026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

205512026-05-16 — 88 pageviews2026-05-20 — 76 pageviews2026-05-24 — 54 pageviews2026-05-28 — 69 pageviews2026-06-01 — 63 pageviews2026-06-05 — 90 pageviews2026-06-09 — 87 pageviews2026-06-13 — 93 pageviews2026-06-17 — 87 pageviews2026-06-21 — 89 pageviews2026-06-25 — 71 pageviews2026-06-29 — 79 pageviews2026-07-03 — 81 pageviews2026-07-07 — 90 pageviews2026-07-11 — 66 pageviews2026-07-15 — 64 pageviews2026-07-19 — 69 pageviews2026-07-23 — 110 pageviews2026-07-27 — 134 pageviews2026-07-31 — 93 pageviews2026-08-04 — 98 pageviews2026-08-08 — 92 pageviews2026-08-12 — 76 pageviews2026-08-16 — 118 pageviews2026-08-20 — 68 pageviews2026-08-24 — 52 pageviews2026-08-28 — 69 pageviews2026-09-01 — 62 pageviews2026-09-05 — 106 pageviews2026-09-09 — 73 pageviews2026-09-13 — 205 pageviews2026-09-17 — 101 pageviews2026-09-21 — 94 pageviews2026-09-25 — 121 pageviews2026-09-29 — 62 pageviews2026-10-03 — 71 pageviews2026-10-07 — 72 pageviews2026-10-11 — 82 pageviews2026-10-12 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.3%
earned "Every moment I live...is agony"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing10 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2020-10-15, latest 2026-09-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,8530%121
Windows (Xbox)9,1432%88

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

3DPvPRTSWarCombatMilitaryStrategyHistoricalMultiplayerCity Builder

Census log

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

Recent updates

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