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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition cover art

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

World's Edge · Xbox Game Studios · 2021-10-28

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

6,613
playing now
86%
positive of 95k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,648
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (124 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

6,613 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition trailer thumbnail

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Launch Trailer

≈442,512 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6,613 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,117 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~765/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 95,321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.59 at Fanatical (2025-11-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 52 of 81 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 4,378 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 885 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10,885 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,257 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,854 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,619 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,454 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,004 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,016 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,025 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 830 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 75 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16k5.4k2026-08-06 21:00 — 8,312 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 5,911 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 13,445 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 9,121 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 8,202 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 14,564 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 9,881 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 9,009 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 16,066 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 9,715 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 5,946 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 13,491 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 8,156 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5,778 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 13,348 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 7,742 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 5,788 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 13,168 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 11,070 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5,705 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 8,703 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 9,635 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 7,533 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 11,400 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 9,896 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5,770 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 7,263 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 11,920 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 6,613 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$63.58$8.992021-06-132026-08-262021-06-13 — best price $59.992021-09-17 — best price $50.992021-11-25 — best price $53.992022-02-03 — best price $59.992022-04-07 — best price $53.992022-05-02 — best price $53.992022-07-15 — best price $47.992022-08-19 — best price $47.992022-10-25 — best price $35.992022-11-25 — best price $36.172022-12-27 — best price $63.582023-04-30 — best price $18.992023-06-16 — best price $23.992023-07-29 — best price $23.992023-11-10 — best price $35.992023-12-01 — best price $39.992024-01-15 — best price $22.192024-03-14 — best price $18.002024-04-18 — best price $26.792024-07-02 — best price $22.292024-10-25 — best price $24.112024-12-03 — best price $39.992025-01-20 — best price $19.992025-04-04 — best price $9.742025-05-24 — best price $39.992025-07-11 — best price $35.892025-08-08 — best price $13.192025-09-15 — best price $13.392025-11-03 — best price $12.392025-12-02 — best price $33.592025-12-22 — best price $8.992026-01-19 — best price $12.392026-03-27 — best price $33.592026-04-28 — best price $39.992026-06-05 — best price $13.992026-07-11 — best price $34.232026-08-03 — best price $17.792026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2.6k232026-08-26 19:15 — 936 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,104 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 168 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 188 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1,022 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 718 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 535 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 606 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 229 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 235 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 814 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 987 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1,123 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 242 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 239 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 208 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,992 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 2,489 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 567 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1,465 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 262 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2,178 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,648 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Empires Will Rise"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualSense Controller Support8 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,5940%175

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

3DPvEPvPRTSWarCo-opMedievalStrategyAction RTSHistorical

Census log

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

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