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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition is a Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 95730 reviews).

6,768
playing now
86%
positive of 96k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,132
twitch viewers (latest)
56.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (124 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

6,768 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Age of Empires IV is a 2021 real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment in partnership with World's Edge and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fourth installment of the Age of Empires series, the second set during the Middle Ages after Age of Empires II, and the first installment not developed by Ensemble Studios. The game was released on October 28, 2021 for Windows, August 22, 2023 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, and on November 4, 2025 for PlayStation 5.

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
  • · 6,768 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,990 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~624/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,027 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96,123 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

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 46 of 79 observed days · $28.40 above the all-time low (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: 386 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16k2.5k2026-09-14 19:00 — 8,979 players2026-09-15 22:00 — 5,120 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 4,826 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 5,159 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 4,802 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4,743 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5,525 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6,954 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 10,760 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 9,827 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 8,667 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 8,598 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5,293 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4,719 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 5,013 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 9,916 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 10,485 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 5,195 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 6,151 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 9,962 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 5,637 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9,721 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 11,051 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4,678 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 6,316 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 12,611 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 8,899 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 6,336 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 11,810 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 7,781 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 5,447 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 11,159 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 11,392 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5,446 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 6,768 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27k5.1kNov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 27,229 · peak 64,911Jan 2022 — avg 12,137 · peak 25,104Mar 2022 — avg 6,354 · peak 11,665May 2022 — avg 5,895 · peak 11,701Jul 2022 — avg 5,357 · peak 9,063Sep 2022 — avg 7,972 · peak 18,449Nov 2022 — avg 7,810 · peak 15,615Jan 2023 — avg 9,126 · peak 16,832Mar 2023 — avg 7,975 · peak 15,637May 2023 — avg 7,736 · peak 15,972Jul 2023 — avg 8,193 · peak 15,149Sep 2023 — avg 8,493 · peak 17,661Nov 2023 — avg 13,209 · peak 30,959Jan 2024 — avg 12,314 · peak 26,008Mar 2024 — avg 10,793 · peak 21,382May 2024 — avg 9,658 · peak 19,880Jul 2024 — avg 8,946 · peak 16,750Sep 2024 — avg 8,391 · peak 16,859Nov 2024 — avg 8,240 · peak 15,611Jan 2025 — avg 9,131 · peak 17,948Mar 2025 — avg 9,422 · peak 19,547May 2025 — avg 10,306 · peak 22,551Jul 2025 — avg 8,799 · peak 17,337Sep 2025 — avg 8,756 · peak 18,403Nov 2025 — avg 11,554 · peak 23,815Jan 2026 — avg 10,388 · peak 20,128Mar 2026 — avg 8,419 · peak 16,297May 2026 — avg 10,232 · peak 21,274Jul 2026 — avg 9,516 · peak 19,971Aug 2026 — avg 9,063 · peak 17,303
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#100#1002026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #1002026-09-16 — #1002026-09-17 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
24242026-09-162026-10-122026-09-16: 10 new positive2026-09-16: 2 new negative2026-09-17: 9 new positive2026-09-18: 7 new positive2026-09-18: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 14 new positive2026-09-19: 3 new negative2026-09-20: 20 new positive2026-09-20: 6 new negative2026-09-21: 8 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 13 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 13 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 8 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 14 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 24 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 15 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 14 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 19 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 21 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 17 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 22 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 18 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-12: 21 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$63.58$8.992021-06-132026-10-142021-06-13 — 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 $17.792026-09-09 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8572452026-06-04 — 283 pageviews2026-06-08 — 857 pageviews2026-06-12 — 432 pageviews2026-06-16 — 388 pageviews2026-06-20 — 335 pageviews2026-06-24 — 308 pageviews2026-06-28 — 369 pageviews2026-07-02 — 316 pageviews2026-07-06 — 315 pageviews2026-07-10 — 248 pageviews2026-07-14 — 283 pageviews2026-07-18 — 297 pageviews2026-07-22 — 301 pageviews2026-07-26 — 336 pageviews2026-07-30 — 277 pageviews2026-08-03 — 311 pageviews2026-08-07 — 259 pageviews2026-08-11 — 257 pageviews2026-08-15 — 302 pageviews2026-08-19 — 254 pageviews2026-08-23 — 304 pageviews2026-08-27 — 274 pageviews2026-08-31 — 341 pageviews2026-09-04 — 268 pageviews2026-09-08 — 286 pageviews2026-09-12 — 357 pageviews2026-09-16 — 248 pageviews2026-09-20 — 290 pageviews2026-09-24 — 485 pageviews2026-09-28 — 321 pageviews2026-10-02 — 351 pageviews2026-10-06 — 401 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k282026-09-30 18:34 — 508 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 172 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 413 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 1,169 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 188 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 1,273 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 1,253 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 275 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 393 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 639 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 265 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 665 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 476 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 129 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 666 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,219 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 489 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 590 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 2,210 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 963 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 787 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 280 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 638 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 565 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,132 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…

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2021-10-28, latest 2026-12-31 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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