Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

Historical real-time strategy about building civilizations and conquering rivals

World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus · Published by Xbox Game Studios · Released Aug 19, 2019

Reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 16K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 56 in 30 days
Playing now: 531; peak 24h 561
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Dec 12, 2023

What is Age of Empires: Definitive Edition?

A historical real-time strategy game where you gather resources, build settlements, advance through ages, and raise armies. It includes single-player campaigns, multiplayer battles, and a scenario builder for creating and sharing custom maps.

For you if...

+you enjoy gathering resources, building bases, and advancing through ages
+you want historical campaigns and online competitive battles
+you like creating and sharing custom strategy scenarios

Not for you if...

−you prefer turn-based planning over real-time economy management
−you want exploration instead of structured campaigns and matches

What players say

84% of 15,665 reviews are positive · 94% of 56 in the last 30 days

Players praise the updated graphics and audio and the amount of campaign content. They most often criticize unreliable unit pathfinding, clunky interface controls, and campaign AI that feels overly aggressive even on easy.

Screenshots and trailer

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: 1.8 Ghz+ Dual Core or greater i5 or AMD equivalent
Graphics: DirectX 11.0 compatible card with Direct3D Feature Level 11_0 or higher support and 1GB of free memory - Intel: HD 4000 (Ivy Bridge CPU)or better GPU - nVidia: GT 430 or better desktop GPU, or GT 425M or better mobile GPU - AMD: Radeon HD 5500 or better Desktop GPU, or Mobility Radeon 5650 or better mobile GPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 44
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America. Text only: Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese.