Strategy · August 19, 2019

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2019)

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Age of Empires, the pivotal RTS that launched a 20-year legacy returns in definitive form for Windows 10 PCs. Bringing together all of the officially released content with modernized gameplay, all-new visuals and a host of other new features, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is the complete RTS package. Engage in over 40 hours of updated campaign content with new narration and pacing, jump online in up to 8-player battles with new competitive features and modes, experience 4K HD visuals with overhauled animations, get creative with the scenario builder and share your creations. There’s never been a better time to jump in to Age of Empires. Welcome back to history.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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Full audio (10)

English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Spanish - Latin America
Vietnamese

Position in Strategy

Metric	This title	Genre position
Review volume	13.9k Steam reviews	Top 33% in Strategy
Positive rating	84% positive	Genre average: 84% — this title sits in top 64%
Metacritic	69/100	Genre average 79 — top 93% of Strategy titles
Concurrent peak	559 players	Top 30% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours	10 h average	Top 75% for session depth among Strategy

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

Strategy · 181
RTS · 112
Multiplayer · 88
Base-Building · 84
Singleplayer · 82
City Builder · 81
Historical · 76
Classic · 63
Remake · 43
Medieval · 34
Story Rich · 30
Real-Time · 29
Co-op · 26
Great Soundtrack · 23
Action · 17

Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 13.9k reviews

11.7k positive · 2.2k negative

Metacritic

69/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.5/10

Curator recommendations

13.6k

Peak concurrent players

559

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Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

Multi-player
PvP
Online PvP
LAN PvP
Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud

Other

Single-player
Includes level editor
Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

10h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

Typical completion time

2-week avg

Current engagement

Achievements

Steam unlocks available

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7 Strategy titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

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2019 · 85% · 48.8k · 77/100 MC

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2019 · 96% · 22.3k

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Release & Availability

Release date	Aug 19, 2019
Developer	World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus
Publisher	Xbox Game Studios
Base price	$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons	1 released
Platforms	Windows
Estimated owners	1M–10M
External links	Official site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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