Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Developer: World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral Interactive
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Franchise: —
Release date: Nov 14, 2019
Store page updated: Jul 30, 2026
Price: $34.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

84.1/ 100

Based on 379 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 93% of 742

All time 😄 Very Positive 95% of 182,420

“fun despite being bad at the game, played since age 6”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.89

Strategy +3.83 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

“economy management and strategy layers kept players addicted for 25 years” (32)

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Story & World

+2.80

World +2.78 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+4.15

Volume +4.49 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+3.18

Visuals +3.63 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“character models are more refined and detailed” (33)

起初是为了儿时的情怀补票，但是打开游戏才发现建模都换了，变得更精致了。而且各种战役更是让PVE爱好者狂喜。唯一的遗憾是现在很难凑齐几个人开黑了。 87年老男人的独白。

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Multiplayer

+2.09

Playing together +2.70 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

“meaningful multiplayer bonding with father across years” (14)

买给我的父亲，也是给我的童年补票。我很小的时候，因为爸爸喜欢的原因，就在爸爸的耳濡目染下接触这款游戏，小时候我也没有手机电脑，但是为了打电脑，就借口跟爸爸联机打帝国。我坐在wifi前面，拿着一个0几年的xp系统的笔记本，爸爸那边用着一个台式机，用局域网联机打盗版。后来在黑盒上想问问还有没有1.4的联机版，还被人骂了，这才衍生出补票的想法。我爸不喜欢打战役模式，我们就联机2v3极难机器人，俩人一坐就是几个小时，我父亲还老是断线，重连之后也保存不了存档。当初学会了赶鹿，ct射猪，肉骑卡两下猪的位置不让它拱村民。但是不会热键，不会爆兵。我喜欢出一堆僧侣和我爹抢遗物（虽然总是抢不过他），打起来了给他回血，我小时候特别不喜欢战损，一个兵都不不想掉，所以发育也比他慢，经常是他扛着三家机器人打，我美美发育：）等到后期我就出两个满编队，直接打我爹平推完的破烂，因为开的是征服模式？所以好像必须要杀完所有有生单位，最后比比谁分高，谁的科技点的最多，谁灭的建筑对多，虽然每次都是我爹各项数据碾压，地图资源也被他抢光，但是真的很开心，那是我可以和爸爸同台竞技享受游戏快乐的平台。有的时候前期他抗压扛不住的时候，我就会被我爹压力，他会骂我前期发育太慢，中期又不去他那建城堡，于是父子二人脸红红地下机，现在回想起来，如果我当初能带飞他就好了，或许我就能得到他的认可，这可是很难得的。下机后我也被我妈催着睡觉。

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Pricing & Fairness

-0.62

Balance +0.89 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

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Tech & Support

+1.30

Developer support +1.48 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“still receiving big updates and balance changes after 1999 release” (30)

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Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

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Reviews

per day · 742 reviews, peak 34/day

Aug 20Sep 18

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