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Age of Empires® III (2007)
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“better then two 6.5/10”
“fun game. easy. mindless”
“good old age of empires play!!”
5 of the 64 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It´s a fun game, although AoE II is better than this one,”
“Classic but 2 is way better”
3 of the 64 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 64 reviews raise this.
3 of the 64 reviews raise this.
Counted across 64 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Repurchase this one on Steam. Sadly not much time to do the upgrades.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Great way to spend 30 -45 minutes on a quick skirmish game. Good campaigns also. Graphics are dated, but gameplay is still great.”
— a player, Steam review · 336 hrs played“The fact that this game was ever allowed to be sold on Steam is a CRIME given the fact that the parent company still gets a cut of the profit, and STILL RESTRICTS YOU TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF DEVICES YOU CAN INSTALL ON. 20 YEARS LATER. News Flash: Steam is a service that…”
— a player, Steam review · 154 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:50 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · Base-Building · Multiplayer · Historical · Resource Management · City Builder · War · Simulation · Singleplayer · Real-Time · Military (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * * |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ageofempires.com/games/aoeiii/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon X1300 DirectX®: dx90c Hard Drive: 12 GB HD space