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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
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.
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
58 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I disagree with the top review in the sense that the game is in a very good state. It is hard not to cater to pros, when the genre of RTS by default is a high APM, game knowledge, strategy game with a strong focus on…”
“Best AoE, and that's really, REALLY saying something. Best current modern rts game”
“I cannot recommend Age Of Empires IV enough as a RTS game. I have been playing since it came out and I get why early on people were hesitant. Over time the AOE 4 team has crafted this into a master strategy game that…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I disagree with the top review in the sense that the game is in a very good state. It is hard not to cater to pros, when the genre of RTS by default is a high APM, game knowledge, strategy game with a strong focus on…”
“Good strategy game with different types of campaigns. Or create your own. Difficulty settings make it as easy or as hard as you want.”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great Game to spend time and enjoy. mix of nostaliga time playing AoE 1 with Graphics/ Gaming upgrate plus Historical accuracy.... niceone..”
“This game is THE premier RTS available to fans of the genre right now. The diversity of civilizations and gameplay styles is amazing. The attention to detail on the history of (almost) every civ and variant is…”
“I love this game, not perfect, but enjoyable, good graphics, good gameplay, not too friendly interface, the history lessons are good too.”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great Game to spend time and enjoy. mix of nostaliga time playing AoE 1 with Graphics/ Gaming upgrate plus Historical accuracy.... niceone..”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“This game is THE premier RTS available to fans of the genre right now. The diversity of civilizations and gameplay styles is amazing. The attention to detail on the history of (almost) every civ and variant is…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Comparing this game to AoE2. Good: - game introduces a completely new reworked system of game mechanics that are actually feeling alright - units navigation(more like SC 2) and combat feels more smooth/modern - a quick…”
“don't listen to what other reviews say, this game is still the best RTS in our heart. New fun mechanics, beautiful music and language voiceline, bunch of unique units, all and you can enjoy with your friends, or play…”
“This game is THE premier RTS available to fans of the genre right now. The diversity of civilizations and gameplay styles is amazing. The attention to detail on the history of (almost) every civ and variant is…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unoptimized game doesnt even have reconnect option ♥♥♥♥ matchmaking devlopers should really fkin focus on game instead of ♥♥♥♥ dlcs money minded dogs”
“With every patch, the game becomes less fun for casual players. It feels more and more like a different flavor instance soup experience. Every cool, unique mechanic gets ruined in the balancing process. On the one hand,…”
“Suck ass server, Microsoft can't afford dev to create smooth server properly. Having money but no management skills.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“bought this game half a year ago constant crashes after every update, then i played it again thought is was taken care of but no, same problem still happens lol latest crash is during a campaign cinematic ps: play age…”
“Sometimes the campaign progression doesn't register if you've won or lost during games in which you saved/loaded. So you'll have to retry whole campaigns if it happens, and remember! Don't use the feature they built-in…”
“No Rejoin mechanic still in this day and age for such a game unacceptable. TRASH + cant go back in Replays. Gotta restart the whole thing”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“With every patch, the game becomes less fun for casual players. It feels more and more like a different flavor instance soup experience. Every cool, unique mechanic gets ruined in the balancing process. On the one hand,…”
“I've been playing the series since AOE, now I spend 1-2 hours a day in AOE 2 DE. I don't play this AOE4 game anymore because there's no tactical pause or casual speed. And without that, everything is too fast for me. I…”
“Age of Empires IV is basically what happens when someone looks at AoE 2 and says “what if we made it less fun but more stressful?” I’ve got hundreds of hours in AoE 1, 2, and 3. Loved every minute. Those games felt like…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unoptimized game doesnt even have reconnect option ♥♥♥♥ matchmaking devlopers should really fkin focus on game instead of ♥♥♥♥ dlcs money minded dogs”
“With every patch, the game becomes less fun for casual players. It feels more and more like a different flavor instance soup experience. Every cool, unique mechanic gets ruined in the balancing process. On the one hand,…”
“Suck ass server, Microsoft can't afford dev to create smooth server properly. Having money but no management skills.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unoptimized game doesnt even have reconnect option ♥♥♥♥ matchmaking devlopers should really fkin focus on game instead of ♥♥♥♥ dlcs money minded dogs”
“Comparing this game to AoE2. Good: - game introduces a completely new reworked system of game mechanics that are actually feeling alright - units navigation(more like SC 2) and combat feels more smooth/modern - a quick…”
“This is a great RTS game. My only wish is that the devs would focus on quality over quantity and release new fully-fledged civs like Japanese and Byzantines in the past rather than multiple uninspired variants in the…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“been playing AoE since I was a kid, on Windows 98. It's just a solid game. I learned a surprising amount of history playing through the campaigns. AoE IV is more like AoE II but with a lot of the mechanics ironed out. Highly recommend”
— a player, Steam review · 186 hrs played“Age of Empires IV is a good classic RTS. It is still fun, but feels a bit safe and not very new.”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“RTS is the style of game that uses the most of my brain. AOE is a great gateway drug.”
— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · Base-Building · Multiplayer · War · Singleplayer · Resource Management · Medieval · City Builder · Historical · Action RTS · PvP (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese, Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian, Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Czech, … |
| Achievements | 175 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ageofempires.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit | Windows 11 64bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G | CPU with AVX support required Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 50 GB available space