Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition stands out as one of the best Strategy titles in recent memory.
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Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 176K reviews)
Active community with 21,003 concurrent players
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a 2019 real-time strategy video game developed by World's Edge and Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a remaster of the 1999 game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original. It features significantly improved visuals, supports 4K resolution, and includes all previous expansions from the original and HD Edition. In addition, the game includes an expansion to the HD Edition called The Last Khans, which adds four new civilizations based on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, as well as four new campaigns. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition was released for Windows on November 14, 2019, and was ported to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on January 31, 2023. A PlayStation 5 version was released on May 6, 2025.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 8d ago
I've been playing this game with a group of friends for years now. The dev team does an amazing job of keeping it fresh. Most of the new civs they add are well thought out, pretty balanced, and unique. This is classic RTS fun at its best. They just don't make games like this anymore - I'm so thankful that AOE2 is still alive and well, going stronger than ever.
It's been months since the developers have broken the Wine/CrossOver/Sikarugir compatibility for those on Mac with no helpful responses. Given the lack of cross-play with Mac, which my friends are PC-based, I cannot recommend this game with the non-existent support from developers, especially their willingness to be highly dismissive given they believe they've solved the Mac issue by the Mac-specific release. Warning to those on Mac, this game is not compatible with Windows/console players. Developers are not helpful or respondent.
The best strategic gameplay i have ever come across.
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