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Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
164 months, April 2013 to November 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
23 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
30 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 567 hourly samples from 08 Oct, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
7 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 151 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
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294 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Dec 2016 to Jan 2022 · times in UTC
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4457527/63e3feda73888e78d1f1f373596a2d6db7beabfb.png Greetings, Age fans! Some eagle-eyed users noticed that Age of Empires II: HD Edition was discounted during the ongoing Lunar New Year sale for 75% off. Age of Empires…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5856339/9bcef1314cedc8d288a3fb88e1e4cf9f20480e94.jpg Get ready! Only three days remain before the launch of Age of Empires IV– the long-awaited return of one of PC gaming’s most iconic strategy franchises. We also have…
Xbox_SamAVAILABLE NOW! For those who've made the leap to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, the first official expansion, Lords of the West, is now available! Pick up your copy today and expand your gameplay…
Evangeloshttps://static.ageofempires.com/aoe/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1-M3FwTJg-1080x226.png Following its raging success in 2018, the Battle of Africa tournament—hosted by MembTV—makes its triumphant return to the tournament stage, this time on…
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Aleph Omicron{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4457527/62251909b214a8b57d33031f2428eac780324bb2.png Now through January 27, games in the Age of Empires franchise are discounted from 25-75% off during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale!…
Aleph OmicronToday, we are thrilled to announce that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition will be coming to the Microsoft Store, Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) and Ultimate, and Steam on November 14, 2019! For all you Age II players eagerly looking…
EvangelosWhat a week it has been! As always, E3 brings out the passion and excitement of the community, and this year was no exception! This year, the folks from the newly-created Age of Empires studio at Microsoft Games teamed up with our friends…
EvangelosLooking for more #E32019 insight into Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition? Microsoft Creative Director, Adam Isgreen, will join Bert Beeckman (aka Cysion) from Forgotten Empires to play and discuss the game this coming Wednesday on Mixer!…
EvangelosIts official—E3 2019 has begun! Our villagers are working diligently to complete the final touches of our booth and are eager to share with you Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. In addition to stopping by and trying out the demo on the…
EvangelosRecently, we announced three of our Definitive Editions will be coming to Steam, giving our community the choice of where they want to play. With E3 fast approaching, kicking off with Microsoft’s Keynote on Sunday, June 9, we are excited to…
EvangelosToday we announced that Age of Empires I, II, and III Definitive Editions are coming to Steam! Click here for more info!
MSPlus2JoeThe community is the future of Age of Empires, and we want to know what's important to you! TAKE THE SURVEY Your participation helps shape the future of the Age of Empires franchise. Thank you for your contribution! Best The Age of Empires…
MSPlus2JoeIf you're looking for a holiday gift for your historical-RTS-loving buddy, have we got a deal for you! Pro tip: download the T90 Christmas Mod from the Steam Workshop to add a little holiday cheer to your matchups! Also, all the other Age…
MSPlus2JoeBalance Patch 5.8 is now live for all users! Thanks to everyone who participated in the open beta. This is a big balance patch aimed at improving the competitive experience. Discussion thread here. CHANGES IN PATCH 5.8 (Elite) Elephant…
MSPlus2JoeThe much-anticipated balance patch 5.8 is now live for you to play on the Open Beta branch! This patch contains many improvements and balance changes geared toward competitive play. Full patch notes available here. That is also the best…
MSPlus2JoeAge of Empires II HD ranked play is fully operational in the main branch! Thanks to everyone who participated in the open beta this past week. As usual, please continue to report bugs here in the forums!
MSPlus2JoeWe're thrilled to announce that a much-anticipated patch for the ranked play Elo system is live right now in our open beta branch! We hope to push this patch to general release as soon as possible, but we need a bunch of games played in…
MSPlus2JoeIf you like hearing audio taunts, don’t forget to turn them on in the Options Menu! With the latest Patch update the "Allow Audio Taunts" setting will now save and function correctly like the other settings on that screen.
onfire55If you like hearing audio taunts, don’t forget to turn them on in the Options Menu! With the latest Patch update the "Allow Audio Taunts" setting will now save and function correctly like the other settings on that screen.
onfire55Patch 5.7 is now live and thank you for participating in the Open Beta! Your continued support ensures that every build is ready for live release, we are very excited to bring these changes to the full community. The new discussion thread…
onfire55Patch 5.7 is now live and thank you for participating in the Open Beta! Your continued support ensures that every build is ready for live release, we are very excited to bring these changes to the full community. The new discussion thread…
onfire55Thank you for your ongoing patience and support! Patch 5.7 is now ready for Open Beta! In this update we have addressed a wide variety of community issues (including correct scaling for lobby names) and we encourage everyone to participate…
onfire55Thank you for your ongoing patience and support! Patch 5.7 is now ready for Open Beta! In this update we have addressed a wide variety of community issues (including correct scaling for lobby names) and we encourage everyone to participate…
onfire55Patch 5.6 is now Live! Thank you to everyone who participated and played multiplayer games in the Open Beta. We really appreciate your dedication and insight, it is essential to ensuring we're ready for live release! As always, we will…
onfire55Patch 5.6 is now Live! Thank you to everyone who participated and played multiplayer games in the Open Beta. We really appreciate your dedication and insight, it is essential to ensuring we're ready for live release! As always, we will…
onfire55Patch 5.6 is now ready for Open Beta! In this update we have addressed a wide variety of community issues and we encourage everyone to try it out and participate in the Open Beta! We will be monitoring the forums and we look forward to your…
onfire55Patch 5.6 is now ready for Open Beta! In this update we have addressed a wide variety of community issues and we encourage everyone to try it out and participate in the Open Beta! We will be monitoring the forums and we look forward to your…
onfire55Patch 5.5 has now cleared Open Beta and been promoted to Live! Thank you to everyone who participated in this long Open Beta and we are thrilled to bring these desync improvements and balance changes to the full community! As always, your…
onfire55Patch 5.5 has now cleared Open Beta and been promoted to Live! Thank you to everyone who participated in this long Open Beta and we are thrilled to bring these desync improvements and balance changes to the full community! As always, your…
onfire55Patch 5.5 is ready for Open Beta! Thank you for your ongoing support and participation as it is fundamental in ensuring that builds are stable and ready for Live release. In this Open Beta we have implemented password protected lobbies…
onfire55Patch 5.5 is ready for Open Beta! Thank you for your ongoing support and participation as it is fundamental in ensuring that builds are stable and ready for Live release. In this Open Beta we have implemented password protected lobbies…
onfire55Patch 5.4 has now moved from Open Beta to Live! We are very excited to bring these changes to the full community and thank you to everyone who participated in the Open Beta. Your feedback and assistance has been essential to ensuring our…
onfire55Patch 5.4 has now moved from Open Beta to Live! We are very excited to bring these changes to the full community and thank you to everyone who participated in the Open Beta. Your feedback and assistance has been essential to ensuring our…
onfire55Patch 5.4 is ready for Open Beta! Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support as we strive to improve the quality of this game! In this Open Beta we have addressed two desyncs involving missed updates to the players World Time, improved…
onfire55Patch 5.4 is ready for Open Beta! Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support as we strive to improve the quality of this game! In this Open Beta we have addressed two desyncs involving missed updates to the players World Time, improved…
onfire55Patch 5.3 has left open beta, and is now live for all players! Thanks to all who participated in this open beta; we really appreciate your patience, and your input has been essential to ensuring this build is ready for live release! We’ll…
onfire55Patch 5.3 has left open beta, and is now live for all players! Thanks to all who participated in this open beta; we really appreciate your patience, and your input has been essential to ensuring this build is ready for live release! We’ll…
onfire55We have just launched a small update to the Open Beta branch so please restart Steam to get the latest version. In this update we’ve addressed three additional issues based on your feedback. Thank you for your support. Repeatedly pressing…
onfire55We have just launched a small update to the Open Beta branch so please restart Steam to get the latest version. In this update we’ve addressed three additional issues based on your feedback. Thank you for your support. Repeatedly pressing…
onfire55Thank you for participating in the Open Beta Program! Based on your ongoing feedback we have identified a few additional AI improvements which we would like to include before full release. Due this these additions we will be rolling the…
Patch notesThank you for participating in the Open Beta Program! Based on your ongoing feedback we have identified a few additional AI improvements which we would like to include before full release. Due this these additions we will be rolling the…
onfire55Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Feedback from 5.2 has been positive so far and we have identified an additional area for optimization based on the community’s observations around late game performance. We have included this…
Patch notesThank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Feedback from 5.2 has been positive so far and we have identified an additional area for optimization based on the community’s observations around late game performance. We have included this…
mornessPatch Notes – Open Beta 5.2 Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! This open beta has significant improvements to the network speed system. Our testing has shown a noticeable improvement on faster connections and we encourage…
Patch notesPatch Notes – Open Beta 5.2 Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! This open beta has significant improvements to the network speed system. Our testing has shown a noticeable improvement on faster connections and we encourage…
mornessWe have been monitoring the forums and working through the issues brought up by the community and this patch includes some of those fixes as well as additional improvements. Moving forward we will continue to provide regular and ongoing…
Patch notesWe have been monitoring the forums and working through the issues brought up by the community and this patch includes some of those fixes as well as additional improvements. Moving forward we will continue to provide regular and ongoing…
mornessWe've been nominated for the 2016 "Test of Time" Steam Award, and YOU can help us win! All you need to do is log into Steam and vote for Age of Empires II on December 24. Here's the description of the Test of Time award: This award is for…
MSPlus2JoeWe've been nominated for the 2016 "Test of Time" Steam Award, and YOU can help us win! All you need to do is log into Steam and vote for Age of Empires II on December 24. Here's the description of the Test of Time award: This award is for…
MSPlus2JoeEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Age of Empires II (2013): Rise of the Rajas | Windows | 19 Dec 2016 |
| Age of Empires II (2013): The African Kingdoms | Windows | 05 Nov 2015 |
| Age of Empires II (2013): The Forgotten | Windows | 07 Nov 2013 |
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