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Age of Empires vs Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Side by side on what we actually measure: scores and review counts from Steam, price against the lowest we've ever recorded, and peak concurrent players from our own hourly sampling.
Age of EmpiresAge of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.
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. Featuring both familiar and innovative new ways to expand your empire, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition brings an evolved real-time strategy game to the next level with a host of free new content and features including brand-new civilizations, new maps, additional in-game updates and languages, and new masteries, challenges, taunts and cheats – all at an amazing value that packs in more history than ever before!
| Age of Empires | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Metacritic | 69/100 | 81/100 |
| Steam reviews | 14,279 | 71,905 |
| Price now | $19.99 | $39.99 |
| Historic low | $19.99 — that's now | $39.99 — that's now |
| Peak players | 559 | 16,551 |
| Playing now | 559 | 5,770 |
| Released | 2019 | 2021 |
| Platforms | PC | PC, Series X|S, Xbox One |
| Genres | Strategy | Strategy |
| Developer | World's Edge | World's Edge, Relic Entertainment |
| Publisher | Xbox Game Studios | Xbox Game Studios |
| Languages | 12 | 25 |
| DLC | 1 | 8 |
| Steam Deck | — | Playable |
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