Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    Players go online to build civilisations and challenge each other in real-time strategy.

    World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral Interactive · published by Xbox Game Studios

    Playing together

    Online co-op
    Confirmed
    Online versus
    1 source
    Not known yet
    Online multiplayer, Players in online co-op, Players online, Best with, How co-op works, Crossplay, Local co-op, Multiplayer through mods, One copy is enough, Free to play, Plays in browser, Demo, Playtest, Early access

    Hover, focus or tap a fact to see where it came from.

    How you talk

    Public matchmaking
    1 source
    Not known yet
    Plays without voice or typing, Wordless tools, Friendly with strangers

    About the game

    42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
    From Steam

    Screenshots

    Why we rate it this way

    • 95% positive from 183,873 Steam reviews.
    • Critics rate it 78/100 from 3 reviews.
    Steam, checked 1 Nov 2026Num reviews: 1Review score: 8Review score desc: Very PositiveTotal positive: 174514Total negative: 9359Total reviews: 183873{"num_reviews":1,"review_score":8,"review_score_desc":"Very Positive","total_positive":174514,"total_negative":9359,"total_reviews":183873}IGDB, checked 1 Nov 2026Id: 55056Name: Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionUrl: https://www.igdb.com/games/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-editionCreated at: 1503575427First release date: 1573689600Total rating: 83.14112128494153Total rating count: 197Aggregated rating: 77.66666666666667Aggregated rating count: 3Hypes: 5Release dates: [{"id":571949,"date":1573689600,"human":"Nov 14, 2019","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":726680,"date":1746057600,"human":"May 01, 2025","status":{"id":34,"name":"Advanced Access"}},{"id":726678,"date":1746489600,"human":"May 06, 2025","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":666450,"date":1673913600,"human":"Jan 17, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":666449,"date":1673913600,"human":"Jan 17, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":905304,"date":1779926400,"human":"May 28, 2026","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}}]Game type: {"id":9,"type":"Remaster"}Involved companies: [{"company":{"id":17966,"name":"Xbox Game Studios"},"developer":false,"publisher":true},{"company":{"id":2084,"name":"Wicked Witch Software"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":6019,"name":"Forgotten Empires LLC"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":1304,"name":"Tantalus Media"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":22619,"name":"World's Edge"},"developer":true,"publisher":false}]{"id":55056,"name":"Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition","url":"https://www.igdb.com/games/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition","created_at":1503575427,"first_release_date":1573689600,"total_rating":83.14112128494153,"total_rating_count":197,"aggregated_rating":77.66666666666667,"aggregated_rating_count":3,"hypes":5,"release_dates":[{"id":571949,"date":1573689600,"human":"Nov 14, 2019","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":726680,"date":1746057600,"human":"May 01, 2025","status":{"id":34,"name":"Advanced Access"}},{"id":726678,"date":1746489600,"human":"May 06, 2025","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":666450,"date":1673913600,"human":"Jan 17, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":666449,"date":1673913600,"human":"Jan 17, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":905304,"date":1779926400,"human":"May 28, 2026","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}}],"game_type":{"id":9,"type":"Remaster"},"involved_companies":[{"company":{"id":17966,"name":"Xbox Game Studios"},"developer":false,"publisher":true},{"company":{"id":2084,"name":"Wicked Witch Software"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":6019,"name":"Forgotten Empires LLC"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":1304,"name":"Tantalus Media"},"developer":false,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":22619,"name":"World's Edge"},"developer":true,"publisher":false}]}

    Sources

    First listed 1 Nov 2026. Updated 2 Nov 2026.