Age of Empires II (Retired)
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.
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:4/9/2013
- Franchise:Age of Empires Franchise
- Developers:
- Publisher:Xbox Game Studios
- Last Updated:8/29/2024
- Steam App Id:221380
Age of Empires II (Retired)
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Age of Empires II (Retired) has 3,857 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 24% lower than its previous all-time peak of 5,078 players achieved on 1/13/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Age of Empires II (Retired). It has received a total of 100,590 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 94 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Age of Empires II (Retired). Right now, it costs $19.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Age of Empires II (Retired) and its growth over time. It currently has 188,856 followers on its community page.
About Age of Empires II (Retired)
Age of Empires II (Retired) is a Strategy game developed by Skybox Labs, Ensemble Studios, Forgotten Empires, and Hidden Path Entertainment. On 4/9/2013, it was released on the Steam Store by Xbox Game Studios.
Players have rated Age of Empires II (Retired) as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 100,590 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 96,337 positive reviews and 4,253 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating. Additionally, Age of Empires II (Retired) has earned a metascore of 68 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $19.99. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Age of Empires II (2013): The Forgotten, Age of Empires II (2013): The African Kingdoms, and Age of Empires II (2013): Rise of the Rajas available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 11 languanges in-game including English, German, French, Italian, and Korean. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Age of Empires II (Retired) supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Multi-player
- Stats
- Includes level editor
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
- Captions available
From the Steam community, Age of Empires II (Retired) has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Classic
- Competitive
- Isometric
- Real-Time
- Multiplayer
- Tactical
- Historical
- Medieval
- Co-op
- RTS
- Replay Value
- Base Building
- Resource Management
- Strategy
- Adventure
- Action
- Remake
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Age of Empires II (Retired) and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Age of Empires II (Retired) is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Age of Empires II (2013): The Forgotten | DLC | 11/7/2013 | View |
 | Age of Empires II (2013): The African Kingdoms | DLC | 11/5/2015 | View |
 | Age of Empires II (2013): Rise of the Rajas | DLC | 12/19/2016 | View |
Related Packages
Age of Empires II (Retired) is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Age of Empires II | $19.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Age of Empires II (Retired) is available in 11 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
| German | Yes | Yes | No |
| French | Yes | Yes | No |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | No |
| Korean | Yes | Yes | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Dutch | Yes | No | No |
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Soures & References
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Age of Empires II (Retired) data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 29). Age of Empires II (Retired) on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/221380
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 29). Age of Empires II (Retired). Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/221380
- Metacritic. (2024, August 29). Age of Empires II (Retired) for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/age-of-empires-ii-hd-edition
- Skybox Labs. (2023, July 8). Age of Empires II (Retired). Age of Empires II (Retired). https://www.ageofempires.com/games/aoeii/