Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a Windows 10 digital-code real-time strategy game for players who enjoy building empires, historical campaigns, and competitive battles, with over 40 hours of updated campaign content and online matches for up to eight players.
Recommended For
- Returning Age of Empires players who want to revisit the original game’s ancient-history campaigns with updated visuals, narration, and quality-of-life changes.
- Players looking for a substantial solo RTS campaign: the edition includes more than 40 hours of updated campaign content, with narrated missions and historical scenarios.
- RTS newcomers who want to learn through tutorials and straightforward town-building, resource gathering, and combat before moving on to more complex strategy games.
- Players who enjoy making their own RTS scenarios or campaigns, using the included scenario builder to create custom content.
Spec Summary
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| Best For | Players seeking a Windows 10 real-time strategy game with single-player gameplay and multiplayer battles |
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| Game Details | Real-time strategy game published by Microsoft, rated T for Teen for blood and violence |
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| Platform And Compatibility | Windows DRM; requires Windows 10 on an x64 system with DirectX 11 |
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| Minimum System Requirements | 1.8 GHz or faster dual-core processor, i5 or AMD equivalent; 4 GB memory; 1 GB video memory; Intel HD 4000 or better with 16 or more execution units, or an NVIDIA or AMD GPU scoring at least 500 on PassMark G3D Mark |
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| Recommended System Requirements | 2.4 GHz i5 or faster processor with 4 hardware threads; 16 GB memory; 2 GB video memory; NVIDIA GTX 650 or AMD HD 5850 graphics |
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| Gameplay And Visual Features | Over 40 hours of gameplay, 4K visuals, and multiplayer battles for up to 8 players |
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| Model Identifiers | Model 2WU-00009 |
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