Overview
Who made it, when it came out, and how players rate it overall and right now
Developer
World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral Interactive
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Released
Nov 14, 2019
Genres
Strategy
Steam store page
OpenAll-time positive
95%
Steam rating
Very Positive
Last 30 days
93%▼ 2 pts
English reviews
70,644
Last updated
Oct 30, 2026
The Good
The most praised themes, as a share of all this game's reviews
Graphics & art23%
“still fun, good graphics and fun game”
Co-op & multiplayer17%
“very fun game to play with friends”
Content & grind15%
“very good, lots of replay value with friends”
Gameplay & combat13%
“a very good game with a nice gameplay and nice campains”
Developers & updates12%
“10/10 I love the developers for Aoe 2”
The Bad
The most common complaints, as a share of all this game's reviews
Bugs & crashes8%
“Recent update has made it unplayable, game crashes when loading a match”
Opinions over time
Percent positive each month, with the number of reviews below. The dashed line is the all-time score, and the last point covers the last 30 days.
Monthly % positiveFlagged monthAll-time score (95%)
Playtime
Percent positive by how many hours reviewers had played when they wrote their review
A low score under 2 hours often means a rough first impression, a bad launch, or performance problems.
Review Randomizer
A random review from this game's sample, which leans toward reviews other players found helpful
Particularly close to me since it was one of the first games I played as a kid, and it still holds up surprisingly well. Probably will forever be one of the best RTS games of all time.