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Very Positive

95% of 177,670 reviews

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AGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITION

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has 20,884 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 21,643 and its all-time peak is 28,356. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral InteractivePUB · Xbox Game Studios2019

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

Strong daily player base. Matchmaking and servers will be lively.
Currently at 74% of the all-time peak of 28,356 players.
Last updated 4 months ago: Wololo! Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Converts to macOS on May 28th!.

Playing now

20,884

24h peak

21,643

24h change

▲ 16.9%

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Current

20.9K

24h peak

21.6K

All-time

28.4K

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