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Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 102,542 reviews
Critic scores
68
Metacritic
Mixed reviews
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AGE OF EMPIRES II (RETIRED)
Age of Empires II (Retired) has 1,774 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 2,861 and its all-time peak is 3,654. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.
DEV · Skybox Labs, Hidden Path Entertainment, Ensemble Studios, Forgotten EmpiresPUB · Xbox Game Studios2013
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.
- Solid daily community. Plenty of people to play with right now.
- Currently at 49% of the all-time peak of 3,654 players.
- Last updated 4 years ago: Regarding the Lunar New Year Sale Discount.
Playing now
1,774
24h peak
2,861
24h change
▼ 2.0%
Quick verdict
Is Age of Empires II (Retired) still alive in 2026?
PREVIOUS 24 HOURS
GALLERY & TRAILERS
1 / 7
ACROSS PLATFORMS
STEAMLIVE
Current
1.77K
24h peak
2.86K
All-time
3.65K
TWITCHLIVE · VIEWERS
Watching now
No live streams
Nobody is streaming this game on Twitch right now.
Xbox · PlayStation · Nintendo
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