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Age of Empires (1997)

Ensemble Studios

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.85 from 1066 ratings

1904 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 130 backlogged · 85 wish listed

How long? Main story 18h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages (the Stone, Tool, Bronze, and Iron Ages), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.

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Details

Developers: Ensemble Studios
Publishers: MacSoft Games, Microsoft
Genres: Strategy
Themes: Historical, Warfare
Series: Age of Empires

Release dates

Oct 15, 1997 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 23, 1997 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 01, 1999 (Full Release) (North_America) Mac

Also available on

Age of Empires: Pocket PC Edition (2003) · Mobile
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2018) · PC

Related

Bundled in

Age of Empires: Gold Edition (Sep 1999) · PC
Age of Empires: Collector's Edition (Oct 2000) · PC

Expansions

Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome (Oct 1998) · PC

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Featured in lists

Gamestar Magazine's 300 best PC games of all time by Human_Traffic · 300 games · 5

Rating distribution

5 stars

244

4 stars

458

3 stars

330

2 stars

26

1 star

8

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Review SinAndPunish 4/5 · Dec 8, 2022

Good but aged.

While I adore the second Age of Empires game to death, and while this one is still amazing, I didn’t get as hooked on this one as I did the second.

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Status RTArroyo Apr 8, 2020

Game completed with all achievements on Windows 10 - Through Xbox Game Pass - Definitive Edition

Gamertag: Rafael D Arroyo

A true classic, but I have to say I used cheats very often lol - bigdaddy

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Review Begbie 5/5 · Aug 30, 2015

Wololo

awefull controls, ridiculous sounds and one of the hardest campaigns ever - all u need for a nearly perfect strategy game

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