Faithful remake with nostalgia intact
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Retold gives it a new life without losing its soul.”
Steam review · 80.5 h played ↗
Age of Mythology: Retold
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, CaptureAge, Virtuos Games2024RTS · Base Building · Strategy
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A faithful, polished remake of a beloved mythology RTS with strong campaigns and replayability. Skip it if DLC paywalls, multiplayer desyncs or AI and pathing quirks would bother you.
Great for
Fans of the original AoM and RTS players who like campaigns, myth units and god powers
Main risk
Premium Edition still leaves content like Blood and Bones paywalled, plus multiplayer desyncs and pathing bugs
What players love
New civilizations and ongoing support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The developers always release balance patches and new features that the original version doesn't have”
Steam review · 98 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals and good performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the game is well optimized so it runs smooth even at the highest settings on older rigs”
Steam review · 127.7 h played ↗
Great campaigns
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“this is one of the best single player rts campaigns after warcraft 3 and starcraft 2”
Steam review · 123.5 h played ↗
Myth units and god powers
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Just destroying a whole city with god powers is fantastic you can rain down meteorites or send in a titan to reck havoc.”
Steam review · 40.7 h played ↗
Quality of life and accessibility
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“A highly accessible RTS that lets the AI take over your villagers”
Steam review · 95 h played ↗
What players complain about
Expensive DLC and cash-grab feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“with the new pass im once again kind of forced to get all pass to get demeter to finish my greek pantheon”
Steam review · 333.7 h played ↗
Paywalled Blood and Bones despite Premium
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Locking it behind a $30 paywall without being able to access it any other way is too greedy.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Worse voice acting, art and UI than original
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There was absolutely no reason to not just use the old voice lines.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Broken pathing, attack-move and weak AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Attack move is a basic since 20 years but it doesn't work here.”
Steam review · 27.8 h played ↗
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“PLEASE Devs, FIX THE D3D12 ERROR I BEG OF YOU.”
Steam review · 192.5 h played ↗
Multiplayer desyncs and disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“It kicks me out of 100% of multiplayer games.”
Steam review · 667.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® i3-4130 or AMD FX 4350 at 2.4GHZ+ with 2 cores / 4 threads and AVX support
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 645 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 or Intel® Iris Graphics 550 or better
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
Processor3.6 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent and AVX support
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 or better
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel® i3-4130 or AMD FX 4350 at 2.4GHZ+ with 2 cores / 4 threads and AVX support
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 645 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 or Intel® Iris Graphics 550 or better
Storage25 GB available space
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