Beautiful graphics and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The graphics are gorgeous, and the card/home-city system is still a unique and fun twist on the formula.”
Steam review · 113.7 h played ↗
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%World's Edge, Tantalus Media, Forgotten Empires2020Base Building · RTS · Strategy
The verdict
A unique, deep RTS with the Home City card system, varied civs and fun multiplayer. Skip it if you dislike paywalled civs/content, or want AoE II's feel, or need stable performance.
Great for
Players who want a different, fast-paced RTS with deck-building, unique civs and friends or AI skirmishes
Main risk
Key civs and modes are locked behind DLC, and crashes, freezes and out-of-sync errors can ruin matches
What players love
Home City card/deck system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“What keeps me coming back? The Home City.”
Steam review · 799.2 h played ↗
Unique, varied civilizations
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Civs are all unique and its fun to craft new builds”
Steam review · 329.2 h played ↗
Nostalgic, great remaster
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Great remaster of a nostalgic game. It modernizes it and fixes a lot of QoL things from the original.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
New DLC and continued support
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Seeing the developers listen and release the previously canceled Baltic DLC is incredible”
Steam review · 203.4 h played ↗
Fun with friends and multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Just a fun game to play with friends even nowadays with all the new games out there to play. This is a classic!”
Steam review · 59.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Unplayable. Continues to freeze and crash.”
Steam review · 347.5 h played ↗
Civs and content paywalled
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Two hours worth of content and after that everything is a paid dlc”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Weak or cheating AI, balance issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“the AI doesn't really [i]fight[/i] you or your army.”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Changed history and butchered campaigns
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Campaigns from the original game were butchered”
Steam review · 120.1 h played ↗
Out-of-sync and multiplayer disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“90% of treaty games go out of sync or crash, wasting hours of progress.”
Steam review · 443.9 h played ↗
Home City leveling removed
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Half the fun of this version of AoE over it's predecessors was leveling up your Home City. They took that away in the DE version.”
Steam review · 24 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported42 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorIntel i3-2105 @ 3.1GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 973 with an average CPU Passmark score of 1830 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GT 430, Radeon HD 5570, or Intel HD 4400 with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 570 or better @720p
Storage42 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorIntel i5-3300 @ 3.0GHz or AMD FX-8350 or equivalent with an average CPU Passmark score of 4100 or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 980 or Radeon R9 Fury or equivalent with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 9500 or better @1080p
Storage42 GB available space
OSWindows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
ProcessorIntel i3-2105 @ 3.1GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 973 with an average CPU Passmark score of 1830 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GT 430, Radeon HD 5570, or Intel HD 4400 with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 570 or better @720p
Storage42 GB available space
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