Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

Buy86%

Very Positive · 55k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

World's Edge · Strategy · Oct 15, 2020

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Price
$34.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
121
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio7 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 55k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
When viewed on its own terms, AOE3 is a very accessible RTS with some genuinely cool mechanics.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Epic fight scenes, beautiful graphics, an almost mind boggling array of maps available as well as the challenges and story line to complete, i am hoping The War Chiefs is included with one of the expansion packs, i bought the bulk lot, it is not listed as The War Chiefs expansion pack on any of them, i hope it is there under a different title.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer is polished and active, offering countless hours of competitive and cooperative fun.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Lots of variety in mission and the story threading together the different time periods has aged surprisingly well.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I have yet to experience it on multi-player with other human players, have also been doing that with AI team mates on my PC version for years and co-op version, more to look forward to.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It is truly a masterpiece for any avid AOE player, you can have endless hours of entertainment with this game, depending on the difficulty level you choose, on the easy setting it shouldn't take you very long to win, on hard, be prepared for some serious hours of game play, and i have yet to find out how long a game could take on the hardest difficulty level.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics49 reviews
Multiplayer31 reviews
Story23 reviews
Co-op22 reviews
Difficulty22 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Performance
60% still recommend
Crashes
38% still recommend
Monetization
60% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
43% still recommend
Bugs
86% still recommend
Interface
29% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • LAN PvP
  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

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Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$34.99

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1 points recordedtoday · $34.99

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