Released Oct 28, 2021 $39.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

By World's Edge · published by Xbox Game Studios

Strategy RTS Base Building War Multiplayer Medieval Singleplayer Resource Management City BuilderHistoricalAction RTSPvP

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Reviews 72,693 Very Positive

Players yesterday 7,084 at the busiest moment

Owners 2M–5M estimated

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition is a game tagged Strategy, RTS and Base Building by World's Edge, released Oct 28, 2021. It has 72,693 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Age of Empires II (Retired).

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 94% match · Strategy, RTS, Base Building
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 92% match · Strategy, RTS, Base Building
Age of Empires II (Retired) 88% match · Strategy, RTS, Base Building
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition 87% match · Strategy, RTS, Base Building
The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition 83% match · Strategy, RTS, Multiplayer
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Paper Battlefield 79% match · Strategy, RTS, Base Building

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID1466860

Release dateOct 28, 2021

Last change number40150072

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: World's Edge, Relic Entertainment, Forgotten Empires, Climax Studios
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Age of Empires
Metacritic: 81
Website: ageofempires.com

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline co-opCross-platform multiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportHDR availablePlayStation controller BluetoothFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
24231237	public	Jul 17, 2026
24099613	previous_live	Jul 15, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
1668560	Not on the store yet	—
1668570	Not on the store yet	—
1779350	Not on the store yet	—
1959430	Not on the store yet	—
2131250	Not on the store yet	—
3067190	Not on the store yet	—
3144890	Not on the store yet	—
3746540	Not on the store yet	—
4336170	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228988	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228989	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
1466861	—	All	38.71 GB	30.29 GB	5202884186480312915
1466862	— French	All	6.42 GB	6.50 GB	7928252642495728641
1466863	— Brazilian	All	6.37 GB	6.45 GB	8985474575684591627
1466864	— German	All	6.44 GB	6.52 GB	4960368421424011301
1466865	— Italian	All	6.42 GB	6.51 GB	7488815058258035597
1466866	— Japanese	All	6.00 GB	6.07 GB	233091999331627070
1466867	— Koreana	All	6.37 GB	6.45 GB	7248767471594176399
1466868	— Latam	All	6.34 GB	6.43 GB	7966138496874336541
1466869	— Schinese	All	6.39 GB	6.48 GB	4118555174428207673
1668560	— DLC 1668560	All	5.53 GB	5.54 GB	679585415305256255
1668561	— Brazilian DLC 1668560	All	12.13 GB	12.29 GB	5477369601472219127
1668562	— English DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	6549698333908356662
1668563	— French DLC 1668560	All	12.18 GB	12.35 GB	492570845073703563
1668564	— German DLC 1668560	All	12.17 GB	12.33 GB	1754271301489404944
1668565	— Italian DLC 1668560	All	12.17 GB	12.34 GB	3034855857581089779
1668566	— Japanese DLC 1668560	All	12.12 GB	12.28 GB	1447188873334377391
1668567	— Koreana DLC 1668560	All	12.16 GB	12.33 GB	3704394592305333844
1668568	— Latam DLC 1668560	All	12.18 GB	12.34 GB	755431912528671787
1668569	— Schinese DLC 1668560	All	12.18 GB	12.34 GB	7646206649279646764
1668570	— DLC 1668570	All	66.6 MB	66.5 MB	5021418869429789881
1668571	— Spanish DLC 1668560	All	12.18 GB	12.34 GB	5805122192946586344
1668572	— Russian DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	501093048546748912
1668573	— Tchinese DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	7426142869141921231
1668574	— Turkish DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	5451306710457090161
1668575	— Vietnamese DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	3528078400764547325
1668576	— English	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	8319301009638007215
1668577	— Spanish	All	6.35 GB	6.43 GB	9081932470808233649
1668578	— Russian	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	4727481336256429423
1668579	— Tchinese	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	8819945172898804873
1670951	— Turkish	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	5905627357750354426
1670952	— Vietnamese	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	4757854794346075800
1670953	— Dutch	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	5668226936911304021
1670954	— Danish	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	2169633041383958542
1670955	— Swedish	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	2481496389267364253
1670956	— Czech	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	7146399644714932649
1670957	— Norwegian	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	7909070226204287868
1670958	— Greek	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	9012384332926296062
1670959	— Hungarian	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	5662479834425564425
1670960	— Polish	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	5820801425083449468
1670961	— Finnish	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	119537262443100343
1670962	— Portuguese	All	6.53 GB	6.61 GB	8269341317767548567
1670964	— Dutch DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	7812655020914186380
1670965	— Danish DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	1582218669874149641
1670966	— Swedish DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	670444913470643007
1670967	— Czech DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	8117301583025580887
1670968	— Norwegian DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	5137141778673678818
1670969	— Greek DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	4872448515233483244
1670970	— Hungarian DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	5439377956453704871
1670971	— Polish DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	3636830549104194720
1670972	— Finnish DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	5587384387490018518
1670973	— Portuguese DLC 1668560	All	12.34 GB	12.51 GB	2619726927987078136
1959431	— DLC 1959430	All	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	24231237	Jul 17, 2026	Open
previous_live Archive of previous live build	24099613	Jul 15, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Age of Empires IV

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
RelicCardinal.exe		Windows
RelicCardinal.exe	-publicTest	Windows	Public Test
RelicCardinal.exe	-publicTest	Windows	PUP QA Testing
EssenceEditor.exe	-publicTest	All	Content Editor
EssenceEditor.exe	-publicTest	All	Age of Empires IV: Content Editor (Beta)
RelicCardinal.exe	-publicTest	Windows	Practice Branch

All 7 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
EssenceEditor.exe	-publicTest	All	Practice Content Editor

Space per player100.0 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

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