Released Apr 9, 2013 $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Age of Empires II (Retired)

By Skybox Labs · published by Xbox Game Studios

Strategy RTS Medieval MultiplayerClassicHistorical Base Building City Builder Resource ManagementSingleplayerTacticalReal-Time

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Reviews 84,910 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 2,278 at the busiest moment

Owners 5M–10M estimated

Age of Empires II (Retired) is a game tagged Strategy, RTS and Medieval by Skybox Labs, released Apr 9, 2013. It has 84,910 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 5M–10M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and American Conquest.

Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.

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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 100% match · Strategy, RTS, Medieval
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 98% match · Strategy, RTS, Medieval
American Conquest 91% match · Strategy, RTS, Multiplayer
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Tzar: The Burden of the Crown 88% match · Strategy, RTS, Medieval
American Conquest: Fight Back 87% match · Strategy, RTS, Multiplayer
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Everything Steam lists for Age of Empires II (Retired) · record updated 19 hours ago

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Overview

App ID221380

Release dateApr 9, 2013

Last change number37432492

Last record update19 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Skybox Labs, Hidden Path Entertainment, Ensemble Studios, Forgotten Empires
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Age of Empires
Metacritic: 68
Website: ageofempires.com/games/aoeii

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes

All 11 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Japanese	Yes
Dutch	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified

Single-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 39regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked3 hours agoin 39 regions

United States$USD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
3062235	public	Sep 6, 2018
3062235	open-beta	Aug 30, 2018
1654926	escapeaoe-5.2a	Mar 17, 2017
1607390	escapeaoe-5.2	Feb 16, 2017
786716	patch43	Aug 26, 2016
1297377	last-win-xp-version	Aug 24, 2016

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
50789	Age of Empires II	1	$19.99

ID	Name	Price (US)
239550	Not on the store yet	—
355950	Not on the store yet	—
488060	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
221381	—	All	3.19 GB	1.62 GB	1823527930179156287
221382	— English	All	6.6 MB	4.9 MB	8783723155641077818
221383	— French	All	159.9 MB	151.8 MB	81138615124181188
221384	— German	All	160.8 MB	154.9 MB	5498503833191811130
221385	—	All	676.1 MB	213.5 MB	4586626103938331242
221386	— Spanish	All	158.1 MB	149.7 MB	7588387394447155782
221387	— Italian	All	164.4 MB	156.5 MB	1073890352482471613
221388	— Koreana	All	172.6 MB	166.5 MB	80257741590808906
221389	—	All	365.8 MB	177.5 MB	3733794809018747474
221390	— Schinese	All	173.2 MB	159.7 MB	2617134168718996353
221391	— Brazilian	All	6.6 MB	4.9 MB	8549838028090614311
221392	— Dutch	All	6.6 MB	4.9 MB	1668070891635547465
221393	— Russian	All	6.7 MB	4.9 MB	6450933044928272209
221394	— Japanese	All	155.1 MB	146.6 MB	3314740583266384797
221395	—	All	262.5 MB	255.8 MB	8605037657018259986
228984	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228986	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
239550	— DLC 239550	All	—	—	6575436136788878528
355950	— DLC 355950	All	—	—	495816626342536223

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	3062235	Sep 6, 2018	Open
open-beta Open Beta - Patch 5.8 - New balancing	3062235	Aug 30, 2018	Open
escapeaoe-5.2a EscapeAoE 5.2a Tournament	1654926	Mar 17, 2017	Open
escapeaoe-5.2 EscapeAoE 5.2 Tournament	1607390	Feb 16, 2017	Open
patch43 Patch 4.3	786716	Aug 26, 2016	Open
last-win-xp-version Last working WinXP Version	1297377	Aug 24, 2016	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Age2HD

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Launcher.exe		Windows

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations4

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall	Profiles	*.nfp	All
gameinstall	Profiles	*.hki	All
gameinstall	SaveGame	*.aoe2spgame	All
gameinstall	SaveGame	*.aoe2mpgame	All

Screenshots

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Age of Empires II (Retired)

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Europe 5

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Asia-Pacific 14

Middle East & Africa 7

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