Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition with new features, trading cards, improved AI, workshop support, multiplayer, Steamworks integration and more!
User reviews:
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Very Positive (626 reviews) - 91% of the 626 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Very Positive (26,344 reviews) - 92% of the 26,344 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 9 Apr, 2013

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Packages that include this game

Buy Age of Empires II HD + The Forgotten Expansion + The African Kingdoms Expansion

Includes 3 items: Age of Empires II HD, Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms, Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten

Buy Age of Empires Legacy Bundle

Includes 4 items: Age of Empires II HD, Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms, Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection

Buy Microsoft RTS Collection: Age of Empires/Age of Mythology/Rise of Nations

Includes 7 items: Age of Empires II HD, Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms, Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection, Age of Mythology EX: Tale of the Dragon, Age of Mythology: Extended Edition, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

 

About This Game

In Age of Empires II: HD Edition, fans of the original game and new players alike will fall in love with the classic Age of Empires II experience. Explore all the original single player campaigns from both Age of Kings and The Conquerors expansion, choose from 18 civilizations spanning over a thousand years of history, and head online to challenge other Steam players in your quest for world domination throughout the ages. Originally developed by Ensemble Studios and re-imagined in high definition by Hidden Path Entertainment, and Skybox Labs, Microsoft Studios is proud to bring Age of Empires II: HD Edition to Steam!

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS:Windows Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
    • Processor:1.2GHZ CPU
    • Memory:1 GB RAM
    • Graphics:Direct X 9.0c Capable GPU
    • DirectX®:9.0c
    • Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
    Recommended:
    • Additional:900x600 minimum display resolution
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Very Positive (626 reviews)
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Very Positive (26,344 reviews)
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elbeanbean
( 120.3 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
If you have ever played AOE II or AOC, you will love this game. Made a lot of memories playing back in the day on the MSN gaming zone, game ranger, voobly, etc. There are new civs to you can play with and many new units. I have a few hours so far, 100+ lol, and I'm hooked. Can't wait to see what else these guys come up with.

Highly recommended!
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StepOnALego
( 1.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
I'm Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know what is gonna come through that door.
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Chamán
( 9.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
legendary game.
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RedJack
( 11.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
Still one of the best games in the world!!! But we need bigger fan base. Cmon buy it and lets play
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Chinz50
( 1,005.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
Scouts with sheep, some how gains map infromation from them
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SwiftCobra
( 10.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
My childhood <3
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Cockus Maximus
( 43.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
it's mother♥♥♥♥ing age of empires 2, what else do you expect?
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i left the oven on at home
( 6.9 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
Multiplayer is crap. Else ok.
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chubbyjjfong
( 14.0 hrs on record )
Posted: 15 August
GG Bois :)
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Aelric the Avenger
( 36.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 14 August
A great trip down nostalgia lane. Fun for the beginner, challenging for the master.
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
22 of 24 people (92%) found this review helpful
15 people found this review funny
23 of 27 people (85%) found this review helpful
11 people found this review funny
Recommended
111.3 hrs on record
Posted: 19 July
Dear God do I still play this.
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21 of 24 people (88%) found this review helpful
11 people found this review funny
Recommended
29.7 hrs on record
Posted: 23 July
You can play as Saracens in Scandinavia.
10/10
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16 of 17 people (94%) found this review helpful
Recommended
7.1 hrs on record
Posted: 8 August
One of my favorite memories is playing this game back in the day with my Brother and some of my cousins.
This game helped me develop my ability to strategize and think quickly as a kid.

I gotta say I hoped the game would have been fixed up a little more when I saw it on Steam and got ahold of a copy in a gift trade but I know they have AOEIII and things and I do love how it just takes me back to being a kid who played when it came out. I actually have my old box copy with manual and the expansion disc too.

This is a great game to LAN with friends or just play solo while bored and needing to kill time.

It may not be enjoyed as much by millennials or people who want all the new graphics and such but any 80's or 90's kids that grew up on it or parents and others who played will definitely have a blast from the past.
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15 of 17 people (88%) found this review helpful
6 people found this review funny
Recommended
94.3 hrs on record
Posted: 18 July
1. Play Goths
2. Build Castle Next To Enemy Base
3. ???
4. Profit

10/10
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7 of 7 people (100%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
28.4 hrs on record
Posted: 26 July
Play it with my wife on multiplayer! Against 3-4 normal enemies. We build 1 big base with common walls and defences. 1000 units against thousands of enemy units Absolutely fun! We can play one game for 4-5 hours straight.
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7 of 7 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
234.8 hrs on record
Posted: 2 August
great game even though it is so many years old. still plenty of people who play it
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6 of 6 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
125.7 hrs on record
Posted: 11 August
I like to give this game a nickname which I like to called "Mini Civilization"

I'm gonna be honest most of the time when I'm ingame it doesn't actually mean I'm playing, sometimes I play but most of the time I doing a bot only game or in other words a bot tournement, partically ResonanceBot 5-1c. Why you may ask cause I have a fascination for the AI :D.

So for every bot tournement I always have the same settings no matter what
- 8 bots
- Black Forest
- Hardest difficulty
- All Visible
- Standard Resources
- Random Civs

In my current bot tournement the civilizations they're playing as
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Blue, Aztecs
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Red, Mongols
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Green, Goths
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Yellow, Britons
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Light Blue, Saracens
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Purple, Vikings ( Eliminated )
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Gray, Slavs
- ResonanceBot 5-1c Oranges, Koreans

So far playtime of the tournement 4h & 12 minutes

It very addicted game indeed, honestly I believe it the best RTS game ever created follow by Mythology of course. In Aoe 2 the farms are quite annoying, how you had to constanty replenish the farms. The Perisans and Teutopns are my favourites to play as nothing more fun then building mass war elephants ( Strongest Cavalry or Teutonic Knights ( Strongest Infantry ) and roaming over your enemies. Don't care for online matches unless I playing with a friend or steam friend but other then that I pass.

Overall if you love RTS games I highly recommend you give this game a try, if you love Age of Empires 2 I also highly recommend you try out Age of Mythology same thing but with mythological units and god powers.
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7 of 8 people (88%) found this review helpful
Recommended
23.7 hrs on record
Posted: 20 July
The game play is AWESOME :D but the Server is not good :(
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
21.6 hrs on record
Posted: 21 July
A good game *-*
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