Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a strategy, base-building and rts game developed by World's Edge, Tantalus Media and Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on October 15th 2020 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Vietnamese.

It has received 46,089 reviews of which 39,149 were positive and 6,940 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition into these genres:

Strategy Base-Building RTS Multiplayer Military City Builder Historical War Singleplayer Free to Play Resource Management PvP 3D Combat Online Co-Op Medieval Co-op Moddable Story Rich Level Editor

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
Processor: Intel i3-2105 @ 3.1GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 973 with an average CPU Passmark score of 1830 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 430, Radeon HD 5570, or Intel HD 4400 with an average Passmark G3D Mark of 570 or better @720p
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 42 GB available space
Additional Notes: 2 GB VRAM

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Quick review time! This updated version of Age of Empires 3 is a superior product compared to the original. While the improvement in graphics might not feel as significant when compared to the jumps seen in other definitive edition games within the franchise, this version is still a considerable visual upgrade over the original. The game offers a higher fidelity to historical accuracy (changes in uniforms of soldiers, names of civilizations and naval units), a larger representation of nations in the Americas and Africa, and reworked revolutions that make them far more viable and engaging. Additionally, the revamped UI and rebalanced bonuses for civilizations are much-needed improvements, making previously less popular civilizations more appealing and enjoyable to play. I have always loved the more modern take on Age of Empires, and the concept of building my own industrial empire in a new world has always been fascinating for a strategy game. This will always remain my favorite title in the franchise.

Aug. 2024

I like that Age of Empire III has consistently improved since the first iteration. When I first bought DE, I found it to be undifferentiated from the original with some glaring bugs and issues. Now, I play nearly everyday thanks to some awesome upgrades to the UI, patching, and other quality of life updates. I'm very excited for the upcoming expansion.

April 2024

My only gripe is that they made some *very* unnecessary changes in the campaigns, mainly revolving around the censoring of certain words or phrases used to describe certain people. Like, I get that you want to be inclusive and otherwise show that you're not racist, but not only does it take away from the experience (especially since some of the censors are painfully obvious); it also makes it feel out of place with the time period this game is set in. So what if that's inaccurate or offensive by today's standards? You could always show a notice when you first boot up the game expressing that such stuff is not okay, and keep it in for the sake of authenticity; there's no need to do this censor BS that very clearly was thrown in last-minute, and is so obvious that it ruins some of the key moments of dialogue. Other than that, it still plays as well as I remember it, and I'm glad the gameplay was (mostly) untarnished.

Feb. 2024

There's some dumb superficial changes like Colonial Age being changed to Commercial Age, the Plantation being changed to Estate and the Sioux and Iroquois being renamed for some reason, but this can all be hand waved because of the expanded faction selection dipping from more than just Colonial era America and the great support that's been given to the game. From entirely new (free and paid) factions, original factions getting reworks, new units, unique models/names for standard units, new faction cards and probably a few other things that I've missed. It still plays like the original 3 disk game that came out in 2005 but with a fantastic new coat of paint and a tonne of new, high quality content.

Feb. 2024

Make Mexico Great Again! The good thing about Aoe III -- is different from aoe2 or aoe4, but not worse. Which makes you want to play some days aoe3 and other days aoe4.

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