Game guide
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Game overview
What is Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition?
A historical real-time strategy game about growing settlements, advancing through ages and commanding armies.
What you actually do
The core loop
The main loop centers on base building, resource management, unit control, technology ages and territory control.
How progress works
Progress comes from age advancement, campaign completion and ranked play.
Action and interaction
Action and interaction center on strategic combat and real time.
How the game is structured
The game is structured around battlefield maps.
WhatToGame Verdict
Best for
Who this works for.
Couples
Good for couples
Friend groups
Good for friend groups
Your setup
Can your group play it?
The essentials first, with platform-specific detail available below.
Player and mode details1 setup
Selected platforms
- 2-8 players online
Finder party ceiling is 8; dedicated-server or ambient-world capacity is intentionally not substituted for a normal group size.
In play
See how it plays.
Availability
Platform differences.
Important edition and storefront differences remain available without taking over the page.
Check platform and storefront details1 group
Steam
PC
- PC availability and input support from publisher-submitted Steam data; cross-platform matrix left unknown here.
PC hardware
Will it run?
Reasonable on modest PCs with appropriate settings.
View minimum PC requirementsExact specs
- GPU
- Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB
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