Genre StrategyReleased Aug 19, 2019

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

Estimated lifetime revenue
$2.82M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$1.98M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
286.3K
≈ 18 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 15,725 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
15,725
Very Positive84% positive
Playing now
748
26-day peak 844 · low 499
New reviews, last 26 days
+73
≈ 3 a day since Sep 17

History

Sep 17 – Oct 13

15.7K15.7K15.7K15.6K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Strategy →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam

Outearns 23% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$16.97M
114,708 reviews
Top 10% start at
$72.40M
This game
$2.82M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Developer
World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Genre
Strategy
Released
Aug 19, 2019
Steam app ID
1017900
Data updated
Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.