Genre StrategyReleased Apr 9, 2013

Age of Empires II (Retired)

Estimated lifetime revenue
$15.70M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$11.28M
After Steam's 28% cut
Units sold
1.59M
≈ 15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 102,909 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
102,909
Overwhelmingly Positive96% positive
Playing now
2,667
25-day peak 2,667 · low 2,066
New reviews, last 25 days
+58
≈ 2 a day since Sep 15

History

Sep 15 – Oct 10

102.9K102.9K102.9K102.8K
Sep 15Sep 27Oct 10

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 48% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$16.97M
114,628 reviews
Top 10% start at
$74.66M
This game
$15.70M
47th pct. by reviews

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 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.

Developer
Skybox Labs, Hidden Path Entertainment, Ensemble Studios, Forgotten Empires
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Genre
Strategy
Released
Apr 9, 2013
Steam app ID
221380
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.