July 13, 2026
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Age of Empires

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Game Summary

Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages (the Stone, Tool, Bronze, and Iron Ages), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.


Archive Metadata

Developer Ensemble Studios
Publisher Microsoft, MacSoft Games
Genre Strategy
Platform PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Initial Release October 15, 1997
IGDB Catalog ID #289

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