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Revision as of 17:08, 28 October 2021

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Age of Empires IV
Age of Empires IV cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
World's Edge
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Engines
Essence Engine 5
Release dates
Windows October 28, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 85
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Medieval
Series Age of Empires
Age of Empires IV on HowLongToBeat
Age of Empires IV on IGDB
Age of Empires IV on MobyGames
Age of Empires IV on Wikipedia
Age of Empires 1997
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 1999
Age of Mythology 2002
Age of Empires III 2005
Age of Empires Online 2011
Age of Empires II: HD Edition 2013
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition 2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege 2014
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 2018
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition 2020
Age of Empires IV 2021
Age of Mythology: Retold 2024

Age of Empires IV is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Age of Empires series.

General information

Official Discord server for the series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
CD key
Choice of Microsoft Store or Steam key.
Microsoft Store
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Windows
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Microsoft Store
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Relates only to camera movement.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, speech, sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Off, movies only, movies and in-game options.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish
Vietnamese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Currently unranked only.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6300U
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 520
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References