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Revision as of 03:31, 1 January 2022
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| Relic Entertainment | |
| World's Edge | |
| Publishers | |
| Xbox Game Studios | |
| Engines | |
| Essence Engine 5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 28, 2021 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 81 |
| OpenCritic | 83 |
| IGDB | 82 |
| 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 |
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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 |
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| Retail | |
Choice of Microsoft Store or Steam key. | |
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Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 4K HDR Video Pack | Free DLC; replaces standard campaign and reward video files with their 4K HDR counterparts. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\Users\(UserID)\Savegames\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | The free 4K HDR Video DLC adapts the video files to this resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | The free 4K HDR Video DLC adapts the video files to this option. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Relates only to camera movement. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | Currently unranked only. | |
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Camera Movement stutter
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | 11 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6300U AMD Ryzen 5 2400G |
Intel i5 3.6 GHz (6-core) AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1466860/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1466860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.