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Age of Empires

TitleAge of Empires
First release1997
DeveloperEnsemble Studios
PublisherXbox Game Studios
PlatformPC (Windows)
Genreshistorical video game, real-time strategy
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingM Mature 17+
Releases
PC (Windows): 1997-10-15
Wikidata IDQ220767

Control your tribe with the mouse. Make them build houses, docks, farms, and temples. Advance your civilization through time by learning new skills. The game allows for the player to advance through the ages: stone age, tool age, bronze age. If the player would rather get away from the historical aspect, the game offers a random terrain generator and a custom scenario builder.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q220767) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (748,89500) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Xbox Game Studios · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Xbox Game Studios · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Logo: Ensemble Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Age of Empires franchise logo.png”)
Sprites
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Videos
PC Longplay [1012] Age of Empires (Part 1 of 5) Ascent of Egypt Campaign
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PC Longplay [1012] Age of Empires (Part 3 of 5) Voices of Babylon Campaign Part 1
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Part of a multi-part series.
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC
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