| Publishers | Microsoft Game Studios, MacSoft Games, Mobile Digital Media |
| Developers | Ensemble Studios, MacSoft Games, Zio Interactive |
| Release date | 1997 |
| Genre | Strategy |
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Game Description
Age of Empires (often abbreviated as AoE or AoE1) is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios on October 15, 1997 in North America and February 2, 1998 in Europe and Japan. It is the firest game in the well-known Age of Empires series. The game takes place over a period between 5000 BC. BC and 800 AD During which the player must control a pre-selected ancient civilization across different technological ages. Advancing between ages unlocks new technologies and units. Twelve civilizations are available in the game, each inspired by historical periods such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient Mesopotamia. When the game was released, its historical context was quite unique to gaming and was an important factor in the game’s success. One year later, an official expansion pack was released called Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome.
Download Age of Empires
Age of Empires is no longer abandonware. You can now buy the game from:
Windows (1997)
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on Steam
Additional files, patches and fixes
Age of Empires Screenshots
Windows
So, apparently none of them are free download anymore and you have to get them from Steam… So sorry whoever is on this page you have wasted your time. These need to be taken down from the site if they are free old games, like isn’t that the whole point of this site?
The purpose of the website is to provide downloads for games that have been abandoned by their developers or publishers.
While the Age of Empires franchise was abandoned, we provided download links for the games. Now that they have been relaunched (which is a great thing!), we are redirecting users to where they can purchase the games.