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Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Release DateOct 28, 2021
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86.7% (very positive) / 86.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.3% Top 10% / 85.1%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)46K  Top 1% / 61K  Top 1%
Curators186 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time58.4 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar1.5 hour  Top 15%
Followers261.3K  Top 1%
Owners± 2.2M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1.8M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 45.1M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 83.6% (October 2021) to 88.4% (November 2021).

With 61K reviews Top 1%, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition is definitely a major AAA level success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition's reviewers. The most popular language is English (39%), followed by Simplified Chinese (23%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 25 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 198 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.9 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (158 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great gameplay
  • Excellent graphics
  • Unique civilizations
  • Campaign presentation
  • Historical videos
  • Fun factions
  • Balanced factions
  • Beautiful game
  • Stunning 4K videos
  • Story campaign
  • Poor quality control
  • Missing features
  • Buggy
  • Short testing period
  • Game-ending issues
  • No scenario editor
  • Lacks content
  • Packed menu
  • Scant patching
  • Cannot recommend

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 86.7% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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