- 8players
- Evenings at a time
- PC
Colonial-era real-time strategy: build a settlement, call in cards from your home city and fight across the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Who can play
- No split-screen on any platform.
- Same room, own screens for up to 8 players on PC.
- Online for up to 8 players on PC.
- Each player online needs their own copy.
How it plays
Friends can team up against AI empires or each other in matches of up to eight, or play the twelve historical battles as a pair, splitting the economy and the army between them.
Matches take time and planning, so it suits a group that enjoys long strategy sessions.
The story campaigns are single-player and each player needs a copy.
Is it good
85%
Very positive on Steam
- 75MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 79Top criticsOpenCritic · Jan 2021 (OpenCritic top critic average, 54 reviews, as of Jan 2021; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 71%RecommendOpenCritic · Mar 2021 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 55 reviews, as of Mar 2021; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
2.4k playing on Steam, counted dailySteam Deck Unsupported
Every way to play together
No split-screen. Online for up to 8 on PC. LAN play for up to 8 on PC. 85% positive of 37,000 Steam reviews.
- 8
LAN lobbies still need a connection to the game's servers.
- 8
Lobbies take up to eight for team games, free-for-alls or matches against the AI; the co-op historical battles are for two.
Quick facts
- Developer
- Tantalus Media, Forgotten Empires
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Platforms
- PC
- Series
- Age of Empires
- Released
- 15 Oct 2020 on PC
- Languages
- Text in 14 languages, voices in 7
- Age rating
- Teen (ESRB): Violence, mild blood
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Answers
- Does Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition have couch co-op?
- No. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition has no same-screen multiplayer; play it together online instead.
- How many players can play Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition together?
- Local co-op and versus on separate screens for up to 8 on PC. Online co-op and versus for up to 8 on PC.
- Do you need two copies of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?
- Yes. Each player online needs their own copy.
- Does Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition work on Steam Deck?
- No: Steam rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Is Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition free?
- No, it's a paid game. It's included with PC Game Pass.
- Is Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition on Game Pass?
- Yes: included with PC Game Pass.
- One of 150 PC Game Pass multiplayer games
