Age of Empires

game series by Microsoft Studios
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Summary

Age of Empires is a video game series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of video game series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,435 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy Game of the Year[3]
  • Genre: real-time strategy[4]
  • Commons category: Age of Empires[5]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[6]
  • Game mode: co-op mode[7]
  • Has part(s): Age of Empires[8], Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings[9], Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome[10], Age of Empires II: The Conquerors[11], Age of Empires III[12], Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten[13], Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs[14], Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties[15], Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms[16], Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas[17], Age of Empires Online[18], Age of Empires: Castle Siege[19], Age of Empires: Definitive Edition[20], Age of Empires II: HD Edition[21]
  • Start time: 1997[22]
  • Official website: https://www.ageofempires.com/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Age of Empires[24]
  • Topic has template: Template:Age of Empires series[25]
  • Title: Age of Empires[26]
  • Has spin-off: Age of Mythology[27]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/age_of_empires[28]
  • Social media followers: 65,611[29], 51,900[30], 73,900[31], 89,971[32], 99,844[33], 85,900[34], 96,500[35], 100,000[36], 105,000[37]

Why It Matters

Age of Empires has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Age of Empires receive?

Honors received include D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy Game of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  26. [28] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → ageofempires.com
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Commons category: Age of Empires, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vgmpf id → Age_of_Empires
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vgmpf id: Age_of_Empires, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297458019|Age of Empires (#297458019)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8147|VGMPF arti"
  3. 18w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Genre → real-time strategy
    Platform → Microsoft Windows
    Start time → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Franchises/Age_of_Empires, + ‎Giant Bomb Wiki IDs (video game series) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a819ad18645|details]])"
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