Age of Empires IV
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Developers | |
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Relic Entertainment | |
World's Edge | |
Publishers | |
Xbox Game Studios | |
Engines | |
Essence Engine 5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 28, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 83 |
IGDB | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Medieval |
Series | Age of Empires |
Age of Empires IV is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Age of Empires series.
General information
- Official Discord server for the series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Choice of Microsoft Store or Steam key. | |||
Deluxe Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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4K HDR Video Pack | Free DLC; replaces standard campaign and reward video files with their 4K HDR counterparts. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV\Users\(UserID)\Savegames\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1466860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | The free 4K HDR Video DLC adapts the video files to this resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | The free 4K HDR Video DLC adapts the video files to this option. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Relates only to camera movement. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, music, speech, sound effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Off, movies only, movies and in-game options. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Vietnamese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | Currently unranked only. | |
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Camera Movement stutter
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | 11 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6300U AMD Ryzen 5 2400G |
Intel i5 3.6 GHz (6-core) AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | 220GB (Microsoft Store version with 4K DLC) |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1466860/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1466860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.