Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-23
Review summary
  • Unique and diverse civilizations
  • Good overall fun gameplay
  • Broken matchmaking disrupts online play
  • Frequent game crashes and instability
  • Beautiful and polished graphics
  • Deep strategic variety and replayability
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition header

Categories

Real-time StrategyHistorical StrategyBase BuildingResource ManagementCompetitive MultiplayerSingle-player CampaignsMod Support

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 12-15GB VRAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixed
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
95,772
Positive
82,06185.7%
Negative
13,71114.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
6,551,440
Estimated revenue
$261,992,086
Game price
$40
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
461.39%
Estimated copies lost
3,147
Estimated revenue lost
$125,849
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
471.4%
Avg playtime 0.9h
210.6%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
1,02431%
Avg playtime 433h
2,20866.9%
Avg playtime 319.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day1.8 rev/day
Last 30d4.9 rev/day
Quarterly118.4 rev/qtr
Days covered1,790.8 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,300 total
Organic purchasers2,56577.7%
Voted up: 68%
Key activations73522.3%
Voted up: 65%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,300 total
First impression0-2h1213.67%
Voted up: 44%
Mid game2-10h44313.4%
Voted up: 67%
Late game10-20h34010.3%
Voted up: 73%
Endgame20h+2,39672.6%
Voted up: 68%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.24% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
62.5%
Global baseline 67.5%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 95,772 total.