Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition remains a confident take on mythological real-time strategy: gods drop meteors and lightning while Minotaurs and Cyclopes hold the front line. At Kinguin the current price is ≈ $16.87, and Steam holds 31,913 reviews with 93% positive, a solid base for judging the game before you commit. Campaign, multiplayer and co-op are all on board, with Workshop mods as an extra. Note that this edition is no longer updated following 2024's Age of Mythology: Retold, and the Steam version runs on Windows only. Compared with Steam's current price of $29.99, this offer is ≈ $13.12 cheaper.

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93%Steam Reviews31.9K reviews66Metacritic/100

Released: May 8, 2014

Strategy · Mythology · RTS · Classic · Multiplayer

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01About Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition is a classic real-time strategy game set in an age where heroes battle monsters of legend and gods intervene in mortal affairs: choose a god to worship, field mythological creatures like Minotaurs and Cyclopes, and call down meteors or lightning storms to shatter enemy towns. The Extended Edition bundles the original game, The Titans expansion and the Golden Gift Campaign, with improved visuals and full Steamworks integration. Steam players rate it 93% positive across 31,913 reviews. The interface supports Traditional Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. It was released on Steam on May 8, 2014.

Credits

Developer

SkyBox Labs · Ensemble Studios · Forgotten Empires

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Steam player reviews

93%positiveVery Positive31,913 Steam reviews

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$6.202025-02-17 · GamesPlanet USBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.

Language support

Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Traditional Chinese	Yes	—	Yes
English	Yes	—	Yes
French	Yes	—	Yes

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Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Italian	Yes	—	Yes
German	Yes	—	Yes
Spanish	Yes	—	Yes
Japanese	Yes	—	Yes
Korean	Yes	—	Yes

Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-19

02Before you buy

Edition contents

The Extended Edition includes the original Age of Mythology, The Titans expansion and the Golden Gift Campaign, plus visual upgrades such as time-of-day lighting, improved water, shadows and antialiasing.

Platform and controls

The Steam version runs on Windows only. It offers single-player, multiplayer, co-op and cross-platform multiplayer, supports Steam Cloud saves and is listed with full controller support.

Language and audio

Interface languages confirmed on Steam include English and Traditional Chinese, each with full audio.

Update status

With the 2024 release of Age of Mythology: Retold, this edition is no longer the most current and will not be updated further.

03Frequently asked questions

What is the core gameplay?

It is classic real-time strategy: gather resources, develop your civilization, choose gods to worship, recruit creatures such as Minotaurs and Cyclopes, and unleash god powers like meteors and lightning storms.

What multiplayer options are there?

Multiplayer runs through full Steamworks integration and includes co-op, Treaty Mode and an enhanced observer mode, along with leagues, badges and events.

What does the Extended Edition add?

Improved visuals, a Steam Workshop mod manager, achievements, trading cards, cloud saves, Twitch integration, Treaty Mode and an enhanced observer mode.

Popular Steam reviews

Native-language selection · 10 reviews

Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.

RecommendedSteam player

04/30/2014

Reviewing a remake of a game that is over ten years old is a little difficult, especially if the remake is nearly an exact copy of the original game. In this case, “Age of Mythology: Extended Edition” is nearly identical. Everything from the character models to the level design remain the same. Don’t get me wrong, it looks much prettier than I remember it…but aside from the extras, you’re getting the same game you played years prior. Same scoop of vanilla ice cream if you will, but with jimmies and chocolate syrup on top. Shadows, lighting, water effects, time of day, antialiasing, ambient occlusion…all great additions, I just wish there was a bit more. Twitch users will be pleased to know that there is Twitch integration, though I personally haven’t tried it to know if it works. With that being said, I do appreciate the remake, even if it’s almost the same game as I played years ago. Seeing the updated graphics was nice, though I admit the appeal was mainly centered around the fact that I didn’t have to enter my blasted serial key each time I wanted to install the game. I also don’t have to worry about managing discs…all three products (“Age of Mythology”, “Age of Mythology: The Titans”, “Golden Gift Campaign”) were all condensed into one nice, easy to boot up package. It’s hard to justify that convenience into a thirty dollar price tag however, the going rate as of 4/29/14. If you’ve never played “Age of Mythology”, love RTS’s, and don’t mind the outdated character models/interface, then picking this up is most certainly worth your time and money. If you have your own playable copies of the game from years ago and want to know if buying the extended edition for the effects is worth thirty bucks, then I’d have to say (with heartfelt regret) no. Full Review: http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/age-of-mythology-extended-edition/ Gameplay Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLKUz_BB5bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyoGGGBm_ug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REM2eLhoi0QShow moreShow less

3.1 hours at review1,811 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

01/29/2016

Ordinarily, I don't write reviews - but I've always been pretty invested in the Ensemble Studios games and seeing what Microsoft and Skybox have done with one of their all-time legends has pushed me into comment. Age of Mythology: Extended Edition. Ordinarily, to extend something means to prolong it or make it bigger somehow but if you're hoping for new content, this game does not have any. It's just the same game you played back in 2003 - but that's not so bad, because that game was great. This however, isn't - and there's some vital reasons as to why: 1 - The Multiplayer. The most important aspect of any Real Time Strategy game is its multiplayer community and Age of Mythology has always had a creative and thriving one. This Extended Edition would too - if the multiplayer actually worked. You don't need me to tell you, just go check out the Support forum for this game. The game suffers from consistent crashes, desync, stuttering, framedrops and lag when attempting an online game. The developers blame "ancient bugs" left over from the original game despite the fact that none of these bugs were actually present in the 2003 release and accusing the now defunct Ensemble Studios (thanks Microsoft) for being responsible for your own mistakes is downright cowardly. disrespectful and lazy especially seeing as you're now flogging their product to an unaware market. 2 - The Single Player. The AI during Single Player matches is bizarre, eclectic and at often times completely incomprehensible. Prone to suddenly stopping all activity halfway through a match for completely banal reasons (there was no food in their line of sight, you spawned too close to them etc) every Random Match is essentially a roll-of-the-dice of whether or not the AI feels like playing along this time. This problem has only been made worse by the addition of the new, COMPULSORY DLC which has 'updated' the AI to coincide with the introduction of a new civilization. Unfortunately, those who don't purchase the DLC are still obligated to download the patch, meaning they suffer from all of the bugs whilst receiving none of the reward. 3 - The DLC. Most likely what drew you to this Steam page in the first place seeing as this game hasn't seen a real increase in playerbase in almost a year. I followed the development of the DLC for a good few months and have been heavily invested in it. The attitude of the developers and their 'effort' as far as producing quality content goes is detestable. Aside from the rather invested and community-involved attitude from those at ForgottenEmpires (a small team of fans), comment and involvement from the lead developers (Skybox) has consisted of grade-1 piss-all. They spent a good few months assuring us the DLC would contain strictly new, fresh content without any reskinning, repackaging or rebranding of existing content and that turned out to be a complete lie. They also lied about having playtested the game for balance - admitting during a public streaming of the game (you can find it on Youtube) that they purposefully left the DLC broken and unbalanced as a means of making people have to play it. The DLC itsels is incredibly broken as of writing this (again, check the Support forum), with half the playerbase unable to access the DLC at all and the other half jokingly trying to laugh off the regret of their purchase. One of the developers admitted on the Subreddit that they are currently "using the public to beta test the game" - meaning that if you buy this DLC you are not getting content, you are buying into the opportunity to test unfinished content. This coupled with the fact that the developers openly laughed at the idea of fixing the Multiplayer (again, check the stream) tells me that we aren't dealing with incompetent developers - we're dealing with scam artists. I don't like having to write this sort of stuff about any Ensemble Studios IP because it sucks seeing their legacy shat on by untalented coat-tail riders, but if it means discouraging people from wasting their money on what is essentially a gigantic bug test, then it feels somewhat worthwhile. Only buy this if you absolutely *must* play Age of Mythology again and don't want to go through the effort of pirating the old copy and getting it to work - but know that this is not the Age of Mythology you played ten years ago and it certainly is not a well-supported or active game.Show moreShow less

45.7 hours at review832 people found this helpful

RecommendedSteam player

09/03/2015

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50.7 hours at review877 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

05/08/2014

First impressions I have to give a thumbs down. This is a pretty high price for the game considering that it's just a graphical facelift, and they even managed to make the Gods' portraits look a lot worse than the original by somehow corrupting the images. http://i.imgur.com/38qHXVB.png (Left is original, right is new messed up. Original looks better even despite having jpg compression on it because I had to get it from the web). My list of issues: 1 Corrupted graphics on portraits 2 No subtitles for tutorials after the first few lines 3 Ugly Mipmapping or other LOD transition on textures when zooming in and out.Show moreShow less

4.3 hours at review294 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

03/09/2021

First of all, I love Age of Mythology. I played it way more than any other "Age Of" game as a kid and the game itself, along with the original 2003 "The Titans" expansion, is an underappreciated gem. This Steam Extended Edition and the new Tale of the Dragon expansion is unbalanced and flawed. There are a number of changes that really affect the gameplay, such as the new day/night cycle which Egypt makes use of. Unfortunately, the day/night cycle looks really bad and makes it very hard to actually see what's going on at times as the day/night cycle plunges you into darkness. The new units that have been added for each Civ feel very unbalanced and completely out of character with the original Civs. I don't know who thought every civ needed a healer unit or that the Atlanteans needed an onager but it really doesn't work. The enemy AI ranges from absolutely braindead to IBM Deep Blue in skill, often in a single game. I played with an AI ally on medium and it never moved its army once, it never built other town centres or even used the Titan it had made. It sat completely still, and the enemy AI did the same thing. On maps like New World or ones where you start on islands, an AI on Easy won't even build boats, transport units, it won't even fight back. In contrast, the AI on hard and Titan just seems to know the location of everything on the map and works with Skynet like precision. The AI makes really odd decisions, attacks in bizarre ways and won't utilise the maps or miracles to its advantage. On that similar note, pathfinding can be really awful at times, with your units taking the longest way possible to get to targets. They get hung up on trees and rocks, get stuck on each other. Sometimes units will ignore something shooting at them to focus fire on a villager or a random house. Walking your titan into a crowded base is agony, it circles entire buildings to attack the same building from a designated "spot". The new civilization, China, feels very odd to play. Their miracles are really boring to use, with little imagination put into their design,, and their civilisation play-style has you clicking between buildings half the time. Their upgrades are spread out across multiple buildings and they seem both weak and overpowered depending on the situation and map. I can't tell what situation or map they excel in as they're pretty poorly designed and the units have bad visual design to distinguish them from other units, are poorly voice and seem to be reskins of other units from better civs. It's a shame, given there's a great idea at the core of this civ. You also can't turn this China civ off at all, and you are basically forced to play with the Tale of the Dragon DLC to get the full Age of Mythology experience. That's right, Tale of the Dragon is COMPULSORY. The population cap is much lower than the other Age of Empires game and this really hurts AoM. You can't build up a nice large army and duke it out, and you'll hit the pop cap very quickly as the vanilla civs (Greeks, Egyptians, Norse) and almost instantly as the Atlanteans. It limits your ability to experiment and play around in combat. I have a feeling this may be a product of the awful Netcode, as the game chugs when two armies clash. Get three together and it looks like the game runs in Powerpoint. On that note, the online servers and matchmaking abilities are limited and the Netcode is pretty rubbish. There is constant stuttering as units move across the move, they jerk around, and this makes control in the heat of battle awful. Expect lag and desyncs at the worst of times, and memory issues on longer games. Don't get me wrong, you can have a fun time here. My friends and I have a blast playing this due to how unbalanced it is, with some God Powers being just so fun to use, and others making us scratch our heads laughing. If you can look past the many flaws introduced by the Extended Edition, you'll have a fun time. But at $42.95 AUD? Just get it on sale, that's way way way too much to pay. This is a flawed version of a brilliant game. This game really could benefit from the treatment that AoE 1 and AoE 2 got with their Definitive Editions. A careful restoration with appropriate balancing, AI, pathfinding, and even some future civilisations like maybe the Aztec, India, Japan, could really inject new life into this game. As it stands, this is a buggy release of a classic.Show moreShow less

34.6 hours at review253 people found this helpful

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