Skip to content
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Critics 92

1999

real-time strategy, historical video game

Developer
Microsoft
Publisher
Microsoft
Platforms
PC/Mac
Game modes
multiplayer video game, single-player video game
Released
1999-09-27

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 2001, it is the second game in the Age of Empires series. The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains 13 playable civilizations. Players aim to gather resources, which they use to build towns, create armies, and defeat their enemies. There are 5 historically based campaigns, which conscript the player to specialized and story-backed conditions, and 3 additional single-player game modes; multiplayer is also supported.

Read on Wikipedia (opens in new tab)

Did you know?

  • Won D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy Game of the Year
  • Part of the Age of Empires series
  • First released 1999-09-27

Your progress

Log in to track and review this title.

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999) — Video Games | 1001 Everything