Can I Run Age of Empires?
Released in 2021, Age of Empires is a strategy game built by World's Edge. Publishing duties went to Xbox Game Studios. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. It is localised into 26 languages according to the store listing. With more than 71 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It carries 175 achievements.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G | CPU with AVX support required |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit | Windows 11 64bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3.6 GHz 6-core (Intel i5) or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | CPU with AVX support required |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce 970 GPU or AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU with 4GB of VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit | Windows 11 64bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a wartime setting. Play is structured around a base the player builds up. Play is presented in three dimensions. What taxes the PC is the number of things being simulated, which means the requirements describe the start of a game, not the end of one. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Age of Empires is demanding
The graphics requirement for Age of Empires is light. Hardware around Nvidia GeForce 970 GPU or AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU is enough, so Age of Empires runs on machines never bought for gaming. Age of Empires calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Age of Empires names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Age of Empires needs only 4 GB of video memory. Age of Empires takes about 50 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Age of Empires?
Age of Empires targets a mainstream modern PC: Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce 970 GPU or AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU with 4GB of VRAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.07x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.17x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.52x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Age of Empires's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Age of Empires?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G | CPU with AVX support required; GPU: Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit | Windows 11 64bit.
How much storage does Age of Empires need?
Age of Empires needs about 50 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Age of Empires?
The RTX 3060 runs Age of Empires comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Age of Empires?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Age of Empires is the GPU.