System requirements · PC
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition PC system requirements
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition needs at least an Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64x2 5600+ processor, 4 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6850 or Intel® HD Graphics 4000 or better with 2 GB VRAM, on Windows 10 64bit.
For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “2.4 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent”, 8 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GTX 650 or AMD HD 5850 or better graphics card. It takes 15 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 64bit Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64x2 5600+ | 2.4 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6850 or Intel® HD Graphics 4000 or better with 2 GB VRAM | Nvidia® GTX 650 or AMD HD 5850 or better |
| DirectX | Version 11 Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Storage | 15 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Network | Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Additional notes | 2GB of video memory + 4GB of system memory required | Not listed |
How demanding is Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).
It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).
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Storage: Larger than 51% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (15 GB).
Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.
Other platforms
Mac
| Minimum | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | macOS 15.7 |
| Processor | Apple M1 (8‑core CPU)/Apple A18 Pro (6-core CPU) or better |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Apple M1 (7‑core GPU)/Apple A18 Pro (5-core GPU) or better |
| Storage | 16 GB available space |
| Additional notes | Requires an Apple processor |
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is also available on Xbox Series S/X. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.
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