This page is for the 2013 HD Edition. For the original game, see Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. For the 2019 Definitive Edition, see Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

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Age of Empires II (2013)
Developers
DLC
Publishers
Release dates
Windows	April 9, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	68
IGDB	50

1Availability
2Essential improvements
3Game data
6Audio
7Network
8Issues fixed
9Other information

⤏ Go to series page
Age of Empires	1997
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings	1999
Age of Mythology	2002
Age of Empires III	2005
Age of Empires Online	2011
Age of Empires II (2013)	2013
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition	2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege	2014
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition	2018
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	2019
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition	2020
Age of Empires IV	TBA

Key points

HD remake of the original Age of Empires II and its expansion with Steam achievements and multiplayer, improved graphics and support for higher resolutions.

Previously known as Age of Empires II HD, but was renamed silently on Steam to Age of Empires II (2013) on August 15, 2019.^[1]

General information

PC Report

Official website for the series

Official Discord server for the series

Steam Community Discussions

AoCZone - an active Age of Empires community

Age of Empires Online Forum - the 'official' forum.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require SteamDRM.

DLC and expansion packs

The Conquerors expansion is included in the base game.

Name	Notes
The African Kingdoms
The Forgotten
Rise of the Rajas

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use SKIPINTRO parameter^[2]
Use the `SKIPINTRO`command line argument.

Skip launcher[edit]

Change launcher file^[3]
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename `Launcher.exe`. Rename `AoK HD.exe` to `Launcher.exe`.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%Age2HD
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>savegame^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Custom campaigns are stored in <path-to-game>Campaign

Custom scenarios are stored in <path-to-game>Scenario

Custom campaigns initially made for the original game are compatible with the HD edition.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution	Automatically sets itself at desktop resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD	See Fix for missing DPI scaling
Field of view (FOV)	Isometric.
Windowed	Window can be freely resized to any resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Always borderless on Fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	World Updates are 30 FPS for multiplayer.^[4] 10000 FPS default cap.^[4] Change by entering `setmaxfps #` in chat, where the number is the desired framerate. `setuifps #` sets the framerate for the UI

Input[edit]

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity	For scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls	Master, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian	Fan translation, available on: Steam Workshop
Italian
Japanese
Ko

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