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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

Large-scale RTS focused on macro economy, massive battlefield readability, and wide hardware range from integrated GPUs upward.

StrategyRTSPC
ReleasedOct 28, 2021
Performance data4 GPU profiles
Catalog sourcemanual

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OfficialPatch Notes
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OfficialPatch Notes
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OfficialPatch Notes
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OfficialPatch Notes
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Does this page include PC performance data?

Yes. SpecBeacon can estimate FPS for this game with the current seeded benchmark coverage.

Is the score an official review score?

No. The SpecBeacon Score is an internal reaction signal. It is not copied from Metacritic, OpenCritic, Steam, or the publisher.

What matters most for getting more FPS?

In most cases, GPU choice and resolution move the estimate the most. CPU and RAM usually refine the result rather than replace the GPU signal.