Fit check
Is Age of History 2: Definitive Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Grand strategy players who want campaigns spanning early civilization through the distant future
- Players who prefer diplomacy, warfare, administration, and province management over direct character control
- Strategy players who want to create custom scenarios, civilizations, maps, and other historical settings
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct, hands-on control of individual combat units rather than civilization-scale decisions
- Players who prefer short, tightly scripted sessions instead of campaigns that span centuries and manage many provinces
- Players looking for a character-focused RPG or a puzzle game
Our take on Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
The broad historical scope comes with a management trade-off: attention is spread across diplomacy, armies, provinces, populations, governments, and custom rules rather than a narrowly focused campaign system.
What is Age of History 2: Definitive Edition?
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition is a grand strategy wargame spanning human history from early civilization into the distant future.
Players choose any civilization, including large empires and small tribes, then use military tactics, diplomacy, administration, and economic actions to unify or conquer the world. The game features a 13,892-province map, historical borders, revolutions, civil wars, diverse populations and terrain, and hotseat multiplayer. Diplomacy includes actions such as sanctions, peace enforcement, alliances, vassal arrangements, loans, and technology sharing. Scenario, civilization, flag, wasteland, map, province, city, terrain, and growth-rate editors support custom histories. Steam Workshop integration, timelapses, atomic weapons, new religions, and additional government types are also included.
How Age of History 2: Definitive Edition plays
- 01Large historical map
- The game uses a 13,892-province map with historical borders, terrain types, population diversity, and province names shown on the map.
- 02Expanded diplomacy
- Diplomatic actions include sanctions, peace enforcement, military intervention, vassal arrangements, technology sharing, loans, and diplomatic summits.
- 03Mass province actions
- One command can immediately invest in, develop, or assimilate every province.
- 04Custom history editors
- Editors cover scenarios, civilizations, flags, wastelands, maps, provinces, cities, terrain, growth rates, alliances, continents, and diplomacy colors.
- 05Hotseat multiplayer
- Multiple players can participate in one game, with the number tied to the civilizations in play.
- 06Steam Workshop
- The edition includes Steam Workshop integration for mods.
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control of individual units, while Age of History 2: Definitive Edition covers human history at civilization scale through diplomacy, province management, and long campaigns. Xenonauts centers on a Cold War-era Earth, small squads, persistent soldiers, and turn-based alien combat, whereas this game emphasizes changing borders, historical civilizations, and custom world-building.
Age of History 2: Definitive Edition: platforms & release
Is Age of History 2: Definitive Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: grand strategy players who want campaigns spanning early civilization through the distant future. Skip it if: players seeking direct, hands-on control of individual combat units rather than civilization-scale decisions.
Where can I download Age of History 2: Definitive Edition?
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What platforms is Age of History 2: Definitive Edition on?
Windows and macOS.
