Fit check
Is Empire Earth: Gold Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy fans who want civilization progression from prehistory to the Space Age
- Solo players seeking multiple campaigns and scenario-based content
- Strategy players who want to create custom empires, scenarios, and campaigns
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who prefer turn-based battles rather than real-time command
- Players seeking a tightly focused setting within one historical period instead of progression across 15 epochs
- Players looking for internet multiplayer, since the official multiplayer servers have been taken offline
Our take on Empire Earth: Gold Edition
The wide historical span trades period-specific focus for progression across 15 epochs. Internet multiplayer is also unavailable, so the included campaigns, scenarios, and editors provide the primary ways to play.
What is Empire Earth: Gold Edition?
Empire Earth: Gold Edition bundles Empire Earth with The Art of Conquest.
Players lead a civilization through 15 historical stages, from prehistoric times to the Space Age, collecting resources and researching technologies while creating buildings, weapons, and over 200 land, naval, and aerial units. The base game contains 4 solo campaigns spread across 29 scenarios; the expansion contributes 3 campaigns and 18 more scenarios. Standard mode centers on slower empire management, whereas Tournament mode uses quicker real-time strategy. Built-in editors support creating empires, scenarios, and campaigns. Online multiplayer cannot be played because the game's official servers are no longer operating.
How Empire Earth: Gold Edition plays
- 01Fifteen Historical Epochs
- Civilizations move from the Prehistoric era to the Space Age as new technologies, buildings, and weapons become available.
- 02Campaign And Scenario Content
- The original game has 4 campaigns and 29 scenarios, while The Art of Conquest adds 3 campaigns and 18 scenarios.
- 03Large Unit Roster
- More than 200 units can be developed and used in land, sea, and air battles.
- 04Scenario Editing Tools
- Editors provide ways to create and customize empires, scenarios, and campaigns.
- 05Two Strategy Modes
- Standard mode emphasizes empire development, while Tournament mode uses a faster real-time format.
Empire Earth: Gold Edition compared to similar games
Empire Earth: Gold Edition uses real-time civilization building across 15 epochs, while Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II battles with direct control of individual units. Xenonauts uses turn-based combat with small squads of persistent soldiers against an alien invasion, rather than Empire Earth's real-time, multi-era empire progression.
Empire Earth: Gold Edition: platforms & release
Is Empire Earth: Gold Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy fans who want civilization progression from prehistory to the Space Age. Skip it if: players who prefer turn-based battles rather than real-time command.
Where can I download Empire Earth: Gold Edition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Empire Earth: Gold Edition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Empire Earth: Gold Edition on?
Windows only.
