57BANG SCORE
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
worth it · strategy · 2021
Solid value for the price: about 28.2h, $39.99 (~$1.42/hr), 86% positive.
Better value than 40% of strategy games
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $15.88
60% off today's $39.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$1.42/hr over the 28.2h main story, $0.24/hr if you 100% it (168h).
But only 0% finish a 28.2h game, budget for the first stretch, not the full ride.
Finish rate
0.0%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
28.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
168h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.42/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$39.99
Reviews
86%
93,634 reviews
Metacritic
81
critic score
Players
3.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2021
What drives the score
Value$1.42/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews86% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate0.0%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).
DeveloperWorld's Edge
PublisherXbox Game Studios
Genrestrategy
Achievements175
Trailer & screenshots
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