Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Worth it · Strategy · 2014

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

Worth it at $29.99, a BANGER if it drops to $28.10.

Cost per hourS
$1.05/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 36,374
Critics
66 players 27 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% Strategy
Why
It needs 6% off ($28.10) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $28.10 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
28.6h
To 100%
68.3h 2.4x the story
Achievements
70

Price and sales

Sales
51 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$5.99 June 2016
Sale every
52d last June 2024
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $5.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
488 now
Recent reviews
94% 30 days
Cheaper than
3% of its genre
Better reviewed
98% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

31% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

51 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $28.10. The record reaches that level 51 times.

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition ($19.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Homeworld Remastered Collection ($34.99, scores 65).

More about Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

The press gave it 66; the people who bought it give it 93 percent. A 27-point gap in the buyer's favour.

2 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 1,651 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 28.6 hours. Doing everything runs 68, 2.4 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 850 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$1.05/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
For context
Refunds2 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

If you know, you know. We'd come home from school and play this for hours. So much nostalgia, and honestly, it's still just as fun today. ❤️
Lessien TiweleRecommendedafter 484h11 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
Love it! I first played it as a kid like..20 plus years ago and was so pleased to find it again :D
livillaflameRecommendedafter 305hOct 2026Read on Steam
One of those classics from my childhood that I keep going back to. Fun for LAN parties
SeraidsRecommendedafter 141hSep 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X 10+ Capable GPU, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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Age of Mythology: Extended Edition scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/266840/age-of-mythology-extended-edition
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+27
Critics66
Players93
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 36,374 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperSkyBox Labs
PublisherXbox Game Studios
GenreStrategy
Released2014
Players3.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements70