Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
BANGER · Strategy · 2014
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 67% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99BANGER
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offBANGER
- Cost per hourS
- $1.01/hr
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 16,037
- Critics
- 89 players 6 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 19.8h
- To 100%
- 68.6h 3.5x the story
- Achievements
- 38
Price and sales
- Sales
- 77 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 June 2016
- Sale every
- 45d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 442 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
79% start to <1% rarestThis 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
Across all 77 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. The nearest things to it, Age of Mythology: Extended Edition ($29.99, scores 84) and Stronghold 3 Gold ($29.99, scores 2), are both worse buys on this math.
The math says it holds its tier up to $22.83, and you are being asked for $19.99.
More about Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Of the 608 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 14 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 928 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 19.8 hours. Doing everything runs 69, 3.5 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
One of the greatest classics of all time. I love the Civilizations series, but always wanted a real-time version. This hits the spot back in the day and doubly so now. Would love to see this exact game as a modern remake. New engine, graphics and all can be updated, but the systems and gameplay are absolutely peak.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game , decades old , is one of the best early games ever made ! It's scope of entertainment and replay ability is endless on a footprint of less than 2Gb .
This game is amazing and I've sunk many hours into the original 2003 version. Just very unfortunate that as of now, I keep getting crashes and it simply doesn't work on modern hardware. Hope it gets a patch one day to make it more stable to run on Windows 11
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
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
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/287450/rise-of-nations-extended-editionReviews 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 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.