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Can I run Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition?

Check your PC against Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition's requirements (2020). If you fall short, we'll point you straight to the upgrade that fixes it — checked for fit, power and bottleneck against your exact PC.

On the GPU side, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a light game and puts more load on your graphics card than your processor. To match the recommended specs, aim for roughly a GTX 980 / R9 Fury with Core i5-3300 / FX-8350 and 16 GB of RAM.

Minimum Recommended
GPU GT 430 / HD 5570 / HD 4400 GTX 980 / R9 Fury
CPU Core i3-2105 / Phenom II X4 Core i5-3300 / FX-8350
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
Storage 42 GB 42 GB

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Requirements cross-checked against the Steam store page. Mapped onto our shared 0–100 performance scale — guidance for a playable experience, not a promise of a specific frame rate or resolution. Check another game →