An awesome list of resources for the Age of Empires II real-time strategy video-game.
You can contribute to this list by opening a pull request or an issue.
As an alternative / complement to this list, you might want to have a look at the AOE Library.
- Websites
- Programs
- Mods
- Smartphone apps
- Streaming tools
- YouTube channels
- Twitch channels
- Similar games
- aoe2.net: leaderboard, player profiles and ELOs, recorded games from aoe2recs
- aoe2techtree.net: civilizations tech trees
- Halfon: unit, building and tech reference
- aoe2recs: recorded games
- aoe2insights: match analysis and player profiles
- aoestats: civilizations win rate statistics
- Rating charts: players / team ELO visulization within the overall ELO distribution
- Wololo rating distribution: 1v1 ELO distribution
- aoe2.club: leaderboard, including by country
- Captains Mode
- aoe2map
- Professional Age of Empires 2 Calendar: calendar of pro tournaments
- Hotkey Editor: an hotkey editor, with some popular presets
- AoE Nexus
- Villagers required: number of villagers required to sustain constant unit production
- Unit Production Calculator
- aoe2calc (note: does not support DE yet!)
- Unit comparison: unit characteristics comparison and fight outcome calculator
- Age of Empires 2 Combat Simulator: units and their counters
- Counters matrix: units and their counters
- Simplified tech tree: tech tree relevant to 1v1 Arabia
- Interactive build orders: interactive build orders with timing as a webapp which is smartphone-friendly
- Sage of Empires: informations about civilizations and build orders to display while playing 1v1
- Random Rating Match Retriever: Selecting a “random” game from the ongoing matches between two given rating values
- Civilization Builder: easy-to-use tool for creating custom civilizations for AoE2
- AoE2: DE Statistics
- Tournament Elo: alternative ELO ranking based only on tournament games
- AoE2ScenarioParser: A Python3 library to help you edit scenario files in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
- AoE Pulse: playrate of openings, civilization stats, tech timings…
- Civpicker: tell what you want to play, get the civs
- AoE2 - Dashboard+: view and filter lobbies bases on multiple criteria (ELO, map…)
- Build order guide: build orders and uptime calculator
- AoE2 Guide: build orders, a few civilizations overview
- AoE Companion: build guides, unit counters, civilization overviews
- Build Order Reference: Cicero's build orders
- AoE Builds: build orders and blog
- AoE2 on Linux: play this Microsoft game on a free operating system
- Fandom: everything about the game
- liquipedia: everything about the scene
- Age of Notes (RSS)
- AoE2 News (RSS)
- CaptureAge: spectating client with a custom overlay to display statistics not available in the game
- AoE Match Data Provider: realtime match data tracking overlay providing ELO and more about your current teammates and opponents
- DE Replays Manager: manage Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition replays
- Wololo Downgrader: downgrade AoE2 to be able to watch recorded games created with previous patches
- AoE2 DE Patcher: downgrade AoE2 to be able to watch recorded games created with previous patches
- SenseiDE: unleash the ultimate performance from Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition
- Advanced Genie Editor: see (or edit) game information (this program is shipped with the game:
Tools_Builds\AdvancedGenieEditor3.exe)
- AoE 2 Database: units, buildings, techs, civs database on Android
- AoE II Companion: track your games from aoe2.net on Android and iOS
- AoE Millionaire Quiz: strenghten your game knowledge and compete with other players across the world on Android
- AOE 2 Build Orders: practise build orders with stats to improve your early game and rank up quickly on Android
- AoE2 Rating Overlay: display current game players' name, MMR, winrate, etc. in an small OBS-friendly HTML page
- Overlay AoE II - DE: display current game players' name, MMR, winrate, etc. in an small OBS-friendly HTML page
- Spirit Of The Law: the maths of AoE2
- Empirant_AOE: more maths of AoE2
- T-West: even more maths and mechanic analysis
- HumzaCrumza: non-meta build orders
- Hera: own games, “So you want to play $CIVILIZATION” series, “Ultimate guide to $ELO” series…
- T90: tournaments, “The legend of $PLAYER” series, “Low ELO legends” series…
- Bearly Learning: Age Of Empires Toons
- Parsa Animations: Age of Empires Logic…