Awesome Age of Empires II resources

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.

Contents

• Websites
  • Tools
  • Guides
  • Wikis
  • Communities
  • Blogs
  • Statistics
  • Information
• Programs
• Mods
• Smartphone apps
• Streaming tools
• YouTube channels
  • Theory
  • Casting
  • Humor
• Twitch channels
• Similar games

Websites

Tools

• 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…)

Guides

• 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

Wikis

• Fandom: everything about the game
• liquipedia: everything about the scene

Communities

• r/aoe2/
• AoEZone
• Official AoE forums
• Siege Engineers

Blogs

• Age of Notes (RSS)
• AoE2 News (RSS)

Statistics

• Civilisation 1v1 Performance Statistics (source code)

Information

• AoE2 Glossary
• Age of Empires II Names, Abbreviations and Acronyms

Programs

• 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)

Mods

• Interactive Build Order Guide

Smartphone apps

• 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

Streaming tools

• 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

YouTube channels

Theory

• 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

Casting

• 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…

Humor

• Bearly Learning: Age Of Empires Toons
• Parsa Animations: Age of Empires Logic…

Twitch channels

Similar games

• openage: a free (as in freedom) game engine to implement Age of Empires
• freeaoe: a free (as in freedom) game engine to run Age of Empires
• 0 A.D.: a free (as in freedom) game of ancient warfare inspired by Age of Empires