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
- Games
- Streaming tools
- Programming tools
- YouTube channels
- Twitch channels
- Similar games
- AoE2Insights: match analysis and player profiles
- AoE II Companion: track your games
- AoE2.GG: player profiles and ELOs
- AgeOfEmpires.com: player statistics
- MultiProfile: all of the above on a single page
- AoCRec: open aoe2 record database. Upload, download, parse, search aoe2 records. Generate game & player profiles, statistics and ELO rating based on uploaded records
- AoE2 Analysis: every player's openings & win/loss strategies
- aoe2techtree.net: civilizations tech trees
- Simplified tech tree: tech tree relevant to 1v1 Arabia
- aoe-twools: tech tree per civ and civs per unit / tech (source code)
- AoE 2 Database: units, buildings, techs, civs database
- AoE2.is: condensed tech tree comparison between two civs (with live player tracking) and between all civs (with filtering capabilities)
- Halfon: unit, building and tech reference
- Age of Empires Unit Counters: units and their counters (source code)
- AoE II Infographic Gallery: visual representations that help figuring out which upgrade is needed for an unit, and other things
- Counters matrix: units and their counters
- Civilization Tool: civilization strengths and weaknesses
- Captains Mode: draft players civs before a tournament
- Civpicker: tell what you want to play, get the civs
- Random Civilization Selector: pick a random civ in a predefined pool
- Fresh Random Civ Picker: randomly iterate through a civ pool without drawing the same civ twice
- aoe2recs: recorded games
- Wololo rating distribution: 1v1 ELO distribution
- aoe2map
- Hotkey Editor: an hotkey editor, with some popular presets
- Villagers required: number of villagers required to sustain constant unit production
- Unit Production Calculator: number of villagers required to sustain constant army production
- Unit production cheatsheet: number of villagers required to sustain constant unit production (in a single PDF page)
- aoe2calc (note: does not support DE yet!)
- Age of Empires 2 Combat Simulator: units and their counters
- AoE2 Analyzer: battle simulation, team analysis, civilazations strengths…
- 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 Army Composition Calculator: comprehensive army composition calculator that helps players plan their armies without needing Excel spreadsheets (source code
- AOE2Lobby: list of lobbies updated in real-time, with filtering capabilities
- AoE2 Replay Viewer: upload a replay for minimap playback, key stats, and build timelines
- aoestats: civilization win rate statistics broken down by elo, map, game length, patch
- AoE Pulse: playrate of openings, civilization stats, tech timings…
- Rating charts: players / team ELO visulization within the overall ELO distribution
- Civilisation 1v1 Performance Statistics (source code)
- AOE2 Civ Overlap: table of pairwise similarity between civilization, measured as ratio of common available or missing non-unique units and techs over all
- Civilization Matchups: a bayesian approach to 1v1 civ matchups
- AoE Companion: civilization statistics
- Build order guide: build orders and uptime calculator
- AoE2 Guide: build orders, a few civilizations overview
- AoE Companion: build guides, unit counters, civilization overviews
- AoE Builds: build orders and blog
- PerfectTime: perfect uptime calculator
- AoE2 on Linux: play this Microsoft game on a free operating system
- AoE2 on macOS: play this Microsoft game on an Apple operating system
- Random Map Scripting Guide: create your own random maps
- AoE2DE UGC Guide (source code)
- AoE2 AI Scripting Encyclopedia
- Captains Mode: draft players civs before a tournament
- AoE 2 Tournaments: centralized dashboard for tournaments of all sizes, with filters by Elo (source code)
- Tournament Elo: alternative ELO ranking based only on tournament games
- Replay Packer: arrange, rename and zip your aoe2record files as a submission for a tournament (source code)
- Fandom: everything about the game
- liquipedia: everything about the scene
- CaptureAge: spectating client with a custom overlay to display statistics not available in the game
- 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 on Android and iOS
- AoE 2 Database: quizzes on Android
- AoE2Grid: daily trivia game to test Age of Empires 2 knowledge
- AoE2Win: daily quizzes
- AoE II Companion: API for Nightbot, to add
!rankand!matchcommands to your Twitch chat - RTS Overlay: display build order and / or current game players' name, MMR, winrate, etc.
- mgz: Age of Empires II recorded game parsing and summarization in Python 3
- genie-rs: rust libraries for reading / writing various Age of Empires I/II files
- genieutils: C++ library for reading and writing the file formats used in the Genie engine
- AoE2 Scenario Parser: Python3 library to edit scenario files in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- aoe2rec: Age of Empires II recorded game parsing library in Rust, WASM and Python
- McMinimap: minimap generator from savegames
- AoE2 minimap generator: minimap generator from savegames
- Spirit Of The Law: the maths of AoE2
- Empirant_AOE: more maths of AoE2
- T-West: even more maths and mechanics analysis
- Hjörleif: more game mechanics
- TechnoFeudGamingTV: statistics on players, tournaments…
- HumzaCrumza: non-meta build orders
- Poop Lord: 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…
- Parsa Animations: Age of Empires Logic…
- Kings & Plebeians: players, developers, content creators…
- Bored With Nelly: developers, players…
- Gonza Muñoz
- Alex Heflin (feat. insaneintherainmusic)
- Jon V Audio: original compositions using only game sounds
- 4Hardy: original compositions using only game sounds
- Armchair Saurus: historical reality behind AoE2 units, techs…
- Tiramis: history of the AoE2 community