PCPC · 1999 · real-time strategy
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II (PC, 1999) has an open-source reimplementation, SFTtech/openage, and 2 other public projects.
Data checked 2026-10-12 · unbaked registry
Projects
Reimplementation14,497 starspushed 2026-10-03custom licenserelease v0.6.0
Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀
not yet feature-complete
ReimplementationC/SDL2545 starspushed 2020-07-11custom license
A multiplayer lockstep RTS engine compatible with the Age of Empires II Trial assets
Lockstep RTS engine compatible with AoE2 trial assets (halted)
ReimplementationC++241 starspushed 2022-12-08GPL-3.0 licenserelease 1
A free game engine capable of running Age of Empires 2 and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Semi-playable (halted 2022)
What you need
You need your own copy of the game: these projects ship code only.
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