Choose Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Choose Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 18,417 Steam reviews back the pick.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition vs Andalia
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition and Andalia both land in Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020) is 1 year older than Andalia (2021). Andalia scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (84.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Andalia
Choose Andalia if you want an Indie experience. Andalia launched in 2021.
Both Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition and Andalia sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and LAN PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (84.5% vs 85.7% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition |  Andalia | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2021 |
| Genres | Strategy, Free To Play | Strategy, Indie, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 84.5% positive (18,417 reviews) | 85.7% positive (35 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player |
| Developers | World's Edge, Tantalus Media, Forgotten Empires | Joel St. |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020) is 1 year older than Andalia (2021).
- Andalia scores higher on Steam reviews (85.7% positive) than Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (84.5% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition vs Andalia — FAQ
- Should I play Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition or Andalia first?
- If you want chronology, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020) came out before Andalia (2021). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition and Andalia similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.