Age of Empires 2 Civilizations
All 56 civilizations in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Pick one to see its bonuses, unique units and technologies, team bonus and what its tech tree is missing.
Use the civilization comparison to put two side by side, or the civilization quiz to find one that suits you.
All civilizations
ArmeniansInfantry and Naval civilization
AztecsInfantry and Monk civilization
BengalisElephant and Naval civilization
BerbersCavalry and Naval civilization
BohemiansGunpowder and Monk civilization
BritonsFoot Archer civilization
BulgariansInfantry and Cavalry civilization
BurgundiansCavalry civilization
BurmeseInfantry and Cavalry civilization
ByzantinesDefensive civilization
CeltsInfantry and Siege civilization
ChineseArcher and Gunpowder civilization
CumansCavalry civilization
DanesInfantry and Siege civilization
DravidiansInfantry and Naval civilization
EthiopiansArcher civilization
FranksCavalry civilization
GeorgiansDefensive and Cavalry civilization
GothsInfantry civilization
GurjarasCavalry and Camel civilization
HindustanisCamel and Gunpowder civilization
HunsCavalry civilization
IncaInfantry civilization
ItaliansArcher and Naval civilization
JapaneseInfantry civilization
JurchensCavalry and Gunpowder civilization
KhitansInfantry and Cavalry civilization
KhmerSiege and Elephant civilization
KoreansDefensive and Naval civilization
LithuaniansCavalry and Monk civilization
MagyarsCavalry civilization
MalayNaval civilization
MaliansInfantry civilization
MapucheCavalry and Counter-Units civilization
MayaArcher civilization
MongolsCavalry Archer civilization
MuiscaArcher and Monk civilization
PersiansCavalry civilization
PolesCavalry civilization
PortugueseNaval and Gunpowder civilization
RomansInfantry and Cavalry civilization
SaracensCamel and Naval civilization
SaxonsInfantry and Defensive civilization
ShuArcher and Siege civilization
SiciliansInfantry and Cavalry civilization
SlavsInfantry and Siege civilization
SpanishGunpowder and Monk civilization
TatarsCavalry Archer civilization
TeutonsInfantry and Defensive civilization
TupiArcher and Infantry civilization
TurksGunpowder civilization
VarangiansCavalry and Naval civilization
VietnameseArcher civilization
VikingsInfantry and Naval civilization
WeiCavalry civilization
WuInfantry and Naval civilization
By focus
The game describes each civilization with one or two focuses, so a civilization can appear in two lists.
Infantry (20)
Armenians, Aztecs, Bulgarians, Burmese, Celts, Danes, Dravidians, Goths, Inca, Japanese, Khitans, Malians, Romans, Saxons, Sicilians, Slavs, Teutons, Tupi, Vikings, Wu
Cavalry (20)
Berbers, Bulgarians, Burgundians, Burmese, Cumans, Franks, Georgians, Gurjaras, Huns, Jurchens, Khitans, Lithuanians, Magyars, Mapuche, Persians, Poles, Romans, Sicilians, Varangians, Wei
Naval (12)
Armenians, Bengalis, Berbers, Dravidians, Italians, Koreans, Malay, Portuguese, Saracens, Varangians, Vikings, Wu
Archers (9)
Britons, Chinese, Ethiopians, Italians, Maya, Muisca, Shu, Tupi, Vietnamese
Gunpowder (7)
Bohemians, Chinese, Hindustanis, Jurchens, Portuguese, Spanish, Turks