AoE4Guides
AoE4Guides is a free website for finding, creating, and sharing Age of Empires IV build orders.
What AoE4Guides is
AoE4Guides is a free website for finding, creating, and sharing Age of Empires IV build orders. Its browser lets users filter builds by civilization, video creator, season, map, and strategy, then sort the results. The build timeline marks when a strategy reaches the Feudal, Castle, and Imperial ages, while the Economy view shows villager assignments. Users can keep a favorites list of builds they like and create and share their own. For following a build, the Build Order Overlay opens it in a floating focus window; the site says this is available in Chrome and Edge for now. Users can also continue using its RTS Overlay export. Nothing on the site is restricted behind voluntary support contributions. The listed support options are €2,510, paid once and €2,510 a month. The site says hosting, domain, and storage cost about €100 a year, paid out of pocket. Its privacy policy says personal information is used to provide and improve the service and is not shared except as described in that policy. The site says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
Good
- Free access to all site content.
- Filters builds by civilization, map, and strategy.
- Timeline marks Feudal, Castle, and Imperial ages.
- Economy view shows villager assignments.
- Supports favorites and user-created builds.
Watch out
- Floating overlay is currently limited to Chrome and Edge.
- The site is not affiliated with Microsoft.
- The site says it does not address children under 13.
Who it suits
AoE4Guides suits Age of Empires IV players looking for build orders to browse, save, or share. Players who want a floating build window can use the overlay in Chrome or Edge.
Verdict
AoE4Guides combines a searchable build library with timelines, an Economy view, favorites, and a browser overlay. It is a focused option for Age of Empires IV players, with no content gated behind support contributions.
Plans and prices
From AoE4Guides's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly support | €2,510 a month | Voluntary support; nothing on the site is behind this |
| One-off support | €2,510, paid once | Voluntary support; nothing on the site is behind this |
The facts
Each one read from AoE4Guides's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Affiliation
- The site says it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Age limit
- The privacy policy says the service does not address anyone under 13 and that it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Browse builds
- The builds page offers filters for civilization, video creator, season, map, and strategy, and lets users sort build orders.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Build timeline
- The timeline shows when a build reaches Feudal, Castle, and Imperial ages, and its Economy view shows villager assignments.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Create builds
- The site invites users to create and share build orders.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Favorites
- Users can keep track of build orders they have liked.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Overlay
- The Build Order Overlay opens the current build in a floating focus window.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says collected personal information is used to provide and improve the service and is not shared except as described in that policy.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- AoE4Guides provides build orders for Age of Empires IV.checked 4 Oct 2026
- RTS Overlay export
- The site says users can continue using its RTS Overlay export.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser support
- The site says the floating overlay is available for Chrome and Edge for now.checked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Price access
- The site says nothing is behind its voluntary support contributions.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Running costs
- The site says hosting, domain, and storage cost about €100 a year, paid out of pocket.checked 4 Oct 2026
Alternatives to AoE4Guides
- 1
OP.GG
Free planAndroidiOSWebExtension8.2From $3 a month - 2
Spawning Tool
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.2Free plan - 3
MetaTFT
Free planWebWindows6.9From $3 a month - 4
Porofessor
Free planWebWindows6.9Free plan - 5
Siege Codex
Free planWeb6.5From $45 a year - 6
Strats.gg
Free planWebWindows6.5Free plan