[1] Empires Apart allows the player to control any of seven medieval civilizations, namely Byzantines (available for free), Arabs, Aztecs, Chinese, French, Koreans, and Mongols (each as individual DLC).

the player Resources are collected by the villagers and there are 4 resources to collect Wood (mainly used to build structures and archers), Food (mainly use for building villagers units and upgrades), Stone (used for advanced structures and defensive buildings such as forts), Gold (used for some military units and upgrades) The combat system in Empires Apart has a strong paper scissors stone element with spearmen beating cavalry, archers beating spearmen and cavalry beating archers.

[15] Dimitry Halley of GameStar said the game is a "[s]olid clone of Age of Empires with technical mishaps, which barely offers single-player content, but varied factions and strategies in PvP.

"[9] Daniele Dolce of The Games Machine said that "[d]espite some technical issues and a skimpy single player, Empires Apart is an enjoyable and well balanced old-style RTS.

"[8] Marcello Perricone of Strategy Gamer summarized: "In the end, Empires Apart is both a good spiritual successor to Microsoft’s classic and a good game in its own right, delivering a very capable experience that successfully brings most of Age of Empires mechanics into the modern age.