# Can I play multiplayer with someone who has the AOE3 cd game?

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**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/can-i-play-multiplayer-with-someone-who-has-the-aoe3-cd-game/120603 "2021-03-14T00:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christopher7ser](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/christopher7ser/32/67268_2.png) [@Christopher7ser](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Christopher7ser)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/can-i-play-multiplayer-with-someone-who-has-the-aoe3-cd-game/120603/1 "2021-03-14T00:01:28Z")

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I have downloaded aoe3 definitive edition throught steam.  
Is it possible to play multiplayer with my friend who has the cd-rom game (2005)?  
We tried but we couldnt find each others usernames.

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**Author:** ![EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/eaglemutop/32/29206_2.png) [@EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EaglemutOP)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/can-i-play-multiplayer-with-someone-who-has-the-aoe3-cd-game/120603/2 "2021-03-14T00:31:42Z")

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You absolutely can’t. Those are like totally different games at this point, with hundreds of thousands of changes (not exaggerating).  
Your friend needs to get DE on Steam.

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**Author:** ![StrongSeal23609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/strongseal23609/32/61111_2.png) [@StrongSeal23609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/StrongSeal23609)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/can-i-play-multiplayer-with-someone-who-has-the-aoe3-cd-game/120603/3 "2021-03-14T01:42:21Z")

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> [@EaglemutOP](#):
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> You friend needs to get DE on Steam.

or on the Microsoft store

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**Author:** ![EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/eaglemutop/32/29206_2.png) [@EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EaglemutOP)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/can-i-play-multiplayer-with-someone-who-has-the-aoe3-cd-game/120603/4 "2021-03-14T06:59:09Z")

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No, then they wouldn’t be able to play ranked together because crossplay is still not fully implemented.