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Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

Europa Universalis IV is a grand strategy, strategy and historical game developed by Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Tinto and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on August 13th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 4 languages: English, German, French and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 134,436 reviews of which 116,432 were positive and 18,004 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.57€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Europa Universalis IV into these genres:

Grand Strategy Strategy Historical Simulation 4X Alternate History Military Wargame Diplomacy Economy Replay Value Sandbox Political Real-Time with Pause Moddable Nonlinear Co-op Singleplayer Management Multiplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850
Video Memory: 1 GB RAM
DirectX®:9.0c
Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Sound:Direct X- compatible soundcard
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Additional:Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer

MacOS

OS:Mac OS Catalina 10.15 or better
Processor:Intel® Core 2 or equivalent
Memory:4 GB RAM
Graphics:ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer

Linux

OS:18.04 LTS (64 bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850
Video Memory: 1 GB RAMIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer

User reviews & Ratings

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Jan. 2025

A great game, clearly designed for heavy autism and an obsessive love for maps, but the DLC policy is absolutely disgusting.

Jan. 2025

My GF told me it was her or EU4. This game really gave me a better life. Now I spend my days uniting the the pope, killing natives, and leading great wars of conquest. Instead of arguing about which restaurant to eat at, I negotiate royal marriages and alliances. Instead of long nights scrolling through Netflix, I strategize for hours, planning my next golden age. Do I miss her? Sure, but she could never give me the satisfaction which EU4 does. 10/10, would play again ❤️.

Dec. 2024

This game doesn't have a learning curve, its a straight jump to the moon. Played my first game as the Ottomans and looked through menus for like 2 hours. I then looked up tutorials and spent a bunch of time there. I felt prepared and attacked the Byzantines who had allied Serbia I think. I barely won that war then lost all my manpower to attrition. I then ran out of money by reinforcing my troops and being dumb in other ways. I spent all of my mana on deving random provinces and lost a war to Poland over Moldavia. After a few more catastrophes that resembled games I had a half decent game as Poland and got sucked in. I don't play many games for a long time, but if you enjoy learning about history and are willing to put in some hours of pure failure I would recommend this to you. THIS GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. I would not recommend that people buy any dlc for this game until after a few games. Each game take a significant amount of time and if you don't enjoy those initial games at all then buying the dlc is unlikely to fix that. Nonetheless this game is a veritable masterpiece in player led storytelling and is my favorite video game, hands down. UPDATE This update is purely for a steam event ignore it.

Oct. 2024

I realized this was an awesome game after some 10 hours gameplay; but played it for 1734 hours more just to make sure.

Sept. 2024

I have been into computer games since late 80s, and into strategy games since mid 90s. EU4 is the best game I have ever played so far. (Close contenders for the first place are Civ I and II, taking their release dates into account.) Many people might criticize the DLC system, but in my opinion, it is a must for such a deep and detailed game. You are not exposed to dozens of mechanics all at once, but instead gradually build up those one by one during many years, which also keeps you play thousands of hours. If you are bored of silly AI in strategy games, and look for a deep diplomacy game, you should definitely play this game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Europa Universalis IV is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam.

Europa Universalis IV is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 49.99€ on Steam.

Europa Universalis IV received 116,432 positive votes out of a total of 134,436 achieving a rating of 8.56.

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Europa Universalis IV was developed by Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Tinto and published by Paradox Interactive.

Europa Universalis IV is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Europa Universalis IV is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Europa Universalis IV is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Europa Universalis IV offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Europa Universalis IV offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 33 DLCs available for Europa Universalis IV. Explore additional content available for Europa Universalis IV on Steam.

Europa Universalis IV is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Europa Universalis IV does not support Steam Remote Play.

Europa Universalis IV is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Europa Universalis IV.

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