Europa Universalis IV on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 133,375 reviews of which 115,447 were positive and 17,928 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 6.66€ on Instant Gaming.

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

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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.

Nov. 2024

Somewhat overwhelming to start but a few hours of figuring out the basics rewards with endless hours of absorbing nation building. Honestly staggering replayability, not only are there 100s of nations to play as giving a unique experience, but play the same nation 5 times and you'll have 5 unique experiences due to different circumstances unfolding in the world around you. Spread your colour on map = brain happy.

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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