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Europa Universalis V

Europa Universalis V

Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

Released Nov 4, 2025 Developer Paradox Tinto Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows Grand StrategyStrategyHistoricalSimulationEconomy
View on Steam ↗ $59.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

60.5%positive33,280 reviews
Recommended · 41 found this helpful

“TL:DR? Great foundation, rough around the edges. Whereas EU4 was designed similarly to it's predecessor games, in the style of a board game with heavily abstracted mechanics, not really attempting to simulate an economy, population, government, with the focus being on allowing…”

— a player, Steam review · 1,027 hrs played
Recommended · 66 found this helpful

“I liked this game. I can't understand quite the strength of the negative reviews. It is certainly NOT eu4. It is more ambitious, more complex, more of a simulated economy/political tweaking mixture of all the recent games. It is hella ambitious. I think you could and may enjoy…”

— a player, Steam review · 119 hrs played
Not recommended · 473 found this helpful

“Don't worry guys. If we just wait five years and spend $200, the game will be how it should be at launch”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

72,816all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2026 35.7k avg · Nov 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

75achievements
3.5%median completion
0.1%rarest: The Great Great Wall
38.7% of players 37.6% of players 36.5% of players 36.4% of players 36.2% of players 33.0% of players 31.9% of players 30.8% of players 28.9% of players 28.4% of players 23.9% of players 20.5% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 18.5% of players 17.6% of players 15.2% of players 12.2% of players 10.7% of players 9.6% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 7.2% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 38.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.7%Rule of Law — Change a policy.
37.6%Till Death Do Us Part — Secure a Royal Marriage with another country.
36.5%That is Mine! — Conquer a location.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%The Great Great Wall — Have City Walls in every location along the route of the Great Wall.
0.2%African Trade — Starting as Kilwa, own a market center in Africa with the highest market value in the world.
0.3%Stefan's Dream — As Serbia, conquer Constantinople, reach Empire rank, and control Stefan Dušan's empire.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$59.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$59.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US59.99 USD
EU59.99 EUR
UK49.99 GBP
Australia84.95 AUD
Canada79.99 CAD
Japan7,990 JPY
Brazil230.99 BRL
China238.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$35 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$68

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 23, 2026
Tinto Talks 125 - Cardinals, Crusade & Jihad and Religious Orders

Welcome to Tinto Talks, the Happy Wednesdays, where we talk about what is happening with Europa Universalis V . Here, your friendly Content Design Lead, Pavía, is back on hosting duty. It’s been a whi

Sep 22, 2026
Europa Universalis V - Grand Voyage Update Roadmap

Today, we have a new update for our Grand Voyage​ Hello everyone, I’m Ryagi, Community Manager at Tinto. Today we’re going to give you an update on our Grand Voyage Roadmap. In case you’re out of the

Sep 16, 2026
Tinto Talk 124 - Economy, Trade & Tariffs

It’s another Happy Wednesday! Bring out your spreadsheets and YouTube guides, this week we have some economy to talk about. To give us the rundown on what the economy looks like in 1.4 I’m passing thi

Sep 15, 2026
Europa Universalis x YouTooz Collaboration

A new institution has emerged. Welcome the Art of Bricks & Puzzles! Together with YouTooz, we've released our first Brickset and Puzzle inspired by Europa Universalis V Give your shipyards a rest, and

Sep 09, 2026
Tinto Talks 123 - Campaign Timeline & 1.4 Performance

It’s another happy Wednesday! I’m Ryagi, Community Manager for your two favorite games (EU4 and EU5 of course) and today we’ll be talking about a collection of things on everyone's minds, including pe

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsGrand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · Simulation · Economy · Trading · Wargame · Diplomacy · Resource Management · War · Alternate History · 4X (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
Achievements75
Official sitehttps://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/europa-universalis-v/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 3600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1060 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 580 (8GB) | Intel® Arc™ A380 (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ 140V Storage: 20 GB available space