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For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“I've played quite a bit of the original Europa Universalis 2 but haven't touched For the Glory that much. It's better, I'll tell you that. From what I understand it's a collection of mods and a fan patch for the original EU2 that Paradox thought was neat so they offered to sell…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“para quem gosta do bom e velhinho EU2, recomendo”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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For the Glory 1.31 is released!
This is a maintenance update that brings many bugfixes and AI improvements. We're experimenting with changes to Spanish and Portuguese colonization: it is now possible for both countries to seize nati
Nominate For the Glory for the 2024 Steam Awards!
For the Glory is eligible for the Labor of Love category since it's been out for more than a year. In fact, it's been out for more than 15 years... and just got a new free update with tons of new feat
For the Glory 1.3 is released!
Exactly 15 years after For the Glory 1.0 comes the FTG 1.3 update! Players who had switched to the 1.3 beta channel are encouraged to switch back to the main update channel to receive the update. This
For the Glory 1.3 beta patches are now on Steam
Hello, Steam players! We at Crystal Empire Games have not been idle since the last official patch 1.2 was released. In fact, we've built and released over a dozen beta patches on the Paradox forums in
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Grand Strategy · Historical · Singleplayer · 4X · Sandbox · Alternate History · Diplomacy · Economy · War · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French |
| Official site | https://crystalempiregames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Pentium II 266 MHz Memory: 256 Mb RAM Graphics: 2 Mb Video Card DirectX Compatible DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c or higher Hard Drive: 1 GB free hard drive space Sound: DirectX compatible Sound Card