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Europa Universalis III Complete

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2009-02-04

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 23, 2007 (Mac), Jan 23, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.

48
playing now
83%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Europa Universalis III is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in January 2007, and was later ported to Mac OS X by Virtual Programming in November 2007.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 48 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 80k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,001 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-10-20) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 29 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

81262026-09-14 22:00 — 46 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 30 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 42 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 56 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 36 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 76 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 32 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 51 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 81 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 47 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 40 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 52 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
59042Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 465 · peak 775Dec 2012 — avg 435 · peak 817May 2013 — avg 438 · peak 821Oct 2013 — avg 200 · peak 416Mar 2014 — avg 170 · peak 341Aug 2014 — avg 132 · peak 238Jan 2015 — avg 124 · peak 232Jun 2015 — avg 105 · peak 205Nov 2015 — avg 100 · peak 196Apr 2016 — avg 86 · peak 179Sep 2016 — avg 85 · peak 180Feb 2017 — avg 88 · peak 187Jul 2017 — avg 75 · peak 147Dec 2017 — avg 85 · peak 163May 2018 — avg 93 · peak 186Oct 2018 — avg 87 · peak 175Mar 2019 — avg 82 · peak 177Aug 2019 — avg 72 · peak 132Jan 2020 — avg 74 · peak 150Jun 2020 — avg 78 · peak 147Nov 2020 — avg 77 · peak 155Apr 2021 — avg 64 · peak 117Sep 2021 — avg 62 · peak 125Feb 2022 — avg 66 · peak 137Jul 2022 — avg 59 · peak 109Dec 2022 — avg 53 · peak 102May 2023 — avg 51 · peak 100Oct 2023 — avg 50 · peak 94Mar 2024 — avg 47 · peak 100Aug 2024 — avg 50 · peak 94Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 97Jun 2025 — avg 48 · peak 89Nov 2025 — avg 49 · peak 97Apr 2026 — avg 43 · peak 93Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 81
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.742016-01-29 — best price $11.422016-07-21 — best price $2.992017-01-27 — best price $3.752017-09-25 — best price $14.992018-05-17 — best price $2.992018-10-01 — best price $14.992019-02-08 — best price $11.632019-06-17 — best price $3.742019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-19 — best price $6.642020-03-24 — best price $14.992020-07-18 — best price $14.992020-10-26 — best price $14.992021-01-25 — best price $2.542021-05-13 — best price $9.392021-08-19 — best price $3.742021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-03-12 — best price $11.722022-07-17 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $3.742023-08-09 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-02-16 — best price $13.492024-05-17 — best price $13.492024-08-16 — best price $13.492024-10-29 — best price $13.492025-01-18 — best price $14.992025-05-02 — best price $4.492025-09-17 — best price $2.992026-02-04 — best price $10.042026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49192026-05-31 — 35 pageviews2026-06-04 — 26 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-12 — 40 pageviews2026-06-16 — 32 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 36 pageviews2026-07-10 — 38 pageviews2026-07-14 — 37 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-22 — 24 pageviews2026-07-26 — 31 pageviews2026-07-30 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 36 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 26 pageviews2026-08-27 — 34 pageviews2026-08-31 — 38 pageviews2026-09-04 — 41 pageviews2026-09-08 — 31 pageviews2026-09-12 — 28 pageviews2026-09-16 — 37 pageviews2026-09-20 — 27 pageviews2026-09-24 — 35 pageviews2026-09-28 — 27 pageviews2026-10-02 — 48 pageviews2026-10-06 — 36 pageviews2026-10-10 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing11 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2009-12-16, latest 2012-12-10 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opSandboxStrategyAddictivePoliticalHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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