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Europa Universalis IV

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2013-08-13

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Franchise: Europa Universalis · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 13, 2013 (Linux), Aug 13, 2013 (Mac), Aug 13, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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 Simulation and Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 137,414 reviews).

5,727
playing now
87%
positive of 135k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
958
twitch viewers (latest)
958.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (258 ratings)
16
Nexus mods (7.7k downloads)
171h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

5,727 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Europa Universalis IV is a 2013 grand strategy video game in the Europa Universalis series, developed and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Europa Universalis III (2007). The game was released on 25 August 2013 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It is a strategy game where players can control a nation leading up to and during the early modern period of history. Players navigate their nations through trade, administration, diplomacy, colonization, and warfare. The game has sold over 4 million copies as of February 2024.

Trailer

Europa Universalis IV trailer thumbnail

Europa Universalis IV - 8th Anniversary Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,727 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,395 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,549/week).
  • · Review velocity up 280% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 16,896 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.4M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 134,775 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.00-90%
GreenManGaming$4.40-91%
Fanatical$4.49-91%
Gamesplanet$4.90-90%
GOG$4.99-90%
Steam$4.99-90%
GOG$4.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at GameBillet (2025-07-04) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 109 of 151 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10k10k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,256 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,903 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,410 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,109 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,072 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,504 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,122 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,241 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 969 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 868 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 696 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 649 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 10,284 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 356 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14k5.5k2026-09-16 04:00 — 5,541 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 8,143 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 11,044 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 6,977 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 7,472 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 10,666 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 5,919 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 7,970 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 13,094 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 7,104 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 5,607 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 10,442 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 7,741 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 7,126 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 13,844 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 8,822 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 5,947 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 9,156 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 11,428 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 7,752 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 8,526 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 10,964 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 5,727 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21k0Apr 2013Aug 2026Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Sep 2013 — avg 4,132 · peak 9,774Feb 2014 — avg 4,291 · peak 8,256Jul 2014 — avg 6,353 · peak 11,018Dec 2014 — avg 6,878 · peak 12,861May 2015 — avg 6,875 · peak 12,472Oct 2015 — avg 7,815 · peak 16,207Mar 2016 — avg 8,821 · peak 16,632Aug 2016 — avg 7,168 · peak 12,686Jan 2017 — avg 11,514 · peak 20,721Jun 2017 — avg 10,626 · peak 20,310Nov 2017 — avg 11,659 · peak 24,934Apr 2018 — avg 12,258 · peak 23,064Sep 2018 — avg 13,507 · peak 28,338Feb 2019 — avg 12,002 · peak 21,939Jul 2019 — avg 11,205 · peak 19,163Dec 2019 — avg 12,401 · peak 20,805May 2020 — avg 16,111 · peak 26,832Oct 2020 — avg 12,855 · peak 23,124Mar 2021 — avg 15,381 · peak 25,571Aug 2021 — avg 16,600 · peak 26,315Jan 2022 — avg 17,499 · peak 26,922Jun 2022 — avg 15,690 · peak 24,245Nov 2022 — avg 12,835 · peak 21,017Apr 2023 — avg 17,132 · peak 34,199Sep 2023 — avg 13,404 · peak 22,479Feb 2024 — avg 14,677 · peak 23,478Jul 2024 — avg 13,615 · peak 21,289Dec 2024 — avg 14,428 · peak 23,311May 2025 — avg 14,847 · peak 24,988Oct 2025 — avg 11,917 · peak 20,517Mar 2026 — avg 7,945 · peak 13,524Aug 2026 — avg 9,618 · peak 14,970
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$53.46$3.712015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.182015-04-28 — best price $39.992015-09-04 — best price $9.992015-12-27 — best price $36.952016-04-15 — best price $39.992016-09-05 — best price $39.992017-03-27 — best price $10.862017-09-02 — best price $39.992018-01-04 — best price $39.992018-04-30 — best price $39.992018-08-30 — best price $9.992018-12-13 — best price $9.592019-03-30 — best price $9.992019-08-12 — best price $9.992019-12-10 — best price $9.992020-02-26 — best price $35.992020-05-24 — best price $9.912020-08-22 — best price $39.992020-10-29 — best price $35.272021-01-18 — best price $5.992021-04-14 — best price $39.992021-07-08 — best price $6.392021-11-01 — best price $6.392022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-06-27 — best price $9.192022-10-14 — best price $9.992023-02-04 — best price $39.992023-06-15 — best price $39.992023-11-01 — best price $9.692024-03-15 — best price $27.492024-08-14 — best price $11.992024-12-05 — best price $6.502025-03-20 — best price $49.992025-09-29 — best price $4.002026-03-19 — best price $4.002026-08-19 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2611332026-05-28 — 172 pageviews2026-06-01 — 228 pageviews2026-06-05 — 230 pageviews2026-06-09 — 192 pageviews2026-06-13 — 188 pageviews2026-06-17 — 200 pageviews2026-06-21 — 175 pageviews2026-06-25 — 205 pageviews2026-06-29 — 203 pageviews2026-07-03 — 217 pageviews2026-07-07 — 193 pageviews2026-07-11 — 238 pageviews2026-07-15 — 214 pageviews2026-07-19 — 188 pageviews2026-07-23 — 224 pageviews2026-07-27 — 192 pageviews2026-07-31 — 157 pageviews2026-08-04 — 209 pageviews2026-08-08 — 184 pageviews2026-08-12 — 181 pageviews2026-08-16 — 250 pageviews2026-08-20 — 208 pageviews2026-08-24 — 213 pageviews2026-08-28 — 211 pageviews2026-09-01 — 190 pageviews2026-09-05 — 217 pageviews2026-09-09 — 200 pageviews2026-09-13 — 184 pageviews2026-09-17 — 189 pageviews2026-09-21 — 177 pageviews2026-09-25 — 207 pageviews2026-09-29 — 149 pageviews2026-10-03 — 236 pageviews2026-10-07 — 178 pageviews2026-10-11 — 180 pageviews2026-10-14 — 155 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.2k02026-10-01 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 1,067 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 83 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 889 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 1,036 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 787 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 958 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
28.4%
earned "Until death do us apart"
10.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop33 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 33 DLC released, first 2013-12-20, latest 2024-05-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,2620%373

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XEconomySandboxWargameMilitaryModdableStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalHistorical

Census log

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

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