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Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2008-12-18

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 19, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Europa Universalis Rome Gold combines the epic strategy title Europa Universalis Rome with the expansion pack Vae Victis. Experience one of the most defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

1
playing now
68%
positive of 241 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Europa Universalis: Rome is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio. Published by Paradox Interactive and released in 2008, it became the fourth installment in the Europa Universalis series. It was the second game to be based on Paradox's Clausewitz Engine.

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  • · Top 56% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.6k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 241 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at WinGameStore (2021-05-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 39 of 79 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.09$1.592015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-21 — best price $1.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-06-30 — best price $9.992017-03-04 — best price $9.992017-09-13 — best price $9.992018-02-06 — best price $9.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $2.242019-01-31 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-08-08 — best price $9.992019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-01-04 — best price $9.992020-03-16 — best price $9.992020-05-24 — best price $2.482020-08-15 — best price $9.492020-10-29 — best price $4.992021-02-03 — best price $9.992021-04-27 — best price $2.492021-08-02 — best price $9.992022-01-02 — best price $9.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-11-12 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $2.492023-07-12 — best price $2.502023-10-03 — best price $9.992024-04-02 — best price $8.492024-08-06 — best price $6.992024-11-28 — best price $2.032025-04-25 — best price $2.142025-10-07 — best price $2.492026-01-23 — best price $2.242026-04-17 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSRomeStrategyHistoricalSimulationGrand StrategyReal-Time with Pause

Census log

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

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