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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.

Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition is a 2008 Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 241 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
68%
positive of 241 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 14,104 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.6k–19k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$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 62 of 118 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
192Jul 2012Jul 2026Jul 2012 — avg 12 · peak 24Dec 2012 — avg 13 · peak 34May 2013 — avg 14 · peak 36Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2014 — avg 9 · peak 23Jan 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2015 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 28Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2018 — avg 19 · peak 78Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.09$1.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-31 — best price $2.492026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

43102026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-09 — 20 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 39 pageviews2026-08-29 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 28 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 21 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 17 pageviews2026-10-11 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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