Game · Released

Europa Universalis

Europa Universalis is a historical strategy game that simulates all aspects of world history from 1492 to 1792. Each player takes on the role of one of the major nations of the era, controlling diplomacy, economy, warfare, exploration, and colonization. The game takes place on a map divided into approximately 1,500 provinces, and proceeds in a pausable real time format. A number of unique features ensure historical accuracy, including period monarchs, military leaders, and technological gains.Involve yourself in colonization, exploration, trade and infrastructure, war, religion, and diplomacy

Release date
February 17, 2015
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Europa Universalis artwork
Media

Screenshots & videos

Official media supplied by the listed storefronts and publishers.

Screenshots

Videos

Store description

About Europa Universalis

Europa Universalis is a historical strategy game that simulates all aspects of world history from 1492 to 1792. Each player takes on the role of one of the major nations of the era, controlling diplomacy, economy, warfare, exploration, and colonization. The game takes place on a map divided into approximately 1,500 provinces, and proceeds in a pausable real time format. A number of unique features ensure historical accuracy, including period monarchs, military leaders, and technological gains.

Involve yourself in colonization, exploration, trade and infrastructure, war, religion, and diplomacy against other players or your computer. Ninety different nations are potentially player-controlled, while the powerful AI controls nonplayer nations. Choose from nine scenarios, including a Grand Campaign game that encompasses 300 years. There are more than 500 different historical missions and a dynamic system that generates countless exciting missions. More than 200 historical events potentially affect the outcome of your actions. A map covering the entire globe encompasses 800-plus named provinces, 550-plus named sea zones, and 100-plus named rivers.

The real-time game can be set to pause at any time or any given event to give players time to plan ahead, thereby creating a semi-real-time environment. A number of unique features ensure historical accuracy, including period monarchs, military leaders, and technological gains. Involve yourself in colonization, exploration, trade and infrastructure, war, religion, and diplomacy against other players or your computer.…

Read the full description on GOG ↗
Official sources

Download Europa Universalis

Continue to an official storefront to download or purchase this title.

Europa Universalis artwork
Europa UniversalisGOG · Game · Available
From the community

Europa Universalis reviews & player comments

Store ratings and available player reviews. Review snapshots show their last refresh date.

★ 7.8/10GOG · 105 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
The whole Europa Universalis series is excellent. Every single game is. That being said, the series gets better with each consecutive title and they very,…
★ 5 / 5
As someone who has played every Paradox game series, the best review I can give is: I've spent 1000s of hours playing Europa Universalis games…
★ 5 / 5
In short: Europa Universalis series is one of the rare franchese where successive titles actually improved overall. If you have a lot of time and…
★ 5 / 5
As another reviewer said to do. The game works perfectly on my windows 11 system, after doing this :)
★ 5 / 5
I've seen several comments saying that the game doesn't run on Windows 10. The game runs perfectly on my Windows 10 desktop and laptop computers,…
★ 3 / 5
As someone who only played Hearts of Iron III before this one when it comes to Paradox games, I have to say the game is…
★ 2 / 5
I wanted to play an EU game with as few complicated mechanics as possible. This game is great for that, had some fun! Unfortunately you…
★ 5 / 5
I never was interested in 4X titles until few weeks ago and decided to give EU1 a chance. I'm really liking it a lot, especially…

Most recent8

★ 3 / 5
Europa Universalis 1 is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Interactive and published by Strategy First in 2000. The game is originally based on…
★ 5 / 5
If your game refuses to open upon purhcasing, DELETE THE FILE "winmm.dll", as it left me unable to play the game until I deleted it.…
★ 1 / 5
I seem to be unable to play the game even after download. Can anyone help?
★ 4 / 5
It's a great value if you like older games that are new to you. As someone who doesn't play the most recent games of this…
★ 2 / 5
I wanted to play an EU game with as few complicated mechanics as possible. This game is great for that, had some fun! Unfortunately you…
★ 5 / 5
As another reviewer said to do. The game works perfectly on my windows 11 system, after doing this :)
★ 3 / 5
As someone who only played Hearts of Iron III before this one when it comes to Paradox games, I have to say the game is…

Short excerpts linked to their source. The score above uses aggregate storefront ratings—not these few comments.