Europa Universalis IV

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• historical video game

• real-time strategy

• computer wargame

• grand strategy wargame
• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  32^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Series

• Europa Universalis

Engines

• Clausewitz Engine

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• Cross-Platform Multiplayer^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*
• German^*
• French^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• Grand Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,896^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,822^*

• Historical^*

  Votes · historical

  2,815^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  2,705^*

• 4X^*

  Votes · historical

  2,344^*

• Alternate History^*

  Votes · historical

  2,326^*

• Military^*

  Votes · historical

  2,301^*

• Wargame^*

  Votes · historical

  2,301^*

• Diplomacy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,295^*

• Economy^*

  Votes · historical

  2,293^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  2,273^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  2,230^*

• Political^*

  Votes · historical

  2,227^*

• Real-Time with Pause^*

  Votes · historical

  2,219^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  2,146^*

• Nonlinear^*

  Votes · historical

  2,111^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  1,409^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,249^*

• Management^*

  Votes · historical

  1,242^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,236^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS Catalina 10.15 or better^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel® Core 2 or equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required^*

  Storage

  6 GB HD space Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection Additional: GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows® 10 Home 64 bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850 Video Memory: 1 GB RAM DirectX®: 9.0c^*

  Storage

  6 GB HD space Sound: Direct X- compatible soundcard Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection Additional: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  18.04 LTS (64 bit)^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850 Video Memory: 1 GB RAMIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required^*

  Storage

  6 GB HD space Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection Additional: GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel® Core™ i3 3240 / AMD® FX 8120^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

  Video memory

  1 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  97^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Development Studio

• Paradox Development Studio^*
• Paradox Tinto^*

Publishers

• Paradox Interactive

• 2013-08-13

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2013-08-12 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2013-08-12^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 13, 2013^*

Detailed specifications