Europa Universalis IV | Steam

Paradox Development Studio is back with the fourth instalment in the successful Europa Universalis series. This classic grand strategy game lets you control a nation across four dramatic centuries. Rule your country and dominate the world with unrivalled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new world history and build a glorious empire.

Start before the Renaissance on a map of the world at the time. Choose from hundreds of nations and rule through to the Age of Revolutions. Or, if you prefer, start your game at any time during this period, with monarchs and other historical rulers.

You can experience hundreds of dynamic historical events, from civil wars of little concern to major turning points in history, such as the Protestant Reformation. Discover and colonise the New World, or resist European conquest.

Control trade by developing your commercial power in strategic provinces, using ships and government policy to bring the world's wealth to your own ports.

Form ironclad alliances cemented by royal marriages or play flexibly, keeping your options open. Strike when your enemies are weak, using your armies to seize new lands and potential new wealth.

The pace of your nation's development will be strongly influenced by who sits on the throne. You may experience rapid development under a competent monarch, only to see things deteriorate when an unfit heir takes over. So you need to plan for the future by using your power as a ruler wisely.

You have four hundred years of research into new methods of warfare, administration and trade at your disposal. Unlock new weapons, new buildings and new types of ship. Over time, you can adopt national ideas that represent both your historical heritage and your ambitions for the future.

From the great voyages of discovery to religious wars and revolutionary governments, the entire history of the early modern world is waiting to be rewritten in Europa Universalis IV.