Europa Universalis V
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Europa Universalis V is a strategy developed by Paradox Tinto, released 4 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $49.74 at GameBillet.
What Europa Universalis V is
Europa Universalis V is a strategy game developed by Paradox Tinto and released in 2025. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an PEGI 12 age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 75 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Europa Universalis series
Europa Universalis V is the seventh of 7 entries we hold in the Europa Universalis series. It arrived a year after Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
How it was received
Europa Universalis V holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i7-8700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 3600, 16 GB RAM and Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1060 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 580 (8GB) | Intel® Arc™ A380 (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ 140V. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $49.74 at GameBillet, 17% below its usual price. Across the 6 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $59.99 — a spread of $10.25 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Europa Universalis V launched on 4 November 2025, within three weeks of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Dispatch. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Dispatch.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Europa Universalis V yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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