Skip to content
w

Europa Universalis V

7.7
•2025•
Rating Pending
Europa Universalis V
Europa Universalis V

Platforms


  • PC
    Nov 04, 2025

    7.7
    playscore
    8.8
    12 Critics
    6.7
    29.8K Players

12 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms

Microtransactions

This game includes in-game purchases. For more info, visit our microtransactions guide.

Critic Reviews


  • One of the most complicated video games ever made attempts to simulate literally everything about a 500 year period of history, in which you get to shape the world however you want.
    · Nov 04, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Generate a summary of this story Sign in now Mortal Shell II MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Palworld Star Wars Zero Company ARC Raiders Close Europa Universalis V Review By Maddie Fisher Published Nov 2, 2025, 12:59 PM EST Maddie is a Contributor at DualShockers covering JRPGs, survival horror,…
    · Nov 02, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Europa Universalis V perfects the grand strategy formula, deep, fluid, and endlessly rewarding. A living, breathing sandbox for strategy fans, even with a few AI stumbles.
    Mezbah Turzo · Nov 01, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Europa Universalis V is finally here, more than twelve years since the last release, and it does not disappoint.
    · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • IGN

    IGN

    8.0
    Europa Universalis 5 might be the most on-paper impressive historical strategy game of all time, with its depth of simulation, ultra detailed map and demographics, and flavorful depiction of the half millennium that brought us from the middle ages into the modern world.
    Len Hafer · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • 87 Read our review policy Europa Universalis 5 A new bar for complexity in the historical grand strategy genre that sometimes buckles under the weight of its ambition.
    Jonathan Bolding · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • A real Renaissance game
    Joe Chivers · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Generate a summary of this story Sign in now Hellraiser: Revival Aniimo Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Events Release Dates Close EU5 Review: Paradox's Deepest Simulation And Trickiest Grand Strategy By Ryan Thompson-Bamsey Published Oct 31, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT Ryan Thompson-Bamsey has been an…
    · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Europa Universalis V ushers in what will likely be a new golden age for this grand strategy franchise, even if it currently needs some fine-tuning.
    · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
  • Europa Universalis V marks the start of a bright new age for Paradox's Grand Strategy series, rebuilding the core, while retaining so much of the breadth, detail and regionality.
    Stefan L · Oct 31, 2025
    Reviewed on PC
    Read full review
View all 12 critic reviews
Loading reviews

Community Reviews


Be the first to review this game! Help others discover if this is the right game for them.

About the game


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.
Developer: Paradox Tinto