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Europa Universalis IV

GameApp ID 236,850by Paradox Development StudioReleased 13 Aug 2013

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Achievements

373 achievements

RarestFrom Frankfurt to the Andes0.3% of players

Most earnedUntil death do us apart28% of players

For the Glory
Diplo-annex a vassal.
21%
That's a Grand Army
Build up your army to your country's maximum army forcelimit.
27%
That's a Grand Navy
Build up your navy to your country's maximum navy forcelimit.

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App ID236,850

Release date13 Aug 2013

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Install size9.97 GB

TypeGame

Last update17 Oct 2024

Steam DeckUnsupported

DLC75

DeveloperParadox Development Studio

Changenumber37,629,635

Price$49.99

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PublisherParadox Interactive

SystemsWindows · macOS · Linux

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Europa Universalis IV

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Released 13 Aug 2013·App 236850

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

87.7%· 137.3K reviews

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87.3 Very positive

Recent 30 days 81.9

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23%

Defender of the Faith

Become Defender of the Faith.

17%

Until death do us apart

Secure a Royal Marriage with another country.

28%

That is mine!

Conquer a province.

27%

Victorious!

Win a war.

27%

The Emperors new clothes

Overthrow Austria and become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

11%

Down Under

Have a colony in Australia.

11%

Isn't this the way to India?

Discover the Americas as Castile or Spain.

11%

Azur semé de lis or

Get all the French Cores as France.

11%

Not so sad a state...

As Portugal, have a colony in Brazil and in Africa.

6.3%

Seriously?!

Kill 10,000 men in one battle.

24%

It's all about the money

Accumulate 3000 gold.

18%

Respected

Have 100 prestige, 100 legitimacy and three stability.

16%

True Catholic

Control three Cardinals.

19%

Truly Divine Ruler

Get a 5/5/5 Ruler or higher.

15%

Italian Ambition

Form Italy.

8.0%

Cold War

Win a war without fighting a single battle.

20%

Royal Authority

Install a union through a succession war.

14%

Viva la Revolución!

Have rebels you support in another country enforce their demands.

4.8%

Brothers in Arms

Win a war as a secondary participant.

23%

No Pirates in my Caribbean

Own or have a subject own the entire Caribbean.

6.5%

Master of India

Own and have cores on all of India as a European nation.

3.0%

Sweden is not overpowered!

Own and have cores on the entire Baltic coastline as Sweden.

3.1%

My armies are invincible!

Gain at least 7.0 land morale.

14%

This navy can take it all

Gain at least 7.0 naval morale.

11%

The pen is mightier than the sword

Have three unions at the same time as Austria or Austria-Hungary.

6.8%

Traditional Player

More than 90 percent Naval and Army Tradition.

5.2%

It's all about luck

Win a battle against a great leader, without a leader.

16%

All belongs to Mother Russia

Start as a country of Russian culture and form Russia.

9.0%

At every continent

Own one province on each continent.

9.2%

Spain is the Emperor

Become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Spain.

2.7%

An early Reich

Form Germany.

6.3%

Poland can into space

As Poland, reach the maximum level in all technologies (32).

2.6%

World Discoverer

Discover all non-wasteland land provinces.

7.0%

The Chrysanthemum Throne

Unite Japan as a Daimyo.

5.4%

Basileus

As Byzantium, restore the borders of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Balkans and Anatolia.

4.3%

Aggressive Expander

Own 200 provinces.

13%

A Kaiser not just in name

Form the Holy Roman Empire.

5.5%

Norwegian Wood

Own or have a subject own all naval supplies provinces as Norway.

0.8%

African Power

Own and have cores on all provinces in Africa as Kongo.

1.3%

No Trail of Tears

Own and have cores on the Thirteen Colonies as Cherokee with all institutions embraced.

1.0%

One Night in Paris

Start as England, own and have a core on Paris (do not form another country unless it's Great Britain or the Angevin Kingdom).

6.9%

Definitely the Sultan of Rum

Own and have cores on Rome, Moscow and Istanbul as Ottomans or Rum.

3.1%

Market Control

Be trade leader of seven different goods.

10%

Ruina Imperii

Dismantle the Holy Roman Empire.

8.2%

World Conqueror

Own or have a subject own the entire world.

2.3%

The Three Mountains

Own or have a subject own the entire world as Ryukyu.

1.0%

Jihad

As Najd, own 500 Sunni provinces.

1.1%

Sunset Invasion

Own and have cores on Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Rome as the Aztecs.

1.1%

Luck of the Irish

Own and have cores on the British Isles as an Irish nation.

2.2%

Trade Hegemon

Starting as any European country, conquer and have cores on Aden, Hormoz and Malacca.

3.2%

Winged Hussars

Have Winged Hussars as your active unit with more than +50% cavalry combat ability.

3.4%

Grand Coalition

Join a coalition of more than 5 nations.

5.6%

Double the Love

Start with no unions and get two at the same time.

14%

Just a Little Patience

Play a campaign from 1444 until 1820.

9.0%

Liberty or Death

Start as USA in 1776 bookmark and own all your cores while being at peace.

3.7%

Nobody wants to die

Own Timbuktu as Songhai

2.9%

Turning the Tide

Start as a Steppe Horde in 1444 and embrace all institutions.

2.2%

In the Name of the Father

As an Orthodox country, have 100 Patriarch Authority.

7.4%

The Rising Sun

Own and have cores on all of Japan as a European nation.

3.2%

The Five Colonies

Have five colonial nations.

11%

The Re-Reconquista

As Granada, form Andalusia and reconquer all of Iberia.

1.8%

Turn the Table

As a colony, break free and vassalize your former overlord without forming any other nation.

1.1%

The Great Khan

Starting as Mongolia or Great Horde, own or have a subject own the Chinese, Russian and Persian regions.

1.4%

Four For Trade

Form four Trade Companies and get bonus merchants from all of them.

6.4%

The Grand Armada

Have 500 heavy ships and no loans.

3.7%

Je maintiendrai

Form the Netherlands as a minor nation starting with Dutch culture.

5.9%

A Protected Market

Have 100% Mercantilism.

5.7%

Queen of Mercury

As Kilwa, own and have cores on Zanzibar and Bombay (Thana).

1.5%

A Pile of Gold

Own 10 provinces which produce gold.

6.7%

Sons of Carthage

As Tunisia, own and have cores on Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, the coast of Algiers and the southern coast of Spain.

1.5%

The Princess is in this Castle

As a country that does not start with a female heir, have a female heir while having a Castle in your capital (more advanced fort buildings do not count).

17%

Electable!

Become an elector in the HRE as a country which does not start as elector.

6.7%

Vasa or Wettin?

Get a ruler of your dynasty on the throne of Poland or the Commonwealth while they are an elective monarchy.

8.0%

Sinaasappel!

Get Orangists in power with 100% Republican Tradition, and owning a province in China.

2.0%

One King to Rule!

As Poland, become an absolutist monarchy, abolishing the Sejm.

3.4%

Venetian Sea

Have a 75% Trade share in both the Alexandria and Constantinople nodes as Venice, owning less than 10 cities.

1.2%

The Iron Price

Restore the Danelaw region to Danish rule, and make it Danish culture.

1.9%

A Manchurian Candidate

Start as one of the Jurchen tribes and form Qing.

3.8%

Center of Attention

Own both a Protestant and a Reformed Center of Reformation.

5.3%

Total Control

Own 100 or more provinces with no local autonomy or unrest.

14%

This Revolution Was Crushed

In a war against the target of the Revolution, control their capital and have at least 99% war score.

3.9%

Land of Eastern Jade

Own a core province in the Mexico region as a Buddhist country.

1.4%

That's a Silk Road

Own or have a subject own all provinces in the world producing silk.

2.6%

My True Friend

Go to war in support of a rebel faction and win, enforcing their demands.

2.5%

Marshy March

Have a march with at least two marsh provinces.

4.6%

Shahanshah

Start as Ardabil and form Persia or Eranshahr.

2.6%

Die Please Die

Have a ruler with 1 or lower in all three categories who is over the age of 70.

4.1%

Holy Trinity

As the Papacy, own Jerusalem and have Livonian Order, Teutonic Order and The Knights as Marches.

1.3%

Switzerlake

Own 99 provinces as Switzerland while owning no ports.

1.8%

King of Jerusalem

Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Cyprus or The Knights.

1.9%

Krabater

Form the nation of Croatia and station a unit of cavalry in Stockholm.

1.9%

Lion of the North

Start as Sweden and lead the Protestant League to victory against the Emperor.

2.5%

Guarantor of Peace

Guarantee the Independence of France, The Ottoman Empire and Russia.

2.7%

Foremost Servitor of Jagannath

Start as Orissa and own or have a subject own all tropical wood provinces.

0.8%

Bengal Tiger

Start as Bengal and own Samarkand as a core province.

1.6%

Prester John

Starting as Ethiopia, own and have cores on Alexandria, Antioch and Constantinople as a Coptic country.

2.0%

Auld Alliance Reversed

As Scotland, have France as a vassal (do not form Great Britain).

1.3%

Gothic Invasion

Start as Theodoro and conquer all Germanic culture provinces in Europe.

1.0%

Kow-Tow

As Ming, have a subject from each religion group.

1.7%

Barbarossa

As a Maghrebi nation, have 500 light ships privateering at the same time.

1.3%

Georgia on my Mind

Fully own all three Georgias.

3.0%

Albania or Iberia

As Albania, own or have a subject own Iberia and the Caucasus.

1.0%

The Spice Must Flow

Form the nation of Malaya.

3.4%

Raja of the Rajput Reich

Conquer all of Germany as Nagaur.

0.8%

The Sun Never Sets on the Indian Empire

Form Hindustan or Bharat and own or have a subject own Cape, London, Hong Kong (Canton) and Ottawa (Kichessipirini).

1.4%

Over a Thousand!

Own 1001 provinces directly.

3.3%

Dracula's Revenge

Start as Wallachia or Moldavia, form Romania and own or have a subject own all of the Balkans.

1.3%

Arabian Coffee

Form Arabia and be the nation producing the most coffee in the world.

2.8%

Even Better than Piet Heyn

Gain over 100 gold from privateering a single treasure fleet.

2.4%

A Sun God

Form Inca, embrace all Institutions and own all of South America as core provinces.

1.7%

On the Edge of Madness

As Aztecs, reach 95 Doom, then go 20 years without Doom hitting 100.

1.1%

Magellan’s Voyage

Make the first circumnavigation.

6.9%

Imperio español

As Spain have Mexico, Panama, Havana, Cuzco in colonial Nations under you.

4.8%

Blockader

Blockade at least 10 ports of one enemy.

15%

This is Persia!

Form Persia or Eranshahr, and own Egypt, Anatolia and Greece as core provinces.

2.1%

Kirishitan Japan

Start as a Japanese Daimyo, convert yourself and all of Japan to Christianity.

1.8%

Hessian Mercenaries

As Hesse, have at least 50 regiments of mercenaries and no loans.

1.3%

Baltic Crusader

As Teutonic Order or Livonian Order, own all of Russia as core provinces and convert it to Catholic.

2.0%

Neither Holy, Nor German

Have 7 Free Cities in the Empire, none of which is of a Germanic culture.

1.3%

Colonial Management

Have 3 colonial governors that were directly appointed by you at the same time.

3.6%

Voting Streak

Successfully pass 11 issues in a row in Parliament.

8.3%

An Industrial Evolution

As Great Britain, own all of England as core provinces and have at least 25 development in each province there.

2.8%

City of Cities

Own a core province with at least 60 development.

11%

One Family to Rule them All

Have your dynasty on 8 thrones at the same time. Client states do not count.

7.8%

This is My Faith

Convert to Protestantism and unlock 3 Aspects of Faith.

11%

Bleed Them Dry

Have 10 different War Reparations being paid to you at the same time.

7.5%

Subsidize my Love

Subsidize 3 different allies at least 50% of their monthly income without running a deficit.

3.2%

Take that, von Habsburgs!

Starting as Hungary, own all of Austria as core provinces.

1.8%

The White Elephant

As Ayutthaya, own all of Indochina and Burma as core provinces.

1.7%

The Buddhists Strike Back

As Kotte or Kandy, own all of India and convert it to Theravada Buddhism.

1.0%

Better than Napoleon

As France, own Vienna, Berlin and Moscow as core provinces.

2.3%

Big Blue Blob

As France, hold 100 European core provinces before 1500.

2.1%

Full House

Have 3 Vassals and 2 Marches at the same time.

6.2%

Black Jack

Have at least 21 different subjects with 5 cities each and without any subject having 50% or more Liberty Desire. Trade Companies do not count.

4.1%

A Decent Reserve

Have a maximum manpower of at least 1 million.

5.7%

The Six Nations

Form a Federation of at least six nations as the Iroquois.

1.7%

The Bohemians

As Bohemia, own Dublin as a core province.

1.5%

Komnenoi Empire

As Trebizond, have the Empire government rank.

1.0%

Lucky Lucca

As Lucca, own Lucknow!

0.9%

A Fine Goosestep

Form Prussia and have at least 125% Discipline.

6.4%

Meissner Porcelain

As Saxony, own or have a subject own all Chinaware provinces in the world.

0.8%

All Your Trade Are Belong to Us

Have the highest trade power in Genoa, Venice and English Channel while having an income of at least 300 ducats per month.

7.0%

Grand Duchy

Starting as a Duchy, have 1000 development without upgrading your government rank.

6.6%

Rags and Riches

Have the highest income in the world while neither owning nor starting with a province with a development level higher than 10.

1.0%

Strait Talk

As Hormuz, have at least 10 diplomatic reputation

1.0%

Academical

As Athens, own 50 universities.

0.9%

One Faith

Have all non-wasteland land provinces in the world be of your religion.

1.4%

Dar al-Islam

Unify Islam under your rule.

2.8%

The Uncommonwealth

As Lithuania, become The Commonwealth.

1.6%

The Burgundian Conquest

As Burgundy, own the Low Countries region as core provinces and have France and Austria as your subjects.

1.6%

The Third Way

Start as an Ibadi nation and eliminate all rival schools of Islam (do not convert to another religion).

0.8%

Back to the Piast

As Mazovia, Glogow or Opole, form the nation of Poland.

1.1%

Great Perm

As Perm, own or have a subject own the Russian, Siberian, Scandinavian, Canadian, Hudson Bay and Cascadian Regions.

0.7%

Lazarus

As Serbia, own the entire Balkans as core provinces.

1.3%

Frozen Assets

Start as Novgorod and control 90% of the trade power in the White Sea trade node while it is the highest valued trade node in the world.

1.1%

Tatarstan

As Kazan or Nogai, own all Tatar culture group lands.

1.1%

Terra Mariana

As Riga, own or have a subject own the Baltic region.

1.3%

Blood for the Sky God!

As a Tengri nation, have Nahuatl as your syncretic faith.

1.2%

Pyramid of Skulls

As a Steppe Horde, raze a province with at least 30 development.

4.2%

Trustworthy

Have five allies with 100 trust towards you each.

6.3%

The Continuation of Diplomacy

Successfully use Threaten War to gain a province from another nation.

8.3%

Factionalism

Have 3 different estates in your country with at least 70% influence each.

9.9%

From Humble Origins

Starting as a custom nation with no more than 50 points, have at least 2000 total development.

1.3%

Ideas Guy

Starting as a custom nation with the full 800 points but no more than 3 total development, have a monthly income of at least 500 ducats.

1.6%

For Odin!

Starting as a Norse custom nation with no more than 200 points and a maximum of 5 provinces, own & core Scandinavia and the British Isles and convert it all to Norse.

1.3%

Rekindling the Flames

Starting as a Zoroastrian custom nation with no more than 200 points and a maximum of 5 provinces, rekindle the royal fires.

1.0%

First Come, First Serve

Starting as a Western technology custom nation in North America or South America with no more than 200 points, unite the two continents.

1.1%

Mare Nostrum

Restore the Roman Empire and own the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coast lines.

3.5%

Kuban Cigars

As Kuba, own or have a subject own Havana and be the world’s leading producer of Tobacco.

0.7%

Kushite Restoration

As a Nubian culture nation, own or have a non-Tributary subject own the entire Egyptian region.

0.8%

The Fezzan Corridors

As Fezzan, control at least 90% of the trade power in Tunis, Katsina, Safi and Timbuktu.

0.7%

Victorian Three

As Busoga, Buganda or Karagwe, reach administrative, diplomatic and military technology level 32.

0.8%

The Animal Kingdom

As Manipur, unite the Bengal region and convert it to Animism.

0.8%

Golden Horn

As a Somali nation, fully own the Horn of Africa region and have a monthly gold income of at least 10 ducats.

1.3%

Kinslayer

As Tver, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Beloozero, Rostov or Odoyev, eliminate all other Rurikovich nations without changing your ruling dynasty.

1.0%

Choson One

As Korea, own or have a subject own all Shinto, Confucian and Buddhist provinces in the world.

1.2%

Sailor Mon

As Pegu, have at least 100,000 sailors.

0.9%

Networking

Have 100 point spy networks in 3 Rival nations.

2.9%

The White Company

Join a war on the other side of someone to whom you have rented condottieri.

1.2%

Time Bandit

Successfully steal a map from another nation.

10%

With a little help..

As Ragusa, lead a Trade League of at least 5 nations and guarantee the Ottomans’ independence.

0.7%

Just Resting In My Account

Corrupt the officials in a Rival country.

4.9%

We bled for this

Win a war with at least one million dead on both sides.

4.6%

Pick Your Poison

As Kaffa, develop in Cafa while a subject of yours owns it.

0.7%

Not just Pizza

Become a Great Power as Naples.

4.0%

All That's Thine Shall Be Mine

As a Greedy ruler, take all of a nation’s ducats in a peace deal.

13%

A Blessed Nation

As a Coptic Nation, gain all 5 Blessings.

2.4%

Queen of Conquest

Conquer land while in a Queen Regency.

14%

AAA Credit

As a Great Power, take on over 1,000 ducats of another nation’s debt.

7.2%

Hoarder

As a Fetishist nation, have 13 available Cults.

1.0%

Gentle Persuasion

Have a Siege Specialist general win a siege in a province with a fort.

15%

Combined Arms

Have both an Admiral and a General with a trait.

16%

Cities of Cibola

As a Nation that has Pueblo as primary culture, own at least 7 provinces with 10 development each.

1.1%

Turkish Delight

Start as Candar and own 20 Sugar provinces between you and your subjects.

0.7%

Baa Baa Black Sheep

As Qara Qoyunlu become the leading producer of wool.

1.9%

Fanatic Collectivist

Own all Institution Origin provinces.

3.1%

Core-fu

Force a nation to revoke 5 cores in one peace deal as Corfu.

0.8%

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