Paradox releases flagship series sequel Europa Universalis 5
Stockholm - November 4, 2025 - Europa Universalis V - a major evolution of Paradox Interactive's iconic historical grand strategy game - launches today.Explore a deeply researched world and write the history of any nation on Earth from the late Middle Ages to the dawn of the Victorian era.Guide a living society divided by class, culture, and faith on an ever-changing map through historical periods such as the Black Death, the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, and the Wars of Religion.
For the first time, Europa Universalis players will have to focus on the needs of their people, as the supply of food and other necessities will determine the strength of their empire.Build trade markets, explore the globe in search of new luxuries, and compete with various classes in your realm while pushing your society toward new values and ideas.
Choose sword or pen, choose religion or secularity, choose nobility or people.The whole world is at your fingertips.Please be ambitious.
Witness historical changes
• Rule the land of your choice.With hundreds of countries at your disposal, you'll guide the destinies of millions of people from the late Middle Ages to the Revolutionary Era, playing as the powerful Yuan Dynasty, the Italian city-states, the warring families of Japan's Shogunate, and even the Pope himself.
• Decide which path your country will take.Plan a unique route through a new history written by your decisions, where a variety of historical events and situations await you.Experience the Hundred Years' War, the Protestant Reformation, the fall of old dynasties, and the rise of new ones.
• Explore alternate histories and shape the world to suit your ambitions.What if England succeeded in seizing territory on the European continent? What if China pursued an overseas empire? What if Mongolia maintained hegemony over Russia? Each action has the potential to start an original piece of history.
Show your talents as a king
• To pacify a divided nation.While the landowners compete for state power, the major factions in the country are controlled.Providing privileges to one group of citizens and limiting the power of another, all in an effort to control the people.
• Negotiate an uneasy peace.Use diplomacy to solidify your dynasty's power across nations or forge an unstoppable alliance.But remember, a country has no permanent friends, only permanent interests, so use your ambassadors wisely.Get help from allies, threaten enemies, and keep an eye on all friends and foes.
• Expand your territory by conquering new lands.Wage war against those who stand in the way of your ambitions in the new Europa Universalis military system.Starting from the era of conscription and mercenaries, it has evolved through social development into a large standing army and an impregnable fortress.Choose experienced commanders to oversee your army and navy.
Prosper your community
• Build a robust economic infrastructure and take advantage of the most detailed trade system in a Europa Universalis game yet.There are dozens of goods and crops that can be produced and traded on a map full of new product capabilities to explore.Invest money to feed a growing population, or trade excess produce to less fertile societies.
• Shape your society to achieve historical moments.Choose your social values and new options will open as times change.Centralize court power or distribute it among nobles.Adopt a policy of tolerance for all religious beliefs or condemn heresy.Pay attention to a large army or elite cadres with excellent quality.
• Manage a country composed of many cultural beliefs and experience a detailed simulation of ancient times.For the first time in Europa Universalis, the population is represented on the map in detail, so provinces may be divided by religion or culture.Your decisions will determine how well these populations fare under your leadership.
Have great ambitions
Overcome the greatest strategic challenges of antiquity.Test your ability to plan ambitious strategies in a world larger and more detailed than any previous game from Paradox Interactive.Challenge yourself to outdo the most famous rulers of the past, eclipse their great achievements, and create your own fully detailed global look.
"European Universal Universalis 5" is now on sale, with a suggested retail price of 238 yuan in China.The Premium Edition includes two upcoming chronicle packs and an upcoming immersive experience pack, as well as an immediately unlocked decoration pack, with a suggested retail price of 328 yuan.
