This is the fourth installment in the Europa Universalis series. Your goal is to take control of a nation and guide it through the years to merge as a dominant global empire. As a ruler of the nation, you have to explore, trade with other nations, wage war, and/or let diplomacy reign over you and other nations.  

• The possibilities are endless when it comes to building your nation.
• Make your own decisions, and let these decisions take their course in the game.
• Use the new system of monarch power where the choices you make direct the flow of the gameplay, and are influenced by the caliber of the man or woman you currently have at the top.
• The new trade system also adds a new dimension to the great trading empires of the period, making you gain control of vital trade routes. Watch history come to life as great historical personalities are also there to support you when it comes to making your mark on thousands of key historical events.
• Be the best ruler and bring out your negotiating skills and form alliances with other nations through coalitions, royal marriages, and more.
• Engage in cross-platform multiplayer with up to 32 players.
• Show off your creativity and create your very own history and customize and mod all you want with the game’s Steam Workshop support.

Reviews

Paradox Development Studio has shown that it understands grand strategy like no other studio. Europa Universalis IV is the defining game in the genre, laying out the whole world in front of players and just letting them have at it. It’s a polished, almost terrifyingly vast title that gets its hooks in you the moment you click on that first country, and simply refuses to let go.

Destructoid  

So, Paradox have done it again – learning from the design of Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis is an excellent starting foundation.

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