Europa Universalis IV System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Europa Universalis IV
Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
13 August 2013 (10 years ago)
User score:
4.3 / 5 (158 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(2/10)

Official Europa Universalis IV system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Europa Universalis IV at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
6 GB HD space
Operating system:
Windows® 8.1 64 bit
DirectX:
9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti
Pass CPU:
Intel® Core™ i3-3240 / AMD® FX 8120
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
6 GB HD space
Operating system:
Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
DirectX:
9.0c

Europa Universalis IV performance on your PC

Europa Universalis IV performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ high
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Europa Universalis IV FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 768p
110−120 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
110−120 FPS
high settings / 1080p
110−120 FPS

Europa Universalis IV performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i3-3240

User Ratings

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4.3 158 votes

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