Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Paradox Tinto have unveiled during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live 2025 the release date for Europa Universalis 5, which is now heading our way in early November.
A series of new details about the grand strategy game’s price and first batch of DLC accompanied the announcement, as did a trailer revealing that pre-orders for the highly-anticipated sequel are now live.
Europa Universalis V Release Date, Price, Pre-Orders, and DLC
The base edition of EUV costs $59,99/€59,99/£49.99 and includes the game. Pre-orders also come with access to an MP3 collection of Europa Universalis IV’s original soundtrack, “including songs composed for almost every expansion and immersion pack through the life of the game,” but minus any Sabaton “compilations or compositions.”
Europa Universalis V’s Premium edition is priced at $84.99/£70.99/€84.99, including the full game as well as four pieces of DLC, one available upon release, three launching at various points in 2026.
Here is a breakdown of the different pieces of content, as shared by the publisher on the game’s now-updated Steam page.
- Sacred Sites Instant Unlock (November 4, 2025): Upon purchasing the Premium Edition, you will receive a cosmetic pack that adds eight historical holy sites to the Europa Universalis V game map.
- Fate of the Phoenix (Q2 2026): Restore and revive Roman power as the Byzantine Empire in this Immersion Pack. It includes new means to stand up against the rising Ottoman threat in Anatolia, chances to reunite a broken Christian church and maybe even restore the glory that once was Rome.
- Across the Pillars (Q3 2026): Drop yourself into the climactic struggle for the future of the Iberian peninsula in this Chronicle Pack, as a rising Castile asserts itself to evict the last successors of Moorish dominance in the region. Or, as Morocco, beat back the armies from the north and re-establish your dominance over the strategically vital Strait of Gibraltar.
- The Auld Alliance (Q4 2026): This Chronicle Pack adds new historical content and flavor for France and Scotland, two nations bound together by a mutual distrust of the English crown. Consolidate your power by uniting these divided realms and explore unique historical situations for each.
As for Europa Universalis V’s release date, that’s now locked in to November 4, 2025. You can read what we thought about an early build of Paradox’s ambitious new grand strategy game in our hands-on preview from a few months ago.
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