Europa Universalis III
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| Developers | |
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| Paradox Development Studio | |
| macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
| Publishers | |
| Paradox Interactive | |
| Engines | |
| Clausewitz | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 23, 2007 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 2, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 83 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation |
| Themes | Historical |
| Series | Europa Universalis |
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Europa Universalis III is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and simulation game in the Europa Universalis series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Official forum
- Europa Universalis 3 Wiki
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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Europa Universalis III: Complete | |
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| GOG.com | |
Europa Universalis III: Complete | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Europa Universalis III: Chronicles | |
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| Humble Store | |
Europa Universalis III: Complete | |
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| Steam | |
[1] Europa Universalis III: Complete. | |
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| Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | |
Europa Universalis III: Complete.[2] The Divine Wind and Heir to the Throne DLCs were also available separately. |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
Europa Universalis III: Chronicles | |
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| EA app (unavailable) | |
Europa Universalis III: Complete No longer sold since June 13, 2022.[3] |
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- For more, see here.
- A free demo is available from Steam:
steam://install/22150.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Napoleon's Ambition | Extends timeline from 1453-1793 to 1453-1822. | |
| In Nomine | Extends timeline to start at 1399. | |
| Heir to the Throne | Improved Casus belli system. Note that from this expansion on the Mac, PowerPC support was dropped. |
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| Divine Wind | |
- Europa Universalis III: Complete includes Napoleon's Ambition and In Nomine. Europa Universalis III: Chronicles includes Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25800/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save Games\[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25800/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| EA app | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Change fullscreen=yes to =no in settings.txt file. Also change your resolution to a lower one, otherwise it won't work. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Change anisotropicfiltering=0 to =1 in settings.txt file. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8 times Multisampling. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No spoken audio. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only | |||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation by GameVicio; download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | Co-op, Versus |
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| Online play | Co-op, Versus |
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Issues fixed
DirectX Issue
- Problems with the game crashing, with an error in d3dx9_35.dll or d3dx9_41.dll may be caused by missing DirectX 9 components. Installing DirectX 9.0c from Microsoft may correct this problem. Install the DirectX End-User Runtimes.
Required Software
Along with DirectX 9.0c, Europa Universalis requires additional Microsoft software to run on Windows. These may already be installed on your computer, however if you are having problems, reinstalling them may help.
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package
- The latest version of .NET Framework
Tutorial Crashing
The Europa Universalis Complete edition contains a tutorial mode that does not function, and Paradox has advised players not to use it. Beginning with the second tutorial, the game may crash when the tutorial is activated. Renaming or deleting the game's music folder may prevent the crash, at the expense of the music.
Crash when viewing ledger
This occurs when playing DLC Heir to the Throne. It is fixed in Divine Wind, or in one of the released beta patches.
Downloading the beta patch requires you to register your game with Paradox Plaza.
Music Issues
If the music doesn't play, installing k-lite codec pack may correct this.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | The game supported PowerPC processors through the second expansion. After the Heir to the Throne expansion, only Intel processors are supported. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000 SP1 | XP SP2 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.9 GHz AMD Athlon 1.9 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Hardware Transform & Lighting support 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support | |||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | 10.6.3 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel PowerPC G5 (until Heir to the Throne) | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 700 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 5200 ATI Radeon 9600 Intel GMA 950 | |||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (25800) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Itsumi1117 on 2022-10-21
- ↑ Europa Universalis III - Xbox.com - last accessed on 2025-04-29
- ↑ Upcoming Changes to the EA Origin Catalog - last accessed on 2025-08-20