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2025 PC −20 % 59.99 € 47.99 €

A sprawling historical grand strategy game where you guide a nation across roughly five centuries through war, trade and diplomacy. Its deep economy, population and statecraft systems offer huge freedom but a steep learning curve.

What defines Europa Universalis V:

  • Tactical depth
  • Open world
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lavish presentation

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Victoria 3

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2022 PC 49.99 € 👍 67 % Mixed, 52,618 reviews on Steam

  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Gameplay comes before story

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you steer your nation's economy, politics and competing social interest groups. Industrialization, trade and internal tensions take center stage over pure warfare.

Victoria II

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you manage your nation's economy, population, politics, diplomacy and wars. Its detailed simulation of social classes and industrialization makes every campaign its own story.

Hearts of Iron III

Tactical depth

A deeply complex World War II grand strategy game where you run an entire nation, from economy and diplomacy to espionage and armies, in pausable real time. The learning curve is steep and the freedom to rewrite history is vast.

Imperator: Rome

Tactical depth

A deep ancient-era grand strategy simulation where you steer Rome, a Hellenistic kingdom or another people through trade, politics, population management and war in pausable real time. The appeal is building your own empire across the Mediterranean.

Crusader Kings

Open world

A medieval grand strategy game where you steer a dynasty through marriage, intrigue and war, building prestige and piety amid the Crusades. The focus is on ruling families and politics rather than just armies.

Hearts of Iron IV

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of World War II where you lead any nation, managing industry, research, diplomacy and front lines in pausable real time. National focus trees and alternate-history paths give it huge replay value.

Hearts of Iron II

Tactical depth

An extremely detailed World War II grand strategy game played in real time with pause, letting you run almost any nation and manage economy, research, diplomacy and armies. The learning curve is steep, but the freedom to rewrite history is huge.

The Guild 2

Tactical depth

A medieval life and economy sim where you build a dynasty across generations by running businesses, marrying, climbing political offices and taking down rivals through lawsuits, intrigue or force. It is quirky and complex, and it generates its own emergent stories.

Crusader Kings II

Open world

A medieval grand strategy game where you guide a dynasty rather than a nation across generations, navigating marriages, succession crises, plots and assassinations. Its systems generate memorable, often darkly absurd emergent stories.

The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410

Tactical depth

An economic and life simulation set in 15th-century Europe where you build a family business as a tradesman or craftsman, play politics and intrigue, and found a dynasty. The remake brings the classic back in modern form.

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