Spec sheet · Simulation · 2013

Europa Universalis IV PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti. Among the games we track, it is very light on modern hardware.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
RAM
4–8 GB
Disk
6 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

27 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
6 Minimum, not recommended from the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 ($79 at launch)
132 At or above recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 550 ($79 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850 matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Processor Intel® Core™ i3-2105 / AMD® FX 4300 matches AMD FX-4300 Intel® Core™ i3 3240 / AMD® FX 8120 matches AMD FX-4300
Memory 4 GB 8 GB
Video memory 1 GB 1 GB
Storage 6 GB 6 GB
Windows Windows Same as minimum
DirectX DirectX 9 Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD FX-4300-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 1148549 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 11411488 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 114114107 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 114114107 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 114114114 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 114114114 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 114114114 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 114114114 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 114114114 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 114114114 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 114114114 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 114114114 Recommended

Answers about Europa Universalis IV on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs Europa Universalis IV?

The publisher's minimum is Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 5850. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

How much RAM does Europa Universalis IV need?

4 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.

How much storage space does Europa Universalis IV take?

6 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Europa Universalis IV?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Europa Universalis IV?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs Europa Universalis IV, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.