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Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis II cover
Developers
Paradox Development Studio
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 12, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) May 2003
macOS (OS X) May 2003
Reception
Metacritic 87
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy, Simulation
Themes Historical
Series Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis II on HowLongToBeat
Europa Universalis II on IGDB
Europa Universalis II on MobyGames
Europa Universalis II on Wikipedia
Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis 2000
Europa Universalis II 2001
Europa Universalis III 2007
Europa Universalis: Rome 2008
For the Glory: A Europa Universalis Game 2009
Europa Universalis IV 2013

Europa Universalis II 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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 4:3 resolutions
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enable by default
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only.
German
Fan-edited translation by Djambo with adjusted fonts by XiDragon; download.
Polish
Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Online play
8 Versus

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 6
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 9.0
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 7xx
PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References