Europa Universalis V historical mods

• CCommunity Flavor Packby El TyranosCommunity Flavor Pack aims to add a lot of historical garments for portraits. It gives the game more cultural variety when interacting with other countries. Official port from Crusader Kings III's most subscribed mod! All assets are reviewed to match EUV's colorimetry and lighting. You can expect...37.3k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• NNew World Improvement Projectby NullPointerNew World Improvement Project offers a vanilla+ experience with many improvements to the New World, including: * hundreds of dynamic names and localizations for locations and colonies in the Americas, depending on language * Over 20 new colonial formables * Improved areas and provinces to better...21.6k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• EEuropa Expandedby Stiopa866Europa Expanded, the critically-acclaimed Europa Universalis IV Vanilla+ mod makes an ambitious return in Europa Universalis V! The goal of the mod is to deepen existing mechanics, add vast quantities of game flavor and to tweak game features in order enhance user enjoyment! As time will go on, t...12.8k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• NNational Destinies - Formables Contentby TrinedyNational Destinies Adds unique, historically-themed content to 149 formable countries in EU5, including 39 entirely new plausible (not quite historical) formables that do not exist in the base game. Formation events, custom advance trees, 845 bureaucracies, post-formation destiny missions, custom...12.8k downloadsupdated 12 h ago
• OOikoumene: Dynamic Place Namesby 76561198363992390Oikouménē: Dynamic Place Names Oikouménē expands dynamic place names in EU5, so the same city or province can appear under different historical or culturally adapted names during a campaign. As countries spread beyond their historical borders, the naming goes with them. Current version: v0.19 – “...12.3k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[1.4] Basileia Romaion 1337: Update 27.1by DroganBasileía Romaíon: 1337 The term 'Basileía Romaíon' (Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων) is the Greek name for the Medieval Roman Empire or "Byzantium". It was the official name of the empire in Greek during its existence. "Basileía" means "Empire" or "Kingdom," and "Romaíon" means "of the Romans" or "Roman." T...11.6k downloadsupdated 14 h ago
• WWay of the Dodo - Exploration Event Modby UberFeatured in GameRant's Top 5 EU5 Mods!: Way of the Dodo Originally drafted years ago for Europa Universalis IV by the brilliant mind of Weyland, this project finally makes its debut in Europa Universalis V. Way of the Dodo draws inspiration from the spirit of the Age of Discovery, aiming to deepe...10.7k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• [[1.3] 1444 - The Dawn of Discoveryby 765611983264904761444 (EU4) Start Date - In Development (Major Release - 0.4.4) "11 November 1444 - the day after the crushing defeat of the Poles and Hungarians by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Varna, and the death of King Władysław III of Poland, ending the Crusade of Varna. This left the Albanian armies u...10.6k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• HHabsburgs and Hussites [More Brutal Hussite Wars]by BaconDoneRightHabsburgs and Hussites This mod, at a glance, has two primary objectives: provide a serious challenge for a Bohemia player, or to dynamically devastate Bohemia to prevent their blobbing. It uses Game Rules to allow the player to tweak the wars to their liking, to the degree they can virtually ass...9.8k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• HHistorical Tweaks [1.4]by 765611989786860181.4 Support is WIP. Balance changes in progress but it'll load. This mod makes serious tweaks for moderately more historical gameplay! Join the Historical Tweaks discord! Includes the Historical Colonization mod! Includes The Wrath of Timur! Situations - Hundred Years War — France is severely ner...9.1k downloadsupdated 15 h ago
• MMore Stable HREby sirsmashalotDon’t like the HRE getting eaten, and eating itself, within the first 100 years? Don’t feel like waiting until Paradox (hopefully) fixes this in February? This mod makes the Emperor care and it gives small countries a fighting chance Vanilla Issues The HRE starts as a free-for-all, where the incr...8.6k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• DDynamic Early Conquestsby BaconDoneRightDynamic Early Conquests This mod, at a glance, has two primary objectives: slow down early game conquest in Europe and to prevent powerful nations outside the HRE from rapidly invading it. Features: Age-based Catholic Casus Belli: In the Age of Traditions and the Age of Renaissance, the generic P...8.1k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• TThe Thirty Years War Revamped [War of Religions +]by BaconDoneRightThe Thirty Years War Revamped This mod has two primary features: to improve the logic and spread of the Reformation without being annoying to the player, and to make the War of Religions carry the same lethal impact that the real Thirty Years War did. The Wars of Religion should now be a defining...7.7k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• TTrade routes and canalsby OpfererThe mod expands the road construction system to 12 levels, including roads, trade routes, and canals. This creates differences between trade routes, as upgraded trade roads, canalized rivers, and regular canals now have a historically accurate impact. There's also a setup event a few months after...7.2k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
• TThe Ottomans and the Holy Leagueby BaconDoneRightThe Ottomans and the Holy League This mod has two objectives: to improve the Ottoman situations to encourage their vast expansion and to create a powerful foe in the Holy League for an Ottoman player, or a a powerful foe in the Ottomans for a European/Middle East player. It features an overhaul o...7.2k downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• LLegacy of Timur: An Age of Gunpowder (1.4)by RiyaadSummary As the Mongol storm recedes, the lands of the Middle East stir once more. Dynasties old and new now sharpen their blades to carve their domains from the wreckage. Yet in the central steppes, a young child, destined to reshape Persia, draws his first breath. In the west, the Byzantines lie...7.2k downloadsupdated 18 h ago
• GGathering the Land of the Rusby AtanosGathering of the Russian Lands V 1.0.1 GOLDEN HORDE Tired of the eternal "border gore" and messy frontiers in Eastern Europe? Annoyed that a truly large and powerful state rarely forms in the region? This DLC-level mod is designed to fix this. It adds deep regional mechanics, new event chains, an...6.6k downloadsupdated 16 h ago
• BBronze Eraby vador03Bronze Age — Total Conversion WIP — Late Bronze Age | Starting around 1205 BC Discord: Contributions are welcome via the GitHub repository available on our Discord. They will generally be accepted as long as they do not break the mod and remain consistent with its setting and historical period. G...6.2k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• AAnno 1644: The General Crisisby 正未I WANT YOU FOR THE DEV TEAM We are recruiting more developers for the project! Join our discord here: Beta Version here: Subscribe beta version if you are running on 1.4 Beta Version 0.4.0 Echo of the Empire Release New Decisions, New Situation, Event and More! If you want support developer? 1644...5.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• HHistorical RGOs - Globalby EnrarOriginally a mod intended adjust resources in E̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶A̶s̶i̶a, A̶s̶i̶a, the world! to be somewhat historical, balanced, and flavorful to gameplay through one simple location file. In vanilla, Spain and France have more iron than all of China combined. This is not only historically inaccurate bu...5.4k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• BBeyond the Cape LEGACYby Stami-- This mod is deprecated -- Whoever is lord of Malacca has his hand on the throat of Venice. - Tomé Pires Beyond the Cape is a maritime overhaul for Europa Universalis V focused on exploration, naval warfare, and long-distance trade. Exploration becomes a commitment. The route to India is not gu...5.1k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• [[PLIF] Poland-Lithuania Improved Formationby BaconDoneRightPoland-Lithuania Improved Formation This mod is extremely simple and serves to add some extra flavor and event fixes to improve the formation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Features: Less Restrictive Union: There is a new event chain triggered if Lithuania is controlled by the AI. The onl...4.7k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• 11.4.x Integration Hotfix- core, treaties & subjectsby 76561199216537606If this mod has been helpful to you, please give my mod a like. Thank you very much! Recommended to use with the following mods (click to jump): - Economic Overhaul - Fix the Endless Independence Wars - Divorce Allowed Why create this mod? In version 1.2, since vassals under the same overlord sha...4.6k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• BBrandenburg — From Electorate to Empire [Immersion Pack]by AlexG👋 A Quick Note from me Hey everyone! This is my very first own EU5 mod — a project I've poured weeks of passion (and the occasional bout of head-scratching) into. Brandenburg-Prussia has been my favourite tag for years, and it bothered me that EU5 ships with relatively little dedicated content fo...4.5k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• NNational Mission Treesby magdala━━━━━━━━━━ 📢 NOTICE 📢 The "1.4β provisional version" for EU5 1.4 is now available ━━━━━━━━━━ ▼ Playing on EU5 1.4? Please use this version ▼ [1.4β] National Mission Trees During the 1.4 beta, it is published as a separate mod from this regular version. National Mission Trees A mod that adds histo...4.4k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• TThe Prussian Destiny [1.4]by EmirkeThe Prussian Destiny 5.0.0: 🔧 What's New in 5.0.0: EU5 1.4 "Rio Salado". The mod now runs on the 1.4 line. Each of the three situations ends through 1.4's own outcomes, and the panel lists them with their conditions, so you can see which ending is near and why. Rebuilt from the current game. The...4.2k downloadsupdated 13 h ago
• MMore Methods of Control (For Vr 1.3.*)by NílThis mod adds more ways to expand the control you have over your state. ############ Adds the buildings: -Grand Itinerant Court -Itinerant Court -Urban Court -Religious Court -Noble Court -Rural Court These are all incompatible with eachother and will block eachother's construction. ########## Ch...4.2k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• BBrandenburg-Prussia Country Packby crispyFeatures Split the Brandenburg and Teuton advances into distinct trees. No more bad feeling about missing out on bonuses. They both get similar military bonuses (Brandenburg infantry, Teutons cavalry). New culture advances for Brandenburgish. New societal value for Prussia: Brandenburgish vs Prus...4.1k downloadsupdated 2 d ago
• RREAI: Rational Empire AI [1.4]by EmirkeThe vanilla AI spends money in provinces it barely controls, keeps reforms it outgrew an age ago, fights with peasant levies and grabs land wherever it can reach. REAI (Rational Empire AI) is my attempt to make it play more like a careful player. No free money, manpower or population: REAI change...4.1k downloadsupdated 16 h ago
• DDynasty Names Expandedby 76561199112769633Dynasty Names Expanded Are you tired of seeing the same ruler and heir names over and over again? This mod aims to refresh the game's naming pool by adding a wider variety of names for rulers, heirs, and court members across different cultures. **Compatible with version 1.4** ✅ Random Name Genera...4.1k downloadsupdated 21 d ago
• MMore Restricted Colonizationby AayomThis mod allows the player to apply stricter rules to colonization, limiting minor nations, and restricting access to the African continent. You can hover over the text in the mod menu for details if you are confused about what the toggle actually does. This mod uses the Community Mod Framework....4.0k downloadsupdated 3 d ago
• RREAI: AI Army & Manpower Overhaul [1.4]by EmirkeThe vanilla AI can want regulars all day, but it rarely builds the barracks and armories a big regular army needs. So by the Reformation, even the great powers show up with a handful of regulars and a mob of starving levies. REAI: Army & Manpower Overhaul (AAMO) fixes that one thing: it makes the...3.7k downloadsupdated 16 h ago
• HHistorical Colonization (1.3)by jaquiethecatColonization submod for Historical Tweaks. Locks colonization of certain areas depending on the current year, and adds events for colonial powers to take their historical lands. Also adds a system of Overseas Trade Ports (via Cabinet Actions and Economy Actions) around Africa and the Indies. MAJO...3.7k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• MMNATAS - More Nations and Things as Suchby Marik369More formables, releasables, some vanilla tweaks: Adds new formable nations: Rhineland Alsace Holstein–Pomerania Bremen–Verden Liguria Estonia Halych-Volhynia (Galicia-Volhynia) Illyria (Proto-Yugoslavia) White Ruthenia (Belarus) Polesia Podolia Polabia Carpathia Tartary (non-horde Tartar empire,...3.6k downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• [[v1.3] Great Projectsby 76561198819047993You are looking at the v1.3 version of the mod. For players of v1.4 beta, please go to Great Projects (v1.4 beta) This update focuses on QoL improvements and requests raised by dudes. I've used a LLM pipeline to provide localization for all languages. Quality not guaranteed. Added 2 new generic w...3.3k downloadsupdated 15 d ago
• TThe Cross of Burgundyby DickieThis is a passion-project of mine. Dissatisfied with the lack of Mission Trees, and not knowing the prerequisites for national flavour events to fire, I wanted to create a semi-railroaded historic experience for one of history's greatest 'what-if' scenarios. You can leave the railroaded events at...3.2k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• EEuropean Universalisby FlandersDiscord !! This mod is a balance overhaul for Europa Universalis V. It reworks gameplay values to make the game more fair and realistic. The goal is to reduce unfair advantages between nations. ⬤ For some events in this part, you need to be in HISTORICAL OPTION ● The Iberian Union now works prope...3.1k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• TTreasures of the Roman Worldby DroganTreasures of the Roman World Medieval Roman Art Expansion Overview Treasures of the Roman World enhances cultural depth through 110 documented works of art and architecture, representing the artistic, religious, and ceremonial traditions of the medieval Roman world. What this mod adds ✅ TOTAL COU...3.0k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• IImproved Trade & Buildings 1.2.4 Updateby Gunnar Von Pontius áf ÄdelspruppImproved Trade & Buildings A lightweight economy overhaul that improves trade flows, market behavior, and regional specialization — without adding new goods types or new building categories. Core idea 1. Improve the existing starting setup to make countries and areas more realistic and differenti...3.0k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• BBamboo King's Community DLCby 竹子大王Bamboo King's Community DLC From clothing to government, let culture and institutions shape your country's story. This mod expands Europa Universalis V with regional clothing and models, area governors, a reorganized cabinet, and additional East Asian flavor. Appoint officials, set local prioriti...3.0k downloadsupdated 5 d ago
• MMove Population (QOL)by Mak84271A Balanced mod that adds a cabinet action to move population around! Select a location and move them to another one that you want! >Select Religion Option >Select Culture Option 1) Minimum 100 max 1000 2) Moves (0.5% + 0.5% * (adm_advisor / 100 ) of the population in the final destination ! 3) An...2.8k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• MMu's map border fixby 76561198813313129save-compatible Mu's map border fix Fully compatible with all Changed some border in game to be more historical Now include : German Empire border Austrian Empire border Roman Empire border French natural border v1.1 added ： Austrian Empire border remake The Partitions of Poland border v1.2 added...2.8k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• FFix Red Turban Rebellionby kaabistarFixes bugs and AI behavior in the Red Turban Rebellion situation so that it doesn't always end in a stalemate with tons of border gore. The AI rebels are now actually able to handle the situation properly and virtually always beat AI Yuan. Ming usually ends up winning but sometimes other rebel co...2.8k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• [[1.3] Roman Roadsby DroganBR: Roman Roads Changes: Adds numerous missing Roman roads across Italy, Iberia, the Balkans, Greece, Anatolia, and more, based on multiple historical reconstructions of the Roman road network. My Other EU5 Mods: Medieval Roman Art Expansion Basileía Romaíon 1337 Basileia Romaion - Localization A...2.8k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
• NNova Lusitania LEGACYby Stami-- This mod is deprecated -- Seven Castilians I killed with my shovel! - Brites de Almeida Nova Lusitania is a Portugal and Iberia-focused submod for Europa Universalis V, built around holy orders, Portuguese military identity, Iberian diplomacy, and overseas expansion. Portugal becomes more dist...2.7k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• BBYZ redux：Project Phoenixby 76561198416133079Project Phoenix The walls still stand. The Empire has yet to return. In 1337, Constantinople stands between two seas. The Empire has lost vast territories, foreigners dominate its trade, and court and nobles pursue competing interests. Restoring Rome needs armies, finances, order and loyalty. Pro...2.7k downloadsupdated 21 d ago
• GGreek Dynamic Namesby DieselfaceWhat this mod does: Expands the list of dynamic location and province names for the Greek language to include the entirety of the Balkans, Anatolia, Italy, Armenia, Georgia, the Levant, and Egypt, as well as most of North Africa, Mesopotamia, and parts of western Europe. Fixes numerous anachronis...2.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• NNorway Expandedby skoobeldoobelOverview This is an expansion to the content of Norway which includes: 5 new unique laws (three of which are a part of a new law group, the Leidang) Unique Naval Levy available to the Scandinavian culture group 6 new advancements to put Norway on equal footing with Denmark and Sweden 5 new privil...2.6k downloadsupdated 4 mo ago

251 historical mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.