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Steam app 42810 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 23:14 UTC

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game

Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game Steam header artwork
Crystal Empire GamesParadox Interactive
9playing now
924-hour peak
21all-time peak
3average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

0Gain+0.33%% gain12Peak

205 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

036101314 Aug18 Aug22 Aug26 Aug30 Aug04 Sep10 SepFriday 14 August 20265 peakSaturday 15 August 20265 peakSunday 16 August 20269 peakMonday 17 August 20268 peakTuesday 18 August 20269 peakWednesday 19 August 20269 peakThursday 20 August 20269 peakFriday 21 August 202611 peakSaturday 22 August 20267 peakSunday 23 August 202612 peakMonday 24 August 20266 peakTuesday 25 August 20262 peakWednesday 26 August 20265 peakThursday 27 August 20263 peakFriday 28 August 20263 peakSaturday 29 August 20265 peakSunday 30 August 20268 peakMonday 31 August 20267 peakTuesday 01 September 20262 peakThursday 03 September 20267 peakFriday 04 September 20267 peakSaturday 05 September 20269 peakSunday 06 September 20264 peakMonday 07 September 20268 peakThursday 10 September 20269 peakFriday 11 September 202611 peakSaturday 12 September 20269 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

061117232012201420172019202120242026July 201210 monthly peakAugust 201210 monthly peakSeptember 201212 monthly peakOctober 20129 monthly peakNovember 20128 monthly peakDecember 201213 monthly peakJanuary 201312 monthly peakFebruary 20138 monthly peakMarch 201312 monthly peakApril 201312 monthly peakMay 201312 monthly peakJune 20138 monthly peakJuly 20138 monthly peakAugust 20138 monthly peakSeptember 20137 monthly peakOctober 20136 monthly peakNovember 20139 monthly peakDecember 20138 monthly peakJanuary 201412 monthly peakFebruary 20149 monthly peakMarch 20149 monthly peakApril 201411 monthly peakMay 20149 monthly peakJune 20149 monthly peakJuly 201410 monthly peakAugust 201417 monthly peakSeptember 20149 monthly peakOctober 201410 monthly peakNovember 20149 monthly peakDecember 201419 monthly peakJanuary 201512 monthly peakFebruary 20159 monthly peakMarch 201516 monthly peakApril 201512 monthly peakMay 201510 monthly peakJune 201515 monthly peakJuly 201510 monthly peakAugust 201515 monthly peakSeptember 201512 monthly peakOctober 201517 monthly peakNovember 201515 monthly peakDecember 201513 monthly peakJanuary 201614 monthly peakFebruary 201615 monthly peakMarch 201612 monthly peakApril 201612 monthly peakMay 201614 monthly peakJune 201618 monthly peakJuly 201614 monthly peakAugust 201611 monthly peakSeptember 201611 monthly peakOctober 201611 monthly peakNovember 201612 monthly peakDecember 201612 monthly peakJanuary 201713 monthly peakFebruary 201713 monthly peakMarch 201711 monthly peakApril 201714 monthly peakMay 201714 monthly peakJune 201712 monthly peakJuly 201713 monthly peakAugust 201711 monthly peakSeptember 201715 monthly peakOctober 201714 monthly peakNovember 201715 monthly peakDecember 201714 monthly peakJanuary 201812 monthly peakFebruary 201816 monthly peakMarch 201811 monthly peakApril 201811 monthly peakMay 201814 monthly peakJune 201811 monthly peakJuly 201811 monthly peakAugust 201810 monthly peakSeptember 201812 monthly peakOctober 201815 monthly peakNovember 201814 monthly peakDecember 201810 monthly peakJanuary 201913 monthly peakFebruary 201913 monthly peakMarch 201912 monthly peakApril 201911 monthly peakMay 201913 monthly peakJune 201913 monthly peakJuly 201914 monthly peakAugust 201914 monthly peakSeptember 201913 monthly peakOctober 201911 monthly peakNovember 201911 monthly peakDecember 201912 monthly peakJanuary 202012 monthly peakFebruary 202012 monthly peakMarch 202016 monthly peakApril 202014 monthly peakMay 202013 monthly peakJune 202011 monthly peakJuly 202010 monthly peakAugust 202011 monthly peakSeptember 202014 monthly peakOctober 202012 monthly peakNovember 202010 monthly peakDecember 202010 monthly peakJanuary 202112 monthly peakFebruary 202111 monthly peakMarch 20219 monthly peakApril 202113 monthly peakMay 20219 monthly peakJune 202110 monthly peakJuly 20219 monthly peakAugust 202113 monthly peakSeptember 202112 monthly peakOctober 202111 monthly peakNovember 202110 monthly peakDecember 202112 monthly peakJanuary 202213 monthly peakFebruary 20229 monthly peakMarch 202214 monthly peakApril 202213 monthly peakMay 202213 monthly peakJune 202213 monthly peakJuly 202211 monthly peakAugust 202213 monthly peakSeptember 202210 monthly peakOctober 202212 monthly peakNovember 202211 monthly peakDecember 202212 monthly peakJanuary 202310 monthly peakFebruary 202311 monthly peakMarch 202314 monthly peakApril 202314 monthly peakMay 202310 monthly peakJune 202310 monthly peakJuly 202311 monthly peakAugust 202310 monthly peakSeptember 202311 monthly peakOctober 202310 monthly peakNovember 202310 monthly peakDecember 202314 monthly peakJanuary 202413 monthly peakFebruary 202411 monthly peakMarch 20249 monthly peakApril 20248 monthly peakMay 20248 monthly peakJune 20249 monthly peakJuly 202411 monthly peakAugust 202411 monthly peakSeptember 202413 monthly peakOctober 202413 monthly peakNovember 202421 monthly peakDecember 202417 monthly peakJanuary 202514 monthly peakFebruary 202513 monthly peakMarch 202511 monthly peakApril 20259 monthly peakMay 202514 monthly peakJune 202513 monthly peakJuly 202511 monthly peakAugust 202513 monthly peakSeptember 202511 monthly peakOctober 202512 monthly peakNovember 202514 monthly peakDecember 202512 monthly peakJanuary 202613 monthly peakFebruary 202610 monthly peakMarch 202612 monthly peakApril 202616 monthly peakMay 202613 monthly peakJune 202610 monthly peakJuly 202610 monthly peakAugust 202612 monthly peakSeptember 202611 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

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The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

0361013July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202610 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202612 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202611 peak — daily detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

30 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

03581101 Jul07 Jul12 Jul17 Jul22 Jul27 JulWednesday 01 July 20268 peakThursday 02 July 20265 peakFriday 03 July 20266 peakSaturday 04 July 20265 peakSunday 05 July 20264 peakTuesday 07 July 20267 peakWednesday 08 July 20265 peakThursday 09 July 20265 peakFriday 10 July 20264 peakSaturday 11 July 20267 peakSunday 12 July 20267 peakMonday 13 July 20269 peakTuesday 14 July 20267 peakWednesday 15 July 20267 peakThursday 16 July 20267 peakFriday 17 July 20269 peakSaturday 18 July 20268 peakSunday 19 July 20266 peakMonday 20 July 20264 peakTuesday 21 July 20269 peakWednesday 22 July 20269 peakThursday 23 July 20268 peakFriday 24 July 20269 peakSaturday 25 July 20267 peakSunday 26 July 20269 peakMonday 27 July 20266 peakTuesday 28 July 20269 peakWednesday 29 July 20269 peakThursday 30 July 202610 peakFriday 31 July 20261 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 140 hourly samples from 14 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

036101301 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202611 peakSunday 02 August 20267 peakMonday 03 August 20266 peakTuesday 04 August 20265 peakWednesday 05 August 20269 peakThursday 06 August 20267 peakFriday 07 August 20269 peakSaturday 08 August 20267 peakSunday 09 August 20267 peakMonday 10 August 20265 peakTuesday 11 August 20267 peakWednesday 12 August 20267 peakThursday 13 August 20267 peakFriday 14 August 20265 peakSaturday 15 August 20265 peakSunday 16 August 20269 peakMonday 17 August 20268 peakTuesday 18 August 20269 peakWednesday 19 August 20269 peakThursday 20 August 20269 peakFriday 21 August 202611 peakSaturday 22 August 20267 peakSunday 23 August 202612 peakMonday 24 August 20266 peakTuesday 25 August 20262 peakWednesday 26 August 20265 peakThursday 27 August 20263 peakFriday 28 August 20263 peakSaturday 29 August 20265 peakSunday 30 August 20268 peakMonday 31 August 20267 peak

September 2026

9 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

03691201 Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 SepTuesday 01 September 20262 peakThursday 03 September 20267 peakFriday 04 September 20267 peakSaturday 05 September 20269 peakSunday 06 September 20264 peakMonday 07 September 20268 peakThursday 10 September 20269 peakFriday 11 September 202611 peakSaturday 12 September 20269 peak

October 2026

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game was released on 11 Nov, 2009.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 23:14 UTC
App ID
42810
Last updated
22 Oct 2025 build 20376024
Developer
Crystal Empire Games
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release date
11 Nov, 2009
Platforms
Windows
Download size
240 MB
Install size
501 MB
Genres
Simulation, Strategy
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

SimulationStrategyGrand StrategyHistoricalSingleplayer4XSandboxAlternate HistoryDiplomacyEconomyWarMedievalModdableTutorialMultiplayerReplay ValueWargameReal-TimeReal-Time with Pause
About this gameFull description from Steam
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory! For the Glory offers full historical immersion, with a completely new in-depth experience with over 10000 historically accurate events. Take charge of the mighty Habsburg Empire, the aggressive Swedish state, or the seafaring Portuguese, or try to resurrect ancient empires like the Mauryans. Build up your empire through trade, diplomacy, colonialism and war. Interact with real historical events and persons to determine what path your nation will take. Nothing is written in stone, and while a wise leader may choose to follow the path of history, you may also take advantage of opportunities for change. Main Features: You can play as over 400 countries, on a map covering the entire world Era spanning 1399-1836 Experience unparalleled historical immersion with over 10000 historical events Unparalleled mod-ability: unlimited timeframe and up to 1000 countries Improved and modernised interface Adapt your playing style
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

DEJUS10Violência
IGRS13Kekerasan · Interaksi Daring
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Pentium II 266 MHz Memory: 256 Mb RAM Graphics: 2 Mb Video Card DirectX Compatible DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c or higher Hard Drive: 1 GB free hard drive space Sound: DirectX compatible Sound Card

Recommended

Supported languages2 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

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AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

4 developer announcements, Sep 2024 to Oct 2025 · times in UTC

October

  1. For the Glory 1.31 is released!

    This is a maintenance update that brings many bugfixes and AI improvements.We're experimenting with changes to Spanish and Portuguese colonization: it is now possible for both countries to seize native lands in their Treaty of Tordesillas…

    Patch notes

November

  1. Nominate For the Glory for the 2024 Steam Awards!

    For the Glory is eligible for the Labor of Love category since it's been out for more than a year. In fact, it's been out for more than 15 years... and just got a new free update with tons of new features! But you knew that already.

    CrystalEmpireGames
  2. For the Glory 1.3 is released!

    Exactly 15 years after For the Glory 1.0 comes the FTG 1.3 update! Players who had switched to the 1.3 beta channel are encouraged to switch back to the main update channel to receive the update. This is a major content update with multiple…

    CrystalEmpireGames

September

  1. For the Glory 1.3 beta patches are now on Steam

    Hello, Steam players! We at Crystal Empire Games have not been idle since the last official patch 1.2 was released. In fact, we've built and released over a dozen beta patches on the Paradox forums in the last dozen years. But until now…

    CrystalEmpireGames

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