# Europa Universalis V

> ResidualPlay case file: an overlooked Steam game still earning residual revenue. Estimates carry a ±30-50% error range per title.

- Steam appid: 3450310
- Developer: Paradox Tinto
- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- Released: 2025 · Genre: Strategy · List price: $59.99
- Deal grade: C (A = dormant with >=$5k/mo opportunity, D = low signal)
- Est. net residual revenue: $289.9k to $434.8k per month (mid $362.3k)
- Opportunity score: $362.3k/month at x1.00 dormancy multiplier
- Est. lifetime owners: 797.9k · Est. lifetime net revenue: $16.1M
- Review sentiment: 67% positive across 30368 reviews (24934 from Steam purchases)
- Review velocity: 720.5 reviews/month (6-month average)

## Why it's flagged

- Developer active, last post 0 months ago
- Last build shipped 1 months ago
- Last discounted 1 months ago, 3 sales in the last 12 months

## Where a gross dollar goes (monthly, at current velocity)

| Stage | USD/month |
|---|---|
| Gross storefront sales | $657.8k |
| After VAT / sales tax (-13% blended) | $572.3k |
| After refunds (-9.5% median) | $517.9k |
| Net to developer (after Steam 30%) | $362.3k |

## Monthly review counts, oldest to newest (9 months)

17724, 2412, 1050, 750, 717, 398, 1207, 760, 491

## Missed seasonal-sale revenue (modeled)

Skipped 6 Steam seasonal sale window(s) in the last 9 months. Running a -50% discount in those windows is modeled at +$5.8M net in total, assuming a unit uplift of x3.0 (industry-typical for old catalog titles). Same ±30-50% error range applies.

## Markets by review language

- russian: 8%
- spanish: 2%
- japanese: 1%
- french: 2%
- english: 62%
- schinese: 15%
- brazilian: 1%
- german: 5%
- koreana: 2%

## Methodology

Units are estimated from Steam-purchase reviews times a release-cohort multiplier (Boxleiter method, 20-75x by year). Revenue uses an effective price (lifetime discounts and regional pricing) and nets out VAT (~13%), refunds (~9.5%) and Steam's 30% cut: roughly 55% of gross reaches the developer.

Source: https://residualplay.com/game/3450310
Citation: please cite ResidualPlay (https://residualplay.com) when using these estimates.