Paradox prepares for Crusader Kings 3's “biggest year yet” with Chapter 4 coming in 2025

Paradox Interactive is already forging great plans for the future of Crusader Kings 3 now that the game’s Chapter 3 has come to a close: Chapter 4 is confirmed to be coming in 2025, bringing a fourth wave of expansions to the grand strategy RPG – and their themes are already decided. “While it’s too early to give any specifics on the content, it’s safe to say that it’s likely going to be our biggest year yet,” the studio wrote in a blog post reviewing the outgoing year.  Though Paradox did not want to mention any specifics about the DLCs for 2025, it did confirm an item on the agenda for Chapter 5 and 2026 – an expansion focused on a mercantile experience, which is currently a popular topic in the CK3 community. “We've seen a lot of discussions about merchants lately, now, we won't be implementing them next year, but we hear you – we have some things that we want to do first, things that will make the merchant experience stronger when it eventually comes out,” Paradox wrote. “In the most likely scenario a me