Clausewitz engine

Paradox Development Studio

Type	Subsidiary of Paradox Interactive
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	1995; 22 years ago (1995)
Headquarters	, Sweden
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Johan Andersson (Studio manager)
Products	Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, and Victoria series
Number of employees	80
Parent	Paradox Interactive
Website	website

Paradox Development Studio is a Swedish video game developer founded in 1995. It is closely associated with its parent company and video game publisher, Paradox Interactive. It is best known for its grand strategy game series Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Victoria and Stellaris.

Paradox Development Studio is based on the heritage of the Swedish board game company Target Games, and has been a game developer of PC-focused grand strategy games since 1995, including the Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, and Victoria series. The company continued to create PC games and in 1999, the company was divided into two separate entities: Paradox Interactive, which focused on creating grand strategy games for PC, and Paradox Entertainment, which focused on creating board and role-playing games.

In January 2012, the company divided yet again into two companies, becoming Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio. Paradox Interactive became the game publisher focused on PC games of various genres and Paradox Development Studio became the game development studio focused on grand strategy games.