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Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
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About Victoria 3
About this game
SHAPE A GRAND TOMORROW
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
THE ULTIMATE SOCIETY SIMULATOR
- Lead dozens of world nations from 1836-1936. Agrarian or Industrial, Traditional or Radical, Peaceful or Expansionist... the choice is yours.
- Detailed population groups with their own economic needs and political desires.
- Reform your government and constitution to take advantage of new social innovations, or preserve the stability of your nation by holding fast to tradition in the face of revolutionaries.
- Research transformative new technology or ideas to improve your national situation.
DEEP ECONOMIC SYSTEM
- Expand your industry to take advantage of lucrative goods, taxing the profits to improve national prosperity.
- Import cheap raw materials to cover your basic needs while finding new markets for your finished goods.
- Secure vital goods to fuel your advanced economy and control the fate of empires.
- Balance employing available labor force with the need for new types of workers.
PLAY ON A GRAND STAGE
- Use your diplomatic wiles to weave a tangled global web of pacts, relations, alliances, and rivalries to secure your diplomatic position on the world stage.
- Employ threats, military prowess, and bluffs to persuade enemies to back down in conflicts.
- Increase your economic and military strength at the expense of rivals.
- Accumulate prestige and the respect of your rivals as you build an industrial giant at home or an empire abroad.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- October 25, 2022
- Developer:
- Paradox Development Studio
- Publisher:
- Paradox Interactive
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- Victoria 3
- Themes:
- Economy
Historical
Management
Diplomacy
Politics
Capitalism
Alternate History
Replay Value
World War I
Political
Military
- Features:
- PvP
Online PvP
CrossPlatform Multiplayer
Steam Achievements
Steam Workshop
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Multiplayer
Product Requirements
Steam account is required for game activation and installation.
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Mac OS Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Catalina (Mac OS 10.15)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6500
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ R9 M380 (2GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Monterey (Mac OS 12)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700K
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ Pro 580 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Linux Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Product Requirements
Steam account is required for game activation and installation.
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Mac OS Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Catalina (Mac OS 10.15)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6500
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ R9 M380 (2GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Monterey (Mac OS 12)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700K
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ Pro 580 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Linux Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Critic Reviews
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Based on 36 Critics
Victoria 3 Statistics
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25% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
25% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
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Easy
12.5%
Just Right
12.5%
Tough
62.5%
Unforgiving
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Don't Ragequit! 62.5% of players consider this game to be Tough
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Conquered It
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Completionist! 33.33% of players have Conquered It
Victoria 3 User Reviews
All our customer reviews are open and honest. We publish all reviews that are relevant and follow our guidelines.
Coolboi21111
Verified purchase
No support for Mac M1 chips. Dev is not responding to enquiry or ETA on M1 chips, until that does not get fixed this review will be 2 star. If not this would be a 10/5 game.
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SaltieSaltie
Verified purchase
It's a great strategy game; with good economic and political mechanics. However, the combat is lackluster and I wished they kept the combat from its previous entry, Victoria 2.
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Bark Beerlfark
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I was hesitant to buy this game because a lot of people hate the game and say it is bad, but the graphics and intrest for the economic simlators convinced me to buy it and let me say it was not a bad decision. I find the game very fun and the graphics are stunning and yes there are cons like war altough i find war not as bad as people say but it can get a lot of improvement, and diplomacy is a bit flavourless, but i still enjoy the game a lot. (it has a bit of a learning curve)
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PROS:
*The graphics are amazing
* The economic system is deep and interesting
* The government system is a very interesting system (in a good way)
* Lots to do, so it doesn't get boring (at least for me)
CONS:
* War, in my experience it is not as bad as people say but there is a lot of room for improvement
* Diplomacy is in my opinion a bit flavorless
* Sometimes random shit will happen in terms of events or random ai choises and chaos errupts
* The ai is pretty dumb (but you have mods for improvement)
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Conclusion: If you like social-economic simulators just buy the game you will have a great time
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Z
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In depth economy manager, don't expect much from the war/action side of things. Good if you are ok with that.
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are 2 editions. They are Standard Edition and Grand Edition
Available DLCs for Victoria 3 include Pivot of Empire, Sphere of Influence, Voice of the People, and Colossus of the South
Yes, Victoria 3 is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Victoria 3 is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
- This game requires manual configuration of graphics settings to perform well on Steam Deck
Steam account is required for game activation and installation.
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Mac OS Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Catalina (Mac OS 10.15)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6500
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ R9 M380 (2GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Monterey (Mac OS 12)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700K
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ Pro 580 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Linux Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Yes, Victoria 3 has broad critical consensus. 86% of critics on Metacritic recommend Victoria 3. The Metascore is 81 out of 100.
67% of Fanatical users recommend Victoria 3. The average review score is 3.6/5
Victoria 3 was released on October 25, 2022
Yes, Victoria 3 supports MacOS.
Yes, Victoria 3 supports Linux.
Victoria 3 is published by Paradox Interactive
Victoria 3 was developed by Paradox Development Studio
Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as Grand Strategy, Strategy, Political Sim, and Simulation
Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as Economy, Historical, Management, and Diplomacy
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as Grand Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Victoria 3 as Political Sim
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