Victoria 3 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Victoria 3 is a grand strategy, economy and historical game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on October 25th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 51,679 reviews of which 34,331 were positive and 17,348 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 12.55€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Victoria 3 into these genres:

Grand Strategy Economy Historical Political Sim Strategy Capitalism Politics Diplomacy Management Simulation Alternate History Moddable Political Resource Management Real-Time with Pause Sandbox Replay Value Multiplayer Singleplayer Military

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8
Storage: 10 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 12.0
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6500
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD® Radeon™ R9 M380 (2GB)
Storage: 10 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 22.04 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

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025

Game is becoming deeper after each patch. It is still missing some important features like banking, currency management and stockpiling (that i hope will be added). I still highly recommend it.

Jan. 2025

The game is one of the best economic simulators out there and deserves a better score and more effort from Paradox. I am a Paradox veteran with >2000h combined in Imperator Rome, CK, EU, HoI and Stellaris. In my opinion, Victoria 3 is way deeper than all these titles regarding economics and society simulation. Supply/demand curve, market competitiiveness, literacy, discrimination, life standard expectancy - it's just a small portion of factors you have to deal with here. There is a number of issues with this game: - The launch in 2022 has been faulty and pushed players away. The game has improved a lot since then. - War may feel too simple in contrast to other Paradox games. However, it is not a big issue. The primary focus of all Paradox games is to colorize the map. All except Vic3: developing tall and growing soft power is possible and sometimes even more profitable than mindless expansion here, just like in real life. - Learning curve is a bit sharp. Sometimes strange things will happen that can be thought of as bugs. E. g. a profitable building reduces its workforce. However, most often it is not bugs, but tooltips not being descriptive or accurate enough. A new player has to read a couple of wiki pages to comprehend all mechanics. By writing this review I hope to improve it's reputation a bit so that Paradox may put more effort into this game, as its economics simulation foundation has huge potential no other modern Paradox game can offer.

Oct. 2024

Born too late to explore the world. born too early to explore space. Born at the right time to digitally ship opium to china and beat up lesser cultures.

Aug. 2024

I honestly quite like it, but I still think it's getting real old for Paradox to release games that are only actually good after 2-3 30 euro DLC's. It's getting stupid, in fact, it was always stupid. TL;DR: The game is good, but overpriced. Get on sale. This game is the best of it's kind. It's better than EU4, and solves a lot of the issues that game has. Here's a list of stuff that's genuinenly unbearable in EU4 that Victoria 3 completely fixes: - Mind-numbing gameplay outside of war, where you just spam manufactories whenever you can afford them. Victoria 3 has a very addictive economic cycle, albeit one that could use some tuning. I'd frankly recommend you don't try to fix this with some of the big mods available, as a lot of the modders are obsessed with adding MORE instead of fixing what's already in place. The base system works fine, but in some cases can feel a bit wonky. Still better than EU4. - Braindead late-game with millions of troops that you micro while the game is stuck at speed 2 because it's so slow Victoria 3 runs on the improved engine also used for CK3, which runs miles better than the one used for EU4 and Stellaris. This means that while the end-game is still slow, it's leagues better than EU4. Additionally, Victoria 3 features much more engaging underdog gameplay, where there is actual benefit to remaining a subject or being part of somebody's sphere. Adittionally, you can decide to fight AS rebels, instead of them just being a constant nuisance and/or game-ender. - Focus-oriented gameplay completely killing the sandbox aspect of the game I hate missions and focus trees, I really really really do. They have transformed EU4 into a bucket list of garbage to do get bonuses, instead of an actual historical sandbox. All DLC effort in HoI and EU4 are now used on missions and focuses, instead of cool new mechanics. Victoria 3 has not fallen for this meme yet, thank god. Overall evaluation: Solid game, best Paradox grand strategy from a mechanical standpoint so far. I hope they take these lessons with then In EU5. I actually even like the war system, not gonna lie. F naval micro.

May 2024

TLDR; If you believe your economy is for more than just fueling your war machine, and internal politics and keeping your people happy is more enjoyable than moving armies around a map, this is the strategy game for you! While having a rough start, I have been and continue to be impressed by Vicky 3. While it has attempted many new mechanics, they have needed time to work off the rough edges. But I feel nearly every major mechanic in the game is based on solid and innovative ideas that I entirely agree with and love. At launch, a new Paradox GSG is an empty vessel with vast potential. I see so much potential here. I fully expect to be playing this game for the next decade, and am so looking forward to what will be built on this amazing foundation. I am a Grand Strategy addict. 4500+ hours in EU4, Stellaris, and CK2/3 each. I've never been much of a warmonger playstyle. As in real life, I usually declare war for future security or access to resources, not just to paint the map. I usually find wars to be the more tedious parts of these games. Managing your internal politics and becoming an economic hegemon are much more what I prefer to concentrate on. This is the first game that really makes me feel like my internal politics are at the forefront. This is the first Paradox GSG that you can't easily make everyone in your empire happy after being a part of you for 10 years, but constantly have to work for internal stability. Yes, some of these systems are a bit simplistic and/or unstable, but they get better and better with each update. So, the war system. This is something completely new, and I am here for it! Yes, implementation has been weak, but it is getting better and better every update. Yes, it takes the Tactical out of the Strategy, but I have no problem with that. There are plenty of games that let me fulfill my tactical itch far better than any Paradox game. This is pure strategy, and I would love to see more of it.

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