Victoria II

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Victoria II is a grand strategy, strategy and historical game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on August 30th 2010 is available only on Windows in 3 languages: English, French and German.

It has received 19,191 reviews of which 17,731 were positive and 1,460 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Victoria II into these genres:

Grand Strategy Strategy Historical Political Sim Politics Economy Simulation Real-Time with Pause Military World War I War Sandbox Singleplayer RTS Management Alternate History Multiplayer Moddable Diplomacy Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Recommended:

OS: XP/Vista/Windows7
Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory: 2 Gb RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB Available HDD Space
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
Sound Card: DirectX® compatible
Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers
Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection for multiplayer

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

Quite frankly, if this was the only game I'd be allowed to play for the rest of my life I'd gladly do so I love the war system I love the economy system I love the population system I love the pop needs system I love the era I love the fanbase The fact this game's mods are still being developed and updated even after Victoria 3 has been released just shows you how good this game is, and I imagine Victoria 2 will remain the relevant victoria game for a long time

Sept. 2024

Absolutely fantastic game from 2010. No other game manages to merge War, Politics and Economics in quite the same way that Victoria 2 does. While Paradox and other studios have games that outperforme Victoria 2 in one of these categories, perhaps even two of them at the same time, nothing, and I mean nothing has such a great blend of all three. 8.5/10 game still in 2024 only because it is so unrivaled in its space.

Sept. 2024

This is such a fun game, yet it is very infuriating with the rebels. It’s not over the top difficult, like HOI 4. It is easier than some of the other games. Although, unfortunately, it is lacking in flavor and historical accuracy. You will need mods for those, though they are very great mods. Get HPM, HFM, GFM, or The Grand Combination mods if you want to have these flavors and historical accuracies. Have fun, though I suggest not playing a lot if you have bad anger issues, you will get angry in this game.

May 2024

This is British propaganda. Are you telling me that pressing the mobilize button magically summons 2 trillion Liverpool FC fans? What are they gonna do? Throw poorly cooked food at me???? Solid 1776/10

April 2024

Masterpiece. It was made with a razor thin budget, skeleton crew, and little to no development for the past 6 years. Despite all of these factors the game manages to have incredibly complex and entertaining game play and infinite replay-ability, beating it's predecessor in every way imaginable. I would recommend Victoria 2 to anyone who enjoys grand strategy games in any capacity. A relic of the company Paradox Interactive used to be.

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-75% 19.99€ 4.99€

9.0

17,731

1,460

Online players

494

Developer

Paradox Development Studio

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

Release 30 Aug 2010

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