Victoria 3
Historical grand strategy centered on economics, politics, and social change
Paradox Development Studio · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Oct 25, 2022
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 61K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 343 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 4,804
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 5 days ago
- Sep 17, 2026
What is Victoria 3?
A historical grand strategy simulation in which you lead one of dozens of nations from 1836 to 1936. You manage population needs, industry, trade, labor, government reform, research, diplomacy, and conflicts in real time with pause.
For you if...
- +you enjoy interconnected economic, political, and social systems
- +you prefer managing society and industry over constant conquest
- +you accept dense menus and a steep learning curve
Not for you if...
- −you want warfare to be the main focus
- −you want light management with simple production chains
What players say
70% of 61,268 reviews are positive · 72% of 343 in the last 30 days
Players praise the interconnected economic, political, and social simulation and its emphasis on long-term management over conquest. They commonly criticize expensive DLC, similar economic development across countries, and the military system. Recent reviews report that major updates introduce severe bugs, crashes, multiplayer desyncs, and problems with army movement and AI behavior.
Screenshots and trailer
Victoria 3 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required)
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-6600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X (AVX support required)
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 XT (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ A580 (8GB)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Paradox Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 141
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.
Tags
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Grand Strategy
- Economy
- Political Sim
- Historical
- Capitalism
- Diplomacy
- Management
- Resource Management
- Moddable
- Real-Time with Pause
- Alternate History
- Automation
- Military
- Mining
Recent updates
- Sep 17, 2026 · Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #189 - Free Update 1.15 Features and Improvements
- Sep 16, 2026 · AI and War Support Rework Open Beta Update 2 is now LIVE!
- Sep 9, 2026 · Open Beta Hotfix 1 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports
- Sep 8, 2026 · 1.14 Open Beta Update 1
- Sep 2, 2026 · Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #186 - AI Update Open Beta Start Happy Wednesday everyon
17 DLC available.
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