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SimulationStrategyGrand StrategyEconomyPolitical SimHistoricalCapitalism

3,995 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 6,586

Peak in the last 7 days: 9,057

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperParadox Development Studio
PublisherParadox Interactive
PlatformsWindows · macOS · Linux
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateOct 25, 2022
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required)
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or…
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 401 reviews from the past 1 year

55.8/ 100
Bottom 10%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (70%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

81 reviews say they love Victoria 3, which sits at 55.8 after updates others call buggy, across 61,005 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

The most upvoted calls it a comfort game they think about all day. 67 praise deeper society management, with trade, culture and religion systems that feel refreshing. Players say it shows how a nation transforms from farming to industry in an intuitive way, and 25 feel it keeps improving through reworks and updates. Content Volume ranks 875th of 1351, and Story & World ranks 762nd of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1276th of 1399 and Pricing & Fairness 1340th of 1399. 55 reviews say major overhauls arrive with game breaking bugs, and 46 complain that base features sit behind expensive expansions. 48 call the tutorial useless and online guides full of jargon. Gameplay ranks 1081st of 1396, and others say the AI collapses after losing a capital and every nation builds the same industry.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“comfort game, love it to death, spend all day thinking about it” · 81 reviews
“deeper society management, trade culture religion systems refreshing and blast” · 67 reviews
“AI cannot recover from capital loss, making simulation broken and boring” · 42 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 60% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +1.56 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “deeper society management, trade culture religion systems refreshing and blast” · 67 reviews
Negative “every nation builds identical industrial infrastructure regardless of geography” · 23 reviews

Progression 10% · Difficulty 5% · Onboarding 26% · Freedom 13% · Controls & feel 8%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.50 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “game shows how a nation transforms from agricultural to industrial in an intuitive entertaining way” · 20 reviews
Negative “China map and resources completely wrong, ignoring geography and history” · 3 reviews

Story 3% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.05 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “economy building is entertaining but very similar for each country” · 7 reviews

Volume 9% · Replayability 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +2.30 · Graphics, art style, and animation

Audio 0%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.33 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 2% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -1.00 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “AI cannot recover from capital loss, making simulation broken and boring” · 42 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 25% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.52 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “broke game, 4 month wait for fix, poor QA and dev respect” · 22 reviews
Positive “game steadily improving with necessary reworks and updates” · 25 reviews

Stability 21% · Performance 12%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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