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Lead a nation from 1836 to 1936, managing industries, trade, political reform, diplomacy, and social change.
Released 25 Oct 2022
Build Industrial Supply Chains
Balance Competing Interest Groups
Reform Laws and Constitutions
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.
Developed by Paradox Development Studio · Published by Paradox Interactive
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy game set from 1836 to 1936. You lead one of dozens of nations and decide how its society develops, from preserving traditional institutions to pursuing industrial and political change.
Build industries, secure workers and raw materials, and manage production, trade, taxes, and technology. Population groups have distinct needs and political desires, so economic decisions can affect both living conditions and the balance of power at home.
Pass laws while negotiating competing interests, and use diplomacy to pursue agreements, alliances, and rivalries. You can also use threats and military strength in conflicts as you seek to strengthen your country at home or abroad.
Players who enjoy Victoria 3 often praise its connected economic and political simulation: developing industries and trade can reshape society, while laws and competing groups make national change a balancing act. Some find the complexity and open-ended nation-building rewarding, though reviews also repeatedly criticize bugs and disruptive updates, frustrating warfare, and a steep learning curve. Opinions differ on how much nations and playthroughs feel distinct.
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.
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.
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 needs for new types of workers.
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.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Steam Deck | Playable |
| Achievements | 141 |
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| Players | 1–40 |
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| Multiplayer | Victoria 3 supports single-player and online PvP multiplayer. Steam lists cross-platform multiplayer. Player reviews describe regular multiplayer sessions with friends and report games with 30-40 players, but no official player cap is stated in the provided information. Reviews also mention occasional multiplayer desync issues. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop support and a moddable tag indicate mod support, but the provided information does not state how mods function in multiplayer. |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 17 listed on Steam |
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