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Victoria 3

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2022-10-25

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 25, 2022 (Linux), Oct 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2022 (Mac)

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.

4,599
playing now
70%
positive of 61k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
21
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

4,599 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Victoria 3 is a 2022 grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is a sequel to the 2010 game Victoria II and was released on 25 October 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,599 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,375 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~422/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,516 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,895 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.46-73%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2024-05-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 59 of 88 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.0k6.0k20222026Week of 2022-10-01: 6,026 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,490 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,993 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,103 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 489 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 587 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.1k3.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,691 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 4,231 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 7,027 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 5,133 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 5,328 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 7,916 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,771 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 5,717 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 8,128 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,524 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 4,352 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 7,083 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,745 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 4,348 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7,345 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,496 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4,250 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 7,824 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5,958 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4,227 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6,060 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 5,748 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5,322 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 7,165 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 5,937 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 4,053 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 4,975 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 6,599 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 4,599 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$0.002022-08-302026-08-212022-08-30 — best price $42.492022-09-14 — best price $41.882022-09-29 — best price $41.982022-10-14 — best price $41.882022-10-31 — best price $49.992023-01-01 — best price $49.992023-03-16 — best price $39.992023-05-10 — best price $38.982023-07-03 — best price $37.242023-07-27 — best price $49.992023-08-28 — best price $34.992023-10-02 — best price $44.892023-11-17 — best price $0.002024-01-06 — best price $44.892024-02-22 — best price $24.992024-04-07 — best price $46.082024-05-03 — best price $24.992024-06-01 — best price $49.992024-07-10 — best price $21.242024-08-05 — best price $22.492024-09-16 — best price $22.492024-10-20 — best price $24.982024-11-23 — best price $22.002024-12-23 — best price $23.432025-03-14 — best price $44.992025-04-26 — best price $13.012025-05-29 — best price $15.002025-07-10 — best price $49.992025-10-30 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-02-06 — best price $48.992026-04-16 — best price $49.992026-06-29 — best price $13.502026-08-07 — best price $49.992026-08-21 — best price $13.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2261202026-05-27 — 204 pageviews2026-05-30 — 179 pageviews2026-06-02 — 169 pageviews2026-06-05 — 185 pageviews2026-06-08 — 212 pageviews2026-06-11 — 147 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-17 — 173 pageviews2026-06-20 — 192 pageviews2026-06-23 — 165 pageviews2026-06-26 — 191 pageviews2026-06-29 — 177 pageviews2026-07-02 — 180 pageviews2026-07-05 — 177 pageviews2026-07-08 — 176 pageviews2026-07-11 — 178 pageviews2026-07-14 — 182 pageviews2026-07-17 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 184 pageviews2026-07-23 — 157 pageviews2026-07-26 — 225 pageviews2026-07-29 — 151 pageviews2026-08-01 — 132 pageviews2026-08-04 — 174 pageviews2026-08-07 — 185 pageviews2026-08-10 — 182 pageviews2026-08-13 — 143 pageviews2026-08-16 — 174 pageviews2026-08-19 — 147 pageviews2026-08-22 — 180 pageviews2026-08-24 — 199 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11102026-08-26 19:15 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 21 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
42.2%
earned "Poor, Huddled Masses"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty17 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,8650%141

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

EconomyModdablePoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalCapitalismHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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