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Victoria 3

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

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Victoria 3 is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 61219 reviews).

4,414
playing now
70%
positive of 61k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
165
twitch viewers (latest)
82.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
44
Nexus mods (23k downloads)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 90% recommend · from 41 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

4,414 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

Victoria 3 trailer thumbnail

Victoria 3 - Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,414 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~766/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 16,568 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,567 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 59 of 86 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: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3,029 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 121 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.7k3.5k2026-09-14 20:00 — 5,618 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 3,888 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 5,772 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 6,280 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 5,261 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 4,976 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 5,900 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 3,924 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 5,524 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 8,019 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 4,179 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3,728 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 6,744 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,894 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 5,464 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 8,729 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 4,505 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 4,072 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 5,887 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 5,917 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 5,664 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 5,069 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 5,374 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4,414 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47k4.4kOct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 47,262 · peak 69,663Dec 2022 — avg 9,974 · peak 17,363Feb 2023 — avg 5,203 · peak 8,669Apr 2023 — avg 5,428 · peak 10,717Jun 2023 — avg 4,616 · peak 8,414Aug 2023 — avg 4,415 · peak 7,402Oct 2023 — avg 4,778 · peak 8,954Dec 2023 — avg 7,987 · peak 15,137Feb 2024 — avg 5,698 · peak 9,147Apr 2024 — avg 5,873 · peak 10,263Jun 2024 — avg 7,497 · peak 21,186Aug 2024 — avg 7,700 · peak 13,049Oct 2024 — avg 5,748 · peak 10,235Dec 2024 — avg 6,999 · peak 12,519Feb 2025 — avg 5,477 · peak 9,378Apr 2025 — avg 5,649 · peak 10,073Jun 2025 — avg 9,682 · peak 26,403Aug 2025 — avg 9,010 · peak 14,671Oct 2025 — avg 8,193 · peak 15,856Dec 2025 — avg 5,192 · peak 9,032Feb 2026 — avg 5,136 · peak 8,113Apr 2026 — avg 5,855 · peak 12,240Jun 2026 — avg 6,102 · peak 10,486Aug 2026 — avg 5,584 · peak 9,043
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.002022-08-302026-09-082022-08-30 — 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 $49.992026-09-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3071322026-05-27 — 204 pageviews2026-05-31 — 155 pageviews2026-06-04 — 155 pageviews2026-06-08 — 212 pageviews2026-06-12 — 159 pageviews2026-06-16 — 159 pageviews2026-06-20 — 192 pageviews2026-06-24 — 152 pageviews2026-06-28 — 215 pageviews2026-07-02 — 180 pageviews2026-07-06 — 164 pageviews2026-07-10 — 147 pageviews2026-07-14 — 182 pageviews2026-07-18 — 186 pageviews2026-07-22 — 196 pageviews2026-07-26 — 225 pageviews2026-07-30 — 141 pageviews2026-08-03 — 141 pageviews2026-08-07 — 185 pageviews2026-08-11 — 161 pageviews2026-08-15 — 152 pageviews2026-08-19 — 147 pageviews2026-08-23 — 193 pageviews2026-08-27 — 192 pageviews2026-08-31 — 186 pageviews2026-09-04 — 307 pageviews2026-09-08 — 189 pageviews2026-09-12 — 214 pageviews2026-09-16 — 162 pageviews2026-09-20 — 198 pageviews2026-09-24 — 176 pageviews2026-09-28 — 202 pageviews2026-10-02 — 188 pageviews2026-10-06 — 198 pageviews2026-10-10 — 189 pageviews2026-10-12 — 170 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18902026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 165 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

Post-launch support: 17 DLC released, first 2023-03-13, latest 2026-03-12 (Steam store data)

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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