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Victoria II

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2010-08-30

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 31, 2010 (Linux), Aug 13, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2010 (Mac)

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

426
playing now
92%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (65 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Victoria II is a grand strategy game developed by the Swedish game company Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It was announced on August 19, 2009, and released on August 13, 2010. It is a sequel to Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 426 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 365 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 801k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,014 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.02 at Nuuvem (2014-10-28) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40340320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6311672026-08-06 21:00 — 454 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 207 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 278 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 440 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 303 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 521 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 263 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 318 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 559 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 201 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 424 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 190 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 290 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 446 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 246 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 320 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 631 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 293 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 232 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 429 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 404 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 242 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 388 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 404 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 187 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 359 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 426 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.592015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $4.952015-04-08 — best price $19.992015-08-03 — best price $39.992015-11-16 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-05-17 — best price $19.992016-11-01 — best price $14.672017-04-13 — best price $4.692017-10-06 — best price $19.992018-03-28 — best price $19.992018-07-20 — best price $4.542018-10-15 — best price $4.992019-01-25 — best price $4.102019-04-01 — best price $4.902019-07-19 — best price $5.002019-10-22 — best price $16.992019-12-20 — best price $4.502020-02-14 — best price $19.502020-05-11 — best price $19.952020-08-26 — best price $4.992020-12-07 — best price $9.502021-03-27 — best price $4.202021-07-09 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-25 — best price $19.512022-07-18 — best price $4.242022-10-08 — best price $17.572023-01-20 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $3.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $4.252024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-10-29 — best price $5.002025-03-20 — best price $19.992026-02-06 — best price $19.592026-08-17 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing10 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RTSWarEconomySandboxMilitaryPoliticsStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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