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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...

Victoria II is a Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 19987 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-09

172
playing now
92%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (65 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

172 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

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Victoria II: Cinematic Release Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 172 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 2% of 14,088 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 800k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,998 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%

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 41 observed days · $2.97 above the all-time low (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

6581432026-09-15 12:00 — 205 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 417 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 292 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 243 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 604 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 311 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 143 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 324 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 375 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 205 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 301 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 339 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 154 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 300 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 546 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 166 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 243 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 447 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 267 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 329 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 658 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 302 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 172 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k138Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 138 · peak 232Dec 2012 — avg 188 · peak 370May 2013 — avg 376 · peak 793Oct 2013 — avg 310 · peak 751Mar 2014 — avg 364 · peak 794Aug 2014 — avg 424 · peak 775Jan 2015 — avg 466 · peak 939Jun 2015 — avg 518 · peak 978Nov 2015 — avg 608 · peak 1,417Apr 2016 — avg 626 · peak 1,483Sep 2016 — avg 520 · peak 1,051Feb 2017 — avg 603 · peak 1,155Jul 2017 — avg 580 · peak 1,000Dec 2017 — avg 537 · peak 979May 2018 — avg 561 · peak 1,145Oct 2018 — avg 801 · peak 1,625Mar 2019 — avg 677 · peak 1,233Aug 2019 — avg 687 · peak 1,285Jan 2020 — avg 773 · peak 1,460Jun 2020 — avg 876 · peak 1,542Nov 2020 — avg 970 · peak 1,726Apr 2021 — avg 1,171 · peak 2,190Sep 2021 — avg 1,002 · peak 1,827Feb 2022 — avg 1,125 · peak 2,131Jul 2022 — avg 1,152 · peak 1,950Dec 2022 — avg 688 · peak 1,295May 2023 — avg 605 · peak 1,183Oct 2023 — avg 580 · peak 1,151Mar 2024 — avg 547 · peak 1,109Aug 2024 — avg 493 · peak 946Jan 2025 — avg 428 · peak 830Jun 2025 — avg 401 · peak 741Nov 2025 — avg 318 · peak 634Apr 2026 — avg 327 · peak 682Aug 2026 — avg 341 · peak 666
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
34342026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 34 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $19.592026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

75292026-06-02 — 62 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 64 pageviews2026-06-14 — 52 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-26 — 60 pageviews2026-06-30 — 44 pageviews2026-07-04 — 54 pageviews2026-07-08 — 44 pageviews2026-07-12 — 51 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-20 — 45 pageviews2026-07-24 — 52 pageviews2026-07-28 — 40 pageviews2026-08-01 — 54 pageviews2026-08-05 — 56 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 64 pageviews2026-08-17 — 67 pageviews2026-08-21 — 51 pageviews2026-08-25 — 67 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 51 pageviews2026-09-06 — 55 pageviews2026-09-10 — 58 pageviews2026-09-14 — 57 pageviews2026-09-18 — 37 pageviews2026-09-22 — 45 pageviews2026-09-26 — 44 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 40 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews2026-10-11 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing10 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2010-11-02, latest 2013-09-30 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarEconomySandboxMilitaryPoliticsStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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