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Victoria II

Victoria II

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 pla

Released Aug 30, 2010 Developer Paradox Development Studio Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows Grand StrategyStrategyHistoricalPolitical SimPolitics
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.2%positive19,477 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“This game had the devs put a lot of love and effort into it, and it shows. Unfortunately, I can't get the same enjoyment from the game's successor. Even the naming convention changed from Vic II to Vic 3. I often go back to this masterpiece that visually looks like a quarterly…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Not for everyone, but this remains my favorite game of all time. Unlike newer PDX games, you will not have all the info and secrets shoved into your face. You will struggle mightily to learn and use your limited high school level economics education to move sliders around. You…”

— a player, Steam review · 761 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Welcome to Victoria II. We have: - Yellow Prussia - Jacobin & Socialist Revolt - 6th Opium War - camps in Yugoslavia - sPAIN & Fattoman - minor's struggle - Comet Sighted! - Event 4434, 4435, 60120, 80003”

— a player, Steam review · 433 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

268playing at last check
50724-hour peak
3,367all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 1.6k avg · Jun 2021

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada26.99 CAD
Japan2,690 JPY
Brazil71.99 BRL
China98.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$14 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 04, 2020
Victoria II security update May 4th

Hi! After discovering a minor potential securty problem we decided to patch the game to correct it. Patch notes: - Fixed additional Lua vulnerabilities This should not change anything noticeable for y

Feb 17, 2020
Victoria II Security Update

Greetings! To resolve a security issue tied to the way LUA libraries were loaded for mods we released a minor update. This update will not change your version number or cheksum, and save files should

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsGrand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · Political Sim · Politics · Economy · Simulation · Real-Time with Pause · Military · World War I · War · Sandbox (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.victoria2.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Recommended: OS: XP/Vista/Windows7 Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ Memory: 2 Gb RAM Hard Disk Space: 2 GB Available HDD Space Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 Sound Card: DirectX® compatible Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection for multiplayer