Victoria 3
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| Developers | |
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| Paradox Development Studio | |
| Publishers | |
| Paradox Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 25, 2022 |
| macOS (OS X) | October 25, 2022 |
| Linux | October 25, 2022 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 83 |
| OpenCritic | 83 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | Time-limited |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation |
| Themes | Historical |
| Series | Victoria |
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| Victoria | |
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| Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun | 2003 |
| Victoria II | 2010 |
| Victoria 3 | 2022 |
Victoria 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view strategy and simulation game in the Victoria series.
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
Grand Edition also available. | |
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Grand Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Grand Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Grand Edition also available. | |
Version differences
The Grand Edition contains an expansion pack and other digital content yet to be announced.
Monetization
- No monetization information; you can edit this page to add it.
Microtransactions
- No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Expansion Pass | Contains three unannounced DLC's. Can only be obtained with the Grand Edition. | |
| American Building Pack | Exclusive to the Expansion Pass | |
| Victoria II Remastered Songs | Available only as a pre-order bonus | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3 |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3 |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3\save games <Steam-folder>\<user-id>\529340\remote\save games |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/save games $HOME/.local/share/Steam/userdata/<user-id>/529340/remote/save games |
- Local saves are stored in the user's Documents folder, while cloud saves are stored in Steam's install directory.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video Settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | No exclusive-fullscreen. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | None, FXAA, MSAA 2x, 4x and 8x. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Up-to 165 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | Protanopia, Tritanopia, and Deuteranopia. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | GUI configurable keys are stored at the config files location at input_profiles/default.profile. Delete or rename the file to reset controls. Additional configuration at steamapps/common/Victoria 3/game/gui/shortcuts.shortcuts. |
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| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
Audio Settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Versus |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | FMOD | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | 10, 11 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3250 AMD FX-8370 |
Intel Core i5-6600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R7 370 AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Intel HD Graphics 630 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 590 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Catalina (10.15) | Monterey (12) |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6500 | Intel Core i7-7700K |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon R9 M380 2 GB of VRAM | AMD Radeon Pro 580 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3250 AMD FX-8370 |
Intel Core i5-6600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R7 370 AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Intel HD Graphics 630 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 590 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.