Victoria II overview

Overview

Victoria II comes from Paradox Development Studio and is published by Paradox Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Aug 30, 2010, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Victoria II's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 154 players at 24 September 2026 - 08:44:08 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3,367. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 19,972 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Victoria II is available in 3 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, and usk

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Victoria II has sold up to 920,000 units and has 16,512 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $11,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Victoria II overview details

Victoria II combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest, and colonization. Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences all over the world. The population will react to your decisions based on their political awareness, social class, as well as their willingness to accept or revolt against their government. Key features: Deep engrossing political simulation with dozens of different governments. Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories. Over 200 different countries can be played, during the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII. Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to discover. Improved graphics and interface, as well as multiplayer support. A streamlined interface makes the game easily accessible. Automation of various tasks including, trade and population promotion. Advanced spheres of influences system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world. Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies. Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiating as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument. Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country throug…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Victoria II is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 154 players at 24 September 2026 - 08:44:08 UTC, a tracked peak of 3,367, and 92% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Grand StrategyStrategyHistoricalPolitical SimPoliticsEconomySimulationReal-Time with PauseMilitaryWorld War IWarSandboxSingleplayerRTSManagement

Support and legal notes

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