Victoria 3

Victoria 3

Developers
	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, DLC
Microtransactions	Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy, Simulation
Themes	Victorian, Historical
Series	Victoria

Victoria
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
GamersGate		Grand Edition also available.
		Grand Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Grand Edition also available.
Humble Store
Steam		Grand Edition also available.

Version differences

The Grand Edition contains an expansion pack and other digital content yet to be announced.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Multiple DLC exists with varying content.
One-time game purchase	The base game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
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
Voice of the People
Colossus of the South
Dawn of Wonder
Sphere of Influence	Coming 6th of May 2024.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Victoria 3
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3

Save game data location

System	Location
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
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Versus

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	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)
	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
	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.