Victoria 3
Skip · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 27, under the fair line, at $49.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.71/hr
- Reviews▼
- 70% of 61,110
- Genre rank
- Top 55% Strategy
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 70.7h
- To 100%
- 594.7h 8.4x the story
- Achievements
- 141
Price and sales
- Sales
- 31 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $11.99 May 2024
- Sale every
- 46d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 3,572 now
- Recent reviews
- 64% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 33% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
42% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
31 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Victoria II ($19.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Imperator: Rome ($39.99, scores 17).
More about Victoria 3
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 47 percent of the 1,865 reviews written there were positive, against 70 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (time-limited); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 70.7 hours; clearing it takes 595, which is 8.4 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
its nice im still confuised with the economics but i really like playing as the US and getting destrohyed by texas
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Don't belive people who say that it is overly complicated, it may take a while to learn but it is immensly satisfying afterwords, very fun game
This is paradox interactive's "economy" game. While its economy systems are good, its lacking in characters, wars, basically anything else. The AI is very predictable. Paradox Interactive loves to spread good system designs between each game so every game has one good aspect and the rest are incomplete. They then sell tens of DLCs that dont make the game's other aspects as acceptable as their other game thats...
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About the game
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Victoria 3 scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/529340/victoria-3Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.