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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...

Release DateAug 30, 2010
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.5% (very positive) Top 20% / 92.4%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.2% Top 3% / 90.1%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)15.1K  Top 2% / 18.4K  Top 2%
Curators303 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time137.1 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar6.9 hours  Top 1%
Followers33.1K  Top 4%
Owners± 1M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 700.5K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 5.7M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Victoria II steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Victoria II's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (December 2010) and 89% (June 2018).

With 18.4K reviews Top 2%, Victoria II is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Victoria II and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Victoria II's reviewers. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by Spanish - Spain (12%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game has 3 translations (English, French and German), it could have been more popular if it was translated in a few more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Victoria II percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Victoria II depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 450 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 9 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (114 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Victoria II's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Complete freedom in virtually every facet
  • Richly detailed map
  • Full economic freedom
  • Easy to mod
  • Streamlined and accessible interface
  • Realistic political restraints
  • Due to the open nature and sheer volume of detail, there is practically unlimited replayability
  • Classical soundtrack is both uplifting and encourages concentration
  • The amount of detail beneath the surface is staggering
  • Almost no observable demand on hardware; engine feels efficient and runs smoothly
  • Very steep learning curve
  • Tutorial hell
  • AI suffers occasional pitfalls
  • The crisis system, the political parties and the decisions need more polish
  • Somewhat broken economy
  • Annexing regions cost should be scaled and depend on each region's worth
  • No unit template to replenish units
  • Suffers with some repetitiveness at certain areas of the game
  • Ignored expansion policies from Paradox
  • Somewhat flawed

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 92.5%  Top 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Victoria II's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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