Victoria II

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App ID	42960
App Type	Game
Developer	Paradox Development Studio
Publisher	Paradox Interactive
Franchise	Victoria
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Clausewitz Engine
Last Changenumber	28969816
Last Record Update	13 May 2025 – 23:07:44 UTC ()
Release Date	13 August 2010 – 21:47:00 UTC ()

😍 90.04%

19k reviews

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In-Game

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...

Additional Information

Developer

Paradox Development Studio

gamedir

Victoria 2

metacritic_name

Victoria II

icon

empty string

metacritic_score

NoServers

Yes

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/victoria-ii?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

primarycache

42961

state

eStateAvailable

serverbrowsername

empty string

GameManualURL

http://store.steampowered.com/manual/42960/

InstallScript

42960_install.vdf

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

DLCPurchaseFromInGame

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

eulas

0 ↴
id	42960_eula_0
name	Victoria II EULA
url	https://store.steampowered.com//eula/42960_eula_0
version	1

Store Release Date

30 August 2010 – 23:53:00 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

HadThirdPartyCdKey

Yes

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

13 August 2010 – 21:47:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

17 March 2021 – 12:58:26 UTC () (1615985906)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	37
height_pct	61

osextended

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review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Clausewitz Engine, Lua SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 19 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 4904558

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

15 March 2013 – 16:55:01 UTC (), in changelist #194314

Supported Languages

3 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes

Assets

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	37
logo_position/height_pct	61

Assets

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header	header.jpg
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community_icon	1b7b3f6c7b29460acdfd8e0c79b2f55102321c8e.jpg
page_background_path	app/42960
timestamp	4 June 2021 – 11:11:38 UTC

Trailers

128856 ↴
trailer_name	Victoria II Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256698532/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	42960/128856/4064dee3b83833e6dfde3dc7b52c0ef13b5b505b/1750485639/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	42960/128856/4064dee3b83833e6dfde3dc7b52c0ef13b5b505b/1750485639/microtrailer.mp4
adaptive_trailers/0/cdn_path	42960/128856/4064dee3b83833e6dfde3dc7b52c0ef13b5b505b/1750485639/dash_av1.mpd
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screenshot_full	256698532/movie_full.jpg
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1508406256

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228981	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2005 Redist	No size
228983	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist	No size
42961	Windows victoria 2 content	990.99 MiB	454.92 MiB
42967	Windows OptionalDLC 42967Victoria II: Old Victoria DLC	98.51 MiB	32.82 MiB
42966	Windows OptionalDLC 42966Victoria II: Interwar Planes Sprite Pack	2.96 MiB	1.23 MiB
42965	Windows OptionalDLC 42965Victoria II: Interwar Artillery Sprite Pack	3.78 MiB	1.53 MiB
42964	Windows OptionalDLC 42964Victoria II Interwar Sprite Pack	3.55 MiB	1.43 MiB
42968	Windows OptionalDLC 42968Victoria II - A House Divided	516.95 MiB	127.78 MiB
42962	Windows FrenchVictoria 2 French	683 B	528 B
42963	Windows GermanVictoria 2 German	683 B	528 B
215000	Windows DLC 215000Victoria II: American Civil War Unit Pack	4.51 MiB	1.88 MiB
215001	Windows DLC 215001Victoria II - Heart of Darkness	1.04 GiB	473.66 MiB
215002	Windows DLC 215002Victoria II: Songs of the Civil War	12.26 MiB	12.22 MiB
215003	Windows DLC 215003Victoria II: German Unit Pack	4.75 MiB	1.95 MiB
215004	Windows DLC 215004Victoria II: Interwar Engineer Unit Pack	3.58 MiB	1.47 MiB
215005	DLC 215005Victoria II: Interwar Cavalry Unit Pack (215005) Depot	3.18 MiB	1.34 MiB

Total size on disk is 2.65 GiB and total download size is 1.09 GiB.

Total size on disk is 990.99 MiB and total download size is 454.92 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4904558	4 May 2020 – 07:50:36 UTC
3.04-no_security_fix	No LUA security fix. Use at your own risk.	918427	19 February 2020 – 11:44:44 UTC
beta_3.04	BETA - Use at own risk	918427
old_version_3.03		118613	26 December 2016 – 21:31:53 UTC

Other

Name	Value
overridescddb	1
markdlcdepots	1
privatebranches	1

Victoria II

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