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Victoria 3 is tracked daily for official Steam updates. 3,690 playing when sampled at 23:41 UTC on 2026-10-15. Latest official patch in our feed: Open Beta Update 4 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports! (Sep 30, 2026).

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Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #193 - The Art & Music of State and Revolution

Happy Thursday, and welcome to the Art & Music developer diary. I am Karl, Art Director, and the less I write, the better. Let’s get started. As usual, to avoid this turning into an interminable list of random things, we have to break this down into two general parts: 3D Art…

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Sample date (UTC)
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Latest updates & patch notes

18 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.

  1. News Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #193 - The Art & Music of State and Revolution

    Happy Thursday, and welcome to the Art & Music developer diary. I am Karl, Art Director, and the less I write, the better. Let’s get started. As usual, to avoid this turning into an interminable list of random things, we have to break this down into two general parts: 3D Art…

    Read on Steam →

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  3. News Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #192 - Not Yet Lost

    Greetings Victorians, This is Lino, Design Lead on Victoria 3, with an update on the release date for State and Revolution. After some consideration, we have decided to delay the release of the Immersion Pack by two weeks, to Thursday November 5th, to ensure the best release…

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  4. News Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #191 - AI and War Support Open Beta Summary

    Happy Bonus Dev Diary Wednesday everyone! Now that we’ve wrapped up the 1.14 Open Beta and are in the process of integrating it into 1.15, I wanted to post a dev diary to briefly summarize the more significant changes we ended up implementing in 1.14 that will be first…

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  5. News Steam · Official

    Today's Dev Diary Delayed until next Thursday

    Salutations VictoriansWe have decided to push back the release of the Dev Diary focused on the content for non-Russian countries and cultures in State and Revolution which was originally intended to be released later today. We apologise for the delay and will release this Dev…

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  6. Patch Steam · Official

    Open Beta Update 4 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports!

    Happy Wednesday Victorians! Update 4 of the 1.14 Open Beta is here! This update further refines some changes made in previous Open Beta updates such as further infamy and naval balancing, as well as newer additions such as war goal expiry and capitulation, improvements to AI…

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  7. News Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #190 - The Tsar and the Soviets

    Hello, and Happy Thursday. Today, Mike and Victoria will be talking about the content for Russia contained within Update 1.15 and the State and Revolution Immersion Pack. There's a lot to go over, from Romanovs to Revolutions, so buckle up as we go through some of the major…

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  8. Patch Steam · Official

    AI and War Support Rework Open Beta Update 3 is now LIVE!

    Happy Wednesday Victorians! Update 3 of the 1.14 Open Beta is here! This update focuses on Naval Power Projection and Combat Reworks, AI Naval Improvements, Early Troopships and the addition of AI Regional Objectives! To those of you who are just finding out about the beta or…

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  9. Patch Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #189 - Free Update 1.15 Features and Improvements

    Hello again folks! We're here to talk about some of the new changes and additions that will be coming into the base game when the Update 1.15 releases alongside State & Revolution on October 22nd. Looking at the list, it turns out that we have a whole bunch of things to talk…

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  10. Patch Steam · Official

    AI and War Support Rework Open Beta Update 2 is now LIVE!

    Happy Wednesday Victorians! Update 2 of the 1.14 Open Beta is here! This update focuses on various improvements to Wargoal infamy rebalancing, diplomatic AI improvements, improved AI state values and radicals de-radicalising upon a state being flipped back to the original owner…

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  11. Patch Steam · Official

    Open Beta Hotfix 1 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports

    Happy Wednesday Victorians! We originally did not intend to have a hotfix for the Open Beta, but our fix for hiring that went out in yesterday's update did not totally resolve the issue. As such, we don’t want to leave you another week without this issue being resolved so we…

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  12. Patch Steam · Official

    1.14 Open Beta Update 1

    Happy Tuesday Victorians! The first update for the 1.14 Open Beta is here! This update brings various bug fixes and improvements for issues reported over the last week, including the building hiring issue and some focused around the War Support Rework and War Goal Flipping, as…

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  13. News Steam · Official

    Victoria 3 – Dev Diary #186 - AI Update Open Beta Start Happy Wednesday everyon

    Happy Wednesday everyone! This dev diary was originally intended to come out last week, but sickness got in the way, so now you’re getting it as a bonus dev diary this week instead. Where the last dev diary was a deep dive of some of the bigger changes that will be coming in the…

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Game overview

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.

Genre
Simulation, Strategy
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Released
Oct 25, 2022
Price
$49.99
Recommendations
46K

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About Victoria 3

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. Lead dozens of world nations from 1836-1936. Agrarian or Industrial, Traditional or Radical, Peaceful or Expansionist... the choice is yours. Detailed population groups with their own economic needs and political desires. Reform your government and constitution to take advantage of new social innovations, or preserve the stability of your nation by holding fast to…

Game details

System requirements (minimum)
Minimum: OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 Storage: 10 GB available space
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
DLC
17 available on Steam

Frequently asked questions

Is Victoria 3 free to play?
Victoria 3 is listed at $49.99 on Steam.
What is the latest Victoria 3 update?
The most recent official update in our feed is "Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #193 - The Art & Music of State and Revolution" (Oct 15, 2026), categorized as News. Happy Thursday, and welcome to the Art & Music developer diary. I am Karl, Art Director, and the less I write, the better. Let’s get started. As usual, to avoid this turning into an interminable list of random things, we have to break this down into two general parts: 3D Art…
When was Victoria 3 released?
Victoria 3 was released on Oct 25, 2022 by Paradox Development Studio.
What kind of game is Victoria 3?
Victoria 3 is a Simulation, Strategy game, featuring single-player, multi-player, pvp.

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