Victoria II: A House Divided
- Region: Europe
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3.76 $
About
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 it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest, and colonization.
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- Developer:
- Paradox Interactive
- Release date:
- 30 August 2010
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- Recent Steam reviews:
- Very Positive (54)
- All Steam reviews:
- Very Positive (9060)
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Description
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 it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest, and colonization.
Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences all over the world. The population will react to your decisions based on their political awareness, social class, as well as their willingness to accept or revolt against their government.
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 it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest, and colonization.
Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences all over the world. The population will react to your decisions based on their political awareness, social class, as well as their willingness to accept or revolt against their government.
Key features:
- Deep engrossing political simulation with dozens of different governments.
- Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories.
- Over 200 different countries can be played, during the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII.
- Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to discover.
- Improved graphics and interface, as well as multiplayer support.
- A streamlined interface makes the game easily accessible.
- Automation of various tasks including, trade and population promotion.
- Advanced spheres of influences system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world.
- Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies.
- Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiating as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument.
- Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country through the history.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS:
- XP/Vista/Windows7
- Processor:
- Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory:
- 2 Gb RAM
- Hard Disk Space:
- 2 GB Available HDD Space
- Video Card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
- Sound Card:
- DirectX® compatible
- Controller support:
- 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers
- Special multiplayer requirements:
- Internet Connection for multiplayer
recommended*
Not specified
User reviews
ellie :3
Recommended | 20 Jun 2026
2437h played
My name gilbert I am so joyful and I love this game :) because this game has made me have joy in my life. Thank you, Victoria II.
Helpful: 17
Joan of Arc
Recommended | 24 Jun 2026
246h played
Recommended if you're contemplating suicide and you need a little extra something to kick the chair out from underneath you.
Helpful: 19
HibSeven7
Not recommended | 30 Jun 2026
25.7h played
Haven't played a bigger nothing burger in my whole life. Victoria 3 haters will make you think this is the superior game when 80% of this game is pure RNG lmao. Save your money
Helpful: 5
[S]ovum
Not recommended | 09 Jul 2026
5.9h played
The routing game mechanics are horrible. The early gameplay experience is "you lose and lose" because AI has full Organization and you have near 25% at best which means.... your armies just run away no matter what you
Helpful: 1
andrewjj
Recommended | 06 Jul 2026
962h played
There is a steep learning curve as the mechanics are pretty complex and not intuitive. If you can get past that, it's an extremely addicting game that can keep your attention for hours! It has a lot of replayability
Helpful: 1
rolewicz
Recommended | 07 Jul 2026
182h played
Honestly, I like this game, even if not as much as other Paradox titles. I don't even know how I got all the way to 182 hours in it, and I know I can get even more fun out of it, I believe the game has a ton of
Helpful: 0