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2022 PC 49.99 € 👍 67 % Mixed, 52,618 reviews on Steam

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you steer your nation's economy, politics and competing social interest groups. Industrialization, trade and internal tensions take center stage over pure warfare.

What defines Victoria 3:

  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Victoria 3 are Imperator: Rome, Knights of Honor II: Sovereign and Europa Universalis V. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Victoria 3 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Imperator: Rome

96 %

2019 PC 39.99 € 👍 65 % Mixed, 26,502 reviews on Steam

  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Gameplay comes before story

A deep ancient-era grand strategy simulation where you steer Rome, a Hellenistic kingdom or another people through trade, politics, population management and war in pausable real time. The appeal is building your own empire across the Mediterranean.

Europa Universalis V

Tactical depth

A sprawling historical grand strategy game where you guide a nation across roughly five centuries through war, trade and diplomacy. Its deep economy, population and statecraft systems offer huge freedom but a steep learning curve.

Hearts of Iron IV

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of World War II where you lead any nation, managing industry, research, diplomacy and front lines in pausable real time. National focus trees and alternate-history paths give it huge replay value.

Making History: The Great War

Focus on a single character

A grand strategy game set around World War I where you steer a Great Power through diplomacy, industry, trade and military command, with the chance to rewrite history.

Hearts of Iron III

Tactical depth

A deeply complex World War II grand strategy game where you run an entire nation, from economy and diplomacy to espionage and armies, in pausable real time. The learning curve is steep and the freedom to rewrite history is vast.

Hearts of Iron II: Complete

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of World War II and a possible World War III, where you lead one of 175 nations through diplomacy, production, research and large-scale warfare in pausable real time.

Hearts of Iron II

Tactical depth

An extremely detailed World War II grand strategy game played in real time with pause, letting you run almost any nation and manage economy, research, diplomacy and armies. The learning curve is steep, but the freedom to rewrite history is huge.

Arsenal of Democracy

Tactical depth

A deep World War II grand strategy simulation in the vein of Hearts of Iron, where you lead any nation from 1936 to 1964 and manage economy, diplomacy, research, intelligence, and land, air and naval warfare.

Europa Universalis IV

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy sandbox where you guide any of hundreds of nations from the late Middle Ages to the Napoleonic era through diplomacy, trade, colonization and war. Its complexity is daunting at first, but crafting your own alternate world history is endlessly absorbing.

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