Victoria II
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Strategy, economic, RTS, war strategy, 19th century, grand strategy, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN
Steam
Victoria II is a sequel to Victoria: Empire Under the Sun strategy game published in 2003. Players have the opportunity to lead one of the more than 200 countries and manage its fate over a hundred years (1835-1939). Developers from Paradox Interactive studio took care of compliance with historical facts and extensive options for managing the economy, army and politics.
A sequel to the 2003 cult-hit, with a large devout following around the world. Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control over a country, guiding it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonisation. Guide the USA to its Manifest Destiny, Make United Kingdom into a world-spanning empire, and make Germany the dominating nation in Europe.
Features
• Deep engrossing political simulation, with dozens of different types of governments.
• Detailed economy with over fifty different type of goods and factories.
• Historical game-play on a large map covering the entire world.
• Over 200 different countries can be played, from 1835 to the start of world war 2.
• Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to be discovered.
• Possibility to export a save game at the end of the game into HoI3.
• A streamlined interface, which 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.
• New types of pops, including bureaucrats and artisans.
• Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies.
• Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiate as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument.
• Overhaul of education, where clergy educates people of the same religion, and each pops have their own literacy levels.
• More reform categories with more options to select from in each.
• New election system with coalition governments and an upper house/senate.
• Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country through the history.
• Thousands of historical events and decisions.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
Videos and Screens
[0:58] Victoria II launch movie
[1:35] Victoria II trailer #1
GAMERS Score
Average score from 321 votes. 113 players anticipated the game.
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in Victoria Game Series
Game Series
Victoria Series
A series of real-time strategy games, created and developed by the Paradox Development Studio team, whose portfolio also includes such brands as Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings or Stellaris.
3 video games
Victoria II Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Victoria II System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB (GeForce 8800 or better), 2 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7
Game Expansions for Victoria II
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness
Expansion
Strategy
April 16, 2013
Heart of Darkness is a Paradox Interactive add-on to Victoria II. Expansion in a realistic way reconstructs the race of 19th century powers to gain a dominant position in Africa. For this purpose, numerous changes were introduced to the gameplay mechanisms and colonization and sea battles systems were modified.
Victoria II: A House Divided
Expansion
Strategy
January 24, 2012
The first addition to the extended Victoria II strategy. The extension expands the political layer and introduces many improvements to the interface. An additional attraction is the new scenario focusing on the civil war and the situation in the United States after the conflict.
DLCs for Victoria II
Interwar Artillery Sprite Pack
DLC
March 15, 2011
Interwar Spritepack
DLC
November 2, 2010