Every Victoria game, ranked
All 2 Victoria games we hold, spanning 2010 to 2022: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 80,985 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Victoria II (GamingPickz Score 7.7), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Victoria games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Victoria games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Victoria II
Best for: Players who trust other players over critics
7.7GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceVictoria II at a glance Released 2010 Studio Development Studio Player sentiment 92% positive of 20,016 Critics 75/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 92% shrinks to 91.8 on 20,016 reviews, then blends with the 75 critic aggregate, giving 7.7.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 92 against 75. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
- 2
Victoria 3
Best for: Players who need accessibility options that actually exist
6.3GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceVictoria 3 at a glance Released 2022 Studio Development Studio Player sentiment 70% positive of 60,969 Critics No aggregate Price $49.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 10 GB Accessibility 9 declared features Raw 70% shrinks to 70.1 on 60,969 reviews, giving 6.3. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Declares 9 accessibility features, well above the catalogue norm.
- Cloud saves and cross-platform play, so progress follows you between machines.
- Small install at 10 GB.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Victoria game we can score is Victoria II at 7.7. The lowest is Victoria 3 at 6.3, a 1.4-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Victoria II at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Victoria II, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Victoria entries on Steam:
- Playable: Victoria II, Victoria 3
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Victoria games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Victoria series, game by game
Every Victoria game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2010
Victoria II
7.7Carefully 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... (Steam)
Reception
Reception Victoria II received generally favourable reviews, achieving a 75% average on Metacritic . GameSpot said that there was much less micromanagement than in its predecessor. The reviewer stated: "Thanks to a friendlier interface and tutorials, Victoria II is a lot more playable and enjoyable than its predecessor. (Wikipedia)
- 2022
Victoria 3
6.3Paradox 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. (Steam)
Reception
Reception Victoria 3 received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic . Destructoid enjoyed the new tutorial, feeling it intuitively taught players game mechanics and "nearly all concepts that you [would] come into contact with during your time in Victoria ". PC Gamer praised the new economic systems, saying it led players to use real world strategies, and adding: "You can run a deficit for a few years, then build up a… (Wikipedia)
Victoria, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Victoria vs other series
How Victoria stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Victoria games are there?
We hold 2 Victoria games in the catalogue, released between 2010 and 2022. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Victoria game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Victoria II rates highest at 7.7. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Victoria games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2010 to 2022. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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