Victoria II for Windows

Victoria II is a global military tactical strategy with a three-dimensional map filled with interactive elements and tools that allow you to influence political, economic and scientific processes taking place within the selected state and in neighboring regions.

Events are developing in real time, but the developers are allowed to adjust the speed of the world, and at the same time to pause to weigh some decisions.

Victoria II Features

• Unique simulation of political and economic events: virtual states interact, make plans and fight, turning the whole world into hell and prosperity;
• More than 200 countries to choose from: who will have to reach the rank of superpower, and who will disappear under the yoke of the enemy? Here’s a tricky question!
• The universe is filled with the fog of war: many details have to be researched by hand, literally mastering the map and filling with valuable knowledge;
• Economic elements also include technological development – immediately after the start, you have to plunge into the arms race, medical progress and other miracles.

Global Map & Gameplay

The gameplay is set in the era from 1836 to 1936. The developers suggest choosing a state, and then focusing on development, controlling dozens of aspects (economy, science, domestic politics, army, navy, diplomacy) and interaction with neighbors located both across the land border and across the ocean. The plot, as in the original part of the series, is not provided: instead of events that affect the world at a predetermined time (the same wars no longer occur according to the scenario, but only after reaching certain situations), the system throws up random stories and offers to react to what is happening in the chosen way …

In Victoria II, it will take a long time to build the internal development of the state – the more carefully many areas are thought out, the more serious are the chances of becoming a superpower and becoming a guide to the world of the future. But here’s the trouble: competition is growing every minute and even the slightest offenses can lead to a civil war and an international conflict that can turn the planet upside down.

Atmosphere and events

The Paradox Development studio has long become famous for its collection of global strategies that force you to carefully think through actions, experiment with economic development, weave political intrigues and in every possible way change the course of virtual history in your own direction. It is extremely curious to observe events from the outside, but only true strategists can control each aspect manually.

Beginners will have to taste the whole range of problems: we are talking about a confusing interface with a collection of screens, tools, buttons and transitions, and about instructions that include thousands of items and submenus, and even about a strange passage of time when it is impossible to make out the consequences of the selected actions. Despite the initial difficulty, it is quite possible to get used to Victoria II – the developers have added a number of training programs, and therefore, in 40-50 minutes, recruits will begin to look at the interface less and start all the intrigues and actions.

Additionally, scenarios are provided (including in the form of packs with content) with lightweight rules and a special difficulty slider that affects how the interaction with the world takes place and what events unfold further.