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Games like Victoria 3

Enjoyed Victoria 3? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as Victoria II, Europa Universalis V, Anno 1800. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About Victoria 3: Victoria 3 is a strategy and simulation game about building an ideal society in the transformative 19th century while balancing competing interests at home. Between 1836 and 1936 the player leads dozens of nations and chooses between agriculture and industry, reform and tradition, research into new technology and keeping the old order. Detailed population groups carry their own economic needs and political desires; industry grows on imported raw materials, finished goods need markets, and diplomacy, pacts and threats decide a nation’s standing in the world.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

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Victoria II

Victoria II is a grand strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century. You take control of a country and lead it from the age of absolute monarchies through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonization, with the aim of becoming a great power by the dawn of the 20th century. At its core is a detailed political simulation: the population reacts to your decisions according to its political awareness, social class and willingness to accept its government or revolt against it. More than 200 countries are playable over a period stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII.

Europa Universalis V

Europa Universalis V is a historical grand strategy game set across almost five centuries, from the late Middle Ages to the Age of Revolution. Players steer the fate of hundreds of nations in a deeply detailed simulated world and decide whether to lead their state through war, trade or diplomacy. Domestic order is maintained by strengthening or limiting the power of estates, while the military system progresses from levies and mercenaries to large standing armies. Commanders must be chosen for both land and naval forces. The game also adds more detailed diplomacy, a more sophisticated economic model and a more detailed trade system.

Anno 1800

Anno 1800 is a builder game set at the dawn of the Industrial Age and in the Victorian Era. The player turns quaint settlements into bustling cities and industrial complexes wrapped in smoke and smog, balancing technological progress against the needs of the population, from local pubs to exotic zoos. Optimising production chains and urban planning matters, as does putting electricity and steam engines to good use and weighing factory output against the happiness of workers. The player also collaborates with the press, launches daring expeditions and builds a trading network across distant lands.

Industry Giant 2

A simulation and strategy game in which the player guides a company from humble beginnings to a major industrial enterprise. The game starts in 1900; the player builds factories, develops products, pays wages, sets prices in retail outlets and runs the transport network. The economy moves through booms, stock market crashes and oil crises, and historical events such as the magazine boom or prohibition appear along the way. The player decides what to manufacture, where to source raw materials, where to sell and how to transport goods.

Hearts of Iron III

Hearts of Iron III is a strategy game set in World War 2 in which you can take charge of any country and lead it through the years 1936 to 1948. More than 150 nations and several different scenarios are available, and fighting takes place on land, at sea and in the air. The player commands ground troops, air forces and fleets, develops industry, conducts diplomacy and decides on mobilization and reserves. The game offers detailed division building with over twenty brigade types, an intelligence system, governments-in-exile, and the option to assign troops to theatres on a map with more than 10,000 provinces.

Rise of Industry

Rise of Industry is a strategy tycoon game set in the 1930s, in which you build and manage an industrial empire in a procedurally generated world. You construct factories and production lines, then move materials and goods by truck, train and airship to cities that need them. Random business events, stock auctions and contracts shape your progress, while AI rivals compete for market share and may attempt a hostile takeover. You can also weigh output against the impact on nature.