Can I Run Victoria 3?
Released in 2022, Victoria 3 is a simulation strategy game built by Paradox Development Studio. Publishing duties went to Paradox Interactive. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Steam lists support for 11 languages. There are 141 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 41 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X (AVX support required) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 XT (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ A580 (8GB) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11 |
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Setting and environment
Victoria 3 places its action in a historical setting, and the player works through a map at national or global scale. 17 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Victoria 3 is demanding
Victoria 3 sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 (, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Victoria 3 names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. Victoria 3 takes about 10 GB of disk space. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Victoria 3 scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Victoria 3?
Victoria 3 is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8, 8 GB RAM, about 10 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.42x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.8x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.35x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Victoria 3's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Victoria 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required); GPU: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.
How much storage does Victoria 3 need?
Victoria 3 needs about 10 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Victoria 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Victoria 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Victoria 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Victoria 3 is the GPU.