![Victoria 3 artwork showing a man and a woman standing in front of a group of people celebrating in Victorian-era London.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Victoria_3_header_image-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Review: Victoria 3 review: chaotic grand strategy in the age of steam
Does it build a good head of lettu...I mean steam?
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First Victoria 3 gameplay shows the strategy game in action as a "deep social simulation"
A hundred years is a long time in politics
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Victoria 3's Pop system is so detailed that your country basically doesn't need you around
But it's more fun if you are
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Victoria III details its approach to slavery in new dev diary
From populations to laws
![Victoria 3 artwork showing a man and a woman standing in front of a group of people celebrating in Victorian-era London.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Victoria_3_header_image-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A town in Sweden on the verge of revolution in Victoria 3](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/victoria-3-preview-2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Victoria 3's Pop system is so detailed that your country basically doesn't need you around
![A screenshot of the world map in Victoria 3](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ss_d6c4af0150eee39e868201386238c20cc880d464.1920x1080.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
First Victoria 3 gameplay shows the strategy game in action as a "deep social simulation"
![A WIP screenshot of Victoria 3 showing the stats for an abolitionist politician named Lyman Beecher.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/victoria-3-slavery.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Victoria 3 won't sugar-coat colonialism, but it'll give you the chance to resist it](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/victoria_3_interview1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Victoria 3 won't sugar-coat colonialism, but it'll give you the chance to resist it
![Victoria 3 will be Paradox's next strategy game, and it's not mucking about](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/victoria_3_1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)