System requirements · PC
Victoria 3 PC system requirements
Victoria 3 needs at least an Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required) processor, 8 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8, on Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.
For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i5-6600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X (AVX support required) processor, 16 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 XT (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ A580 (8GB) graphics card. It takes 10 GB of storage.
Minimum and recommended requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 10 64 Bit or Windows® 11 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-3470 | AMD® FX™ 9370 (AVX support required) | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X (AVX support required) |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8 | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 5600 XT (6GB) | Intel® Arc™ A580 (8GB) |
| Storage | 10 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
How demanding is Victoria 3?
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Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 45% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (8 GB).
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Storage: Larger than 40% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (10 GB).
Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.
Other platforms
Mac
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | macOS, 14.4.1 (Sonoma) | macOS, 15.4 (Sequoia) |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-10600 | Apple® M3 |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Graphics | AMD® Radeon™ Pro 5300 (4GB) | Apple® M3 GPU (10-core GPU) |
| Storage | 10 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
Linux and SteamOS
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i3-3250 or AMD® FX 8370 (AVX support required) | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K or AMD® Ryzen 5 2600X (AVX support required) |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD® R7 370 (2GB) or Intel® HD Graphics 630 or AMD Radeon™ Vega 8 | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD® RX 590 (8GB) |
| Storage | 10 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended | |
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