Victoria 3 is a management game developed by Paradox Development Studio, published by Paradox Interactive, released on October 25, 2022 on PC.
Victoria 3 is therefore a management/strategy game, which is similar to a Crusader Kings. However, Victoria 3 is much more complex and makes us manage a lot more finicky elements.
Victoria 3 puts us in control of a country (of your choice), which we will have to advance, during the period 1836-1936. The game asks you to manage and develop a country during the Victorian era, shaping a society as you see fit.
It will thus be necessary to manage the different main aspects of a country, namely politics, economy, diplomacy and war. Every element of the game can (and should) be thought out and executed, to not only satisfy your people, but also to evolve them into becoming a superpower on the international stage.
The heart of the game of Victoria 3 is therefore to effectively manage the internal resources of the chosen country so that it can compete economically and socially with other countries.
The game thus offers us total freedom in the way of bringing our country to glory and power. However, this will not be easy, because the slightest event in the world can have an impact. A country declaring war on another? Export prices can explode and allow you to make huge profits, just as import prices can also explode, and bring you to ruin. Another country decides to start producing cereals? Their price may fall and reduce your income in this sector, etc. 
Apart from the economic aspect, there is also the political aspect to govern. This aspect is very... realistic. The slightest of your decisions will systematically make one of the political parties or a social class in your country cringe. Do you want to ban child labor? Industrialists will hate you. Do you want to give women the right to vote and property? The peasant and religious classes will fall on you. Do you want to pass a law concerning the health system before a law on workers' rights? The whole working class will be on the streets the next day, etc. In short, the political aspect is very (too) realistic and it will be impossible to satisfy everyone.
Failure to listen/attempt to maintain a precarious balance among different political groups and social classes risks leading to strikes, a popular uprising, or even outright revolution leading to the overthrow of your government (and a “game over”). It will however be possible, under certain conditions, to reform your government, in order to give more or less strength to political parties / social classes, depending on the direction you wish to give to your country.
Of course, all of these choices will be entirely the player's. You can try to make your country a completely free and egalitarian democracy, just as you can try to serve as an example for a certain German party of the 1930s/40s.
In addition to choice of laws and government, the game also offers a technology tree. The latter, divided into several categories (Production, Military, Society). Each research not only unlocks new abilities, such as new production methods for your industries, or innovative types of production (glassware, canning, etc.), but also unlocks new political systems and new laws.
As you can see, Victoria 3 is an extremely dense and complete game, which requires a lot of attention and concentration, but above all, to really weigh the pros and cons when making the slightest decision/modification. With the game spanning a century, the slightest mistake can take years or even more than a decade to fix.
Conclusion
Fans of Excel tables will find their happiness with this Victoria 3! Victoria 3 is really the perfect game for those looking for absolute freedom of choice and great complexity in terms of strategy and management, as there are so many factors to take into consideration. Conversely, Victoria 3 can be very difficult to learn and put off more than one, especially those who are not familiar with this kind of game.
So, if you are familiar with management/strategy games and find that games of the genre are too easy, Victoria 3 will certainly meet your expectations!
