Victoria 3 Cheats & Cheat Codes

Victoria 3 is the critically-acclaimed third installment of the Victoria grand strategy games. Players assume the role of one of 100 nations between 1836 to 1936 and manage their nation’s politics, demographics, diplomacy, and even wartime measures should the situation call for them. The game was released in 2022 and nominated for Best Sim/Strategy Game at the 2022 Game Awards.

Victoria 3 Premise

Victoria 3 tasks players with guiding a nation for a century — between 1836 and 1936 — and managing its military and nonmilitary functions. The goal is to build the player’s idea of a utopic society. To do so, they must balance the global economy, internal and external politics, special interests, and demographics while being careful not to offend any other nations.

This is the third game in the Victoria grand strategy series. It follows 2010’s Victoria II and 2003’s Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun. Victoria 3 updates the series’ economic systems, such as a reliance on the gold standard, forcing players to use real-life strategies to complete their goals. The game also updated its colonialization system, allowing players to either follow the historical instances of colonizing people — or establish new nations that never existed before.

Victoria 3 Main Characters

The main characters of Victoria 3 vary based on the nation you choose. Many of the big names from your high school history class are available here. Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S Grant, Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, and more can spawn during a playthrough. If they do, they can impact your instance’s world accordingly.

Certain characters are also locked behind certain historical events. The Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Meiji Restoration, the unification of Germany, and more are just a few events that can occur.

Victoria Titles in the Series

So far, there are three games in the Victoria series:

1. Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun (1993)
2. Victoria II (2010)
3. Victoria 3 (2022)

Victoria 3 Cheat Codes and Console Commands

To access cheats, you must first activate debug mode. This can be accomplished in multiple ways, including:

• Activating it in the game launcher by selecting “Open game in Debug mode”
• Editing the game’s properties on Steam
  • Right-click the game
  • Open “Properties”
  • Add -debug_mode to the launch options
  • Start the game
• Editing the internal files through Windows
  • Find the folder with all your Victoria 3 files, then find the “binaries” folder
  • Right-click victoria3.exe and create a shortcut
  • Right-click the shortcut, then open Properties
  • In the Target field add -debug_mode at the end ("...\victoria3.exe" -debug_mode)
  • Launch the game using that shortcut

Once debug mode is activated, you will be able to use all the following cheats. Activate the debug menu by hitting the ` key or by pressing the combination of Shift+Alt+C.

Victoria 3 Cheat Code FAQs

How Do I Activate the Debug Menu?

You can activate Debug Menu in Victoria 3 through one of three methods:

• Activate it in the game launcher by selecting “Open game in Debug mode”
• Edit the game’s properties on Steam
  1. Right-click the game
  2. Open “Properties”
  3. Add -debug_mode to the launch options
  4. Start the game
• Edit the internal files through Windows
  1. Find the folder with all your Victoria 3 files, then find the “binaries” folder
  2. Right-click victoria3.exe and create a shortcut
  3. Right-click the shortcut, then open Properties
  4. In the Target field add -debug_mode at the end ("...\victoria3.exe" -debug_mode)
  5. Launch the game using that shortcut

How Do I Activate Cheats?

Once you activate the debug menu, hit the ` key or hit the combination of Shift+Alt+C.