Rank the Paradox Games you own

[JScott991]

1. EU IV (and series)

2. HOI3

3. Stellaris

4. CK2 - this game was ruined by patches, something I never thought I would say

5. Victoria 2 (I really liked 1 much better; V2 was a major disappointment)

I'm sure I'm missing one that I loved in the past, but these are the only ones that I am actively or at least occasionally think about playing.

 

[Typical Wookie]

1. EU4- my first paradox game but my enjoyment of it has decreased since Cossaks.

2. City Skylines- best city builder but the 2 expansions have been pretty disappointing.

3. Stellaris- great game but It has a lot of key features missing, more in depth trade system, espionage...

4. CK2- have really enjoyed this one but it is way too easy since they nerfed factions and the performance issues have really turned me off from this game.

5. Victoria 2- really only here because I have only sunk 8 hours into this game. I'd love to see a Victoria 3

I fully expect HOI4 to be #2 maybe 3 on my list after release!

 

[mdi]

1. CK2
2. EU 4
3. Cities: Skylines
4. M&B series
5. EU 3 (the game that got me hooked to grand strategy games)
6. Stellaris (needs improvment)
7. Hoi 3
8. Magicka

But I think HOI4 will take the number 1 after release

 

[Augustus93]

Too many to list. Instead I will list the series.
1. Victoria series (Victoria 2 best game ever) (awaiting Victoria 3...)
2. Hearts of Iron series (many great titles here and I have no doubt that HoI4 will become the best in the series)
3. Europa universalis series
4. Stellaris
5. Rome (awaiting rome 2...)
6. Crusader kings series (never really got into it)

 

[Dominico]

Eu4 then ck2 then stellaris.
Depending on my mood i sometimes think ck2 is better

 

[Frontovika]

1. Crusader Kings II
2. Europa Universalis IV
3. Stellaris
4. Hearts of Iron II

 

[Vargur]

I own quite a few pdx games but haven't played many of them extensively.
Of the ones i have played properly:

1)Vicky2
2)Ck2
...
x)Eu4

I don't really feel like EU4 deserves a 3rd spot (for me) as i don't really like the game that much anymore.
I'm trying to get into EU3 though as it looks quite interesting, it even has sliders
Not sure where HoI4 will end up yet, probably contending with Vicky2 for spot 1.

 

[Shock360]

1. Crusader Kings 2: So much fun, I'm very new with no dlc so the world feels contained but I know it will explode soon. My first time playing I didn't understand how I would change characters as I died, so I was desperately imprisoming my family and plotting to kill my sister so she could not take my stuff. Now what I mostly do is try to unite Iberia under Castille or Leon befor eventually I am stuck in place due to constant rebels, lack of allies, an all that chaos.
Edit: God dang it I forgot to write past CK2 XD
2. EU4: It's so exciting trying to slowly conquer the area around me to become an elector before eventually becoming Emperor in the HRE(okay maybe I haven't done that yet), trying to create a power in south east Asia and meet Europe in South America before y can find my homeland, or making a superpower in Africa to keep Europe from my lands. Just the sense of exploration and conflict is amazing.
3. Victoria 2: I love this game. Love it. I spent days sitting by my computer without having gotten ready at all in the summer before my computer but the dust, and it showed me what Paradox is. However, it feels incomplete without the dlc somehow and I can't stand the graphics, interface, and general feel of it running in my computer now
4. HoI3: I want to like it. Yeah, let's do this. I'll wait. And wait. Hmm lets be a big guy. What's happening. Well, let's get HoI4 then

 

[brifbates]

Eu4 then ck2 then stellaris.
Depending on my mood i sometimes think ck2 is better

A whole lot of this. Vic just doesn't do it for me and HoI is tooooooooo much micro to be borne if you play a decently powerful nation.

 

[nowlookatthat]

1. Europa Universalis series, especially 1-3 (4 only being left out as I nearly never manage to play it cause I am stuck in CK2 ) - EU 1 was the game that made me into a fan of this company. So much fun. Not much of a fan of the vice-kingdoms in 4 though
2. Hearts of Iron Series - playing right now
3. Crusader Kings 2 - I never played Crusader Kings 1 - the only important title i am missing in this lst
4. Victoria Series - The only reason it is way down here is that it needs an update and i was too busy playing the other titles. Vic3 announcement anyone?
5. Stellaris - Not fleshed out enough right now. But i guess it will move up in the list with every new patch and DLC
5. Rome - I actually can't remember. I know I liked it somehow, but there was obviously not much lasting impression.

- Sengoku - I bought it years after release and by then the graphics wasn't up to keeping me playing anymore. Love the scenario though
- March of the Eagles - Uhm... yeah ... Uh ... Ok, i do own it but i never played it once. Nearly forgot that it sits in my library

Crown of the North, Diplomacy and Two Thrones i don't own

 

[Taskmaster989]

1. Hearts of Iron IV - I'm a huge history buff and seeing as my grandfather fought for the USSR before immigrating to the US, I had to do a Soviet World domination as my first play through.

2. Europa Universalis IV - Amazing game, better than Civilization in every way, shape, and form. This game was the bane of my high school GPA.

3. Stellaris - Good game, it's just lacking midgame content at the moment.

4. Cities: Skylines - Best city-building game I've played. Only reason it is last is because I love the first two so much.

I'm still a newcomer to Paradox games but I'm loving it so far!!!

 

[Daffius]

1 & 2) Vicky I & II. by A LOT (I did play more with Ricky, however Vicky II might be better, I just don't know.

3) HoI III. (Best HoI)

4) EU II. (Probably nostalgia, but I had a blast during it's day)

I like the others too, but these are the best.

 

[Cdr. Wolf]

Victoria II. Paradox's best game ever!
HOI 3 & 4.
CK 2.
EU 4.
EU 3.
Victoria I.
Stellaris. Only Paradox game I wish I hadn't spent money on... Mid game is so boring I don't want to play it again.

 

[[Q]uik]

1: Victoria 1.
2: Oh crap, now it's hard. I'm gonna have to go EUIV just because I love the setting so much.
3: Crusader kings 2
4: HOI IV
5: Stellaris (at least until the next few patches which looks like they'll fix all my issues with it.)
6: Victoria 2. Useless piece of shit.
7: Oh yeah I forgot march of the eagles existed.

 

[The_Meme_Man]

1. EU4 (1.5 magnitude)
2. Victoria II (1.4 magnitude)
3. Hearts of Iron IV (0.9 magnitude)
4. Crusader Kings II (0.89 magnitude)
5. Stellaris (0.85 magnitude)

 

[Chaingun]

1. EU4 (because I can code stuff on it)
2. EU2 (defined my teenage years)
3. CK1 (didn't have time to play CK2 yet)
4. Magicka 2
5. HoI2 (didn't have time to play HoI4 yet)
6. Victoria1 (didn't have time to play Vic2 yet)
7. Magicka: WW
8. Sengoku
9. EU3

Looking forwards to having time to play Stellaris and HoI4 for real during vacation.

(If we count Pdx published games as well, Magicka 1 scores pretty high for me. M&B is my favorite game of all time but is no longer published by Paradox.)

 

[ramius3443]

Edit as of a year later: I don't know why, but I feel like revising this list and removing those games published but not made by paradox.


1. EU4: The defininitive Paradox game. This is what Grand Strategy is.
2. Ck2: Medieval RPG where you can screw your sister, murder your children, and conquer the world. I guess there is other stuff too....
3 Vicky2: Complex in all the right ways (except that world market). Feels undercooked, but even then is still an amazing game.
4. EU3: Great game for it's time, was the Paradox game until Vicky game along. Eu4 was, after much patching, a massive step forward in everyway though.
5. HOI3: Many fond memories, but horrendously buggy/broken/complicated. But in a fun way.
6. Stellaris (pre Utopia): Rather barebones at launch, but it's gotten better and I'm hopeful
7. HOI4: This game feels like an early access. I like many of the ideas that went into it, but the AI is completely unsuited for the game. Kaiserreich is the only reason I haven't deleted it.
8. Sengoku: CKII with the fun stripped out of it. Though this game supposedly provided a good launching platform for CKII, so we should all be thankful it existed.
9. EU:Rome: What on earth is going on here anyway? What is there to do? Where's the fun?


Not ranked:
HOI2DH: I feel like this is a game I would have enjoyed had I encountered it earlier, but having picked it up in late 2016 just for the purpose of playing the original Kaiserreich, I ran away quickly. I can't fairly judge this game.

 

[jeffrey909]

1. Europa Universalis 4
2. Hearts of Iron 3
3. Cities: Skylines

I have never played the other games xD

 

[sultanx1985]

1. Cities Skylines. (So much this after the disappointment that was SimCity 2013)
2. Stellaris
3. Hearts of Iron IV.

Incidentally, also the order of my purchase.

 

[SAS]

Well I can't rank all 115 but...

1. EU IV
2. Stellaris
3. HOI IV
4. Ck I I
5. Vicky 2
6. March of the Eagles
7. EU Rome.
8. All others.