Paradox Interactive

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Paradox Interactive
Year Established	1999
Notable Games	World of Darkness (2015-present; oWOD and Chronicles) Exalted (2015-present) Various vidya such as Stellaris
Website	https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

– The typical response to someone buying a huge amount of Paradox DLC all at once.

Paradox Interactive (often shortened to Paradox) is a Swedish vidya gaem and tabletop publisher headquartered in Stockholm (sound familiar?) that is mainly known for 4X/Grand strategy games and lots of expensive DLC. They are relevant to /tg/ for two reasons: one, they make vidya many a fa/tg/uy likes, and two, they've owned White Wolf and Onyx Path since 2015 and therefore are now stewarding their various TTRPG lines. Which turned out to be sorely needed given the "Chechnya was a vampire pysop" controversy.

As far as AAA video game companies go, a love-hate relationship exists for the board, as while their absurd aggregate DLC costs are definitely fishing for whales and they've made questionable business decisions, Paradox has a precedent of being chill with fan content, with them even supporting the TTS gang's oWOD-based series after Geedubs went nuclear on fan animation. Even before that armageddon came to be, they gave Bruva and co. a pretty penny in exchange for a pretty cool Stellaris tie-in.

List of Paradox's stuff

Paradox has a decently large library of both original and acquired IPs, so we'll only list some more notable ones.

Tabletop

• World of Darkness (both oWOD and Chronicles)
• Exalted

Vidya

4X & Grand Strategy

• Stellaris
• Crusader Kings
• Europa Universalis
• Hearts of Iron
• Age of Wonders

Building sims

• Cities: Skylines
• Prison Architect