Currently, Victoria 3 is only officially available for purchase on Steam , so the path to your saves folder on Windows will always be:
Local saves:
- C:/Users/[Username]/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria 3/save games/
Cloud saves:
- C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/userdata/[ Your SteamID ]/529340/remote/save games/
The same applies to the Linux version of Victoria 3 :
Local saves:
- ~/.steam/steam/userdata/[ Your SteamID ]/529340/
Cloud saves:
- $HOME/.local/share/Steam/userdata/[ Your SteamID ]/529340/remote/save games/