Hearts of Iron IV

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About the Game Take charge of history’s greatest war machines in Hearts of Iron IV , a grand strategy wargame that challenges your strategic abilities and political insight. Refight World War II at the head of nation from the time period, building up an industrial powerhouse and a diplomatic alliance that will effectively wage war on ideological opponents.

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Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Engine:
Clausewitz Engine
Release date:
06 June 2016
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (3602)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (123654)

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Description

About the Game

Take charge of history’s greatest war machines in Hearts of Iron IV, a grand strategy wargame that challenges your strategic abilities and political insight. Refight World War II at the head of nation from the time period, building up an industrial powerhouse and a diplomatic alliance that will effectively wage war on ideological opponents.

Hearts of Iron IV is more than a historical simulation. Alternate historical paths open up with almost every decision you make, from small ones such as where to launch your attack to crack open Fortress Europe, to large ones, such as whether to re-establish democracies or long forgotten monarchies.

In Hearts of Iron IV, you can plan the military strategy almost down to the rivets, as you design division templates for your armies, research new modes of production and means of destruction, set out factory instructions and pursue political objectives. Almost no part of the war goes untouched as you guide a nation of your choice through humanity’s darkest hour.

This purchase comes with the Hearts of Iron IV base game as well as four expansion packs:

  • Death or Dishonor: focuses on eastern and central European middle powers

  • Together for Victory: focuses on British Commonwealth nations

  • Waking the Tiger: focuses on China and Japan

  • Man the Guns: focuses on naval features and alternate history paths for the United States

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
2 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X- compatible soundcard.
Additional Notes:
Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers/ Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.

recommended*

OS:
Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i5 2500K | AMD® Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory:
6 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 570 (1.28GB) | AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970 (3GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
2 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X- compatible soundcard.
Additional Notes:
Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers. / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.

User reviews

Boosted
Recommended | 18 Jul 2026
30.6h played

this game is very hard to understand. i have about 30 hours and i still can barely understand whats going on in the game. it is very fun and interesting from what i do understand. if you can sit and learn and have the

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SeñoritaSped616
Recommended | 18 Jul 2026
167h played

Great game, but get a little repetitive after a long while. but that took 167 hours for me, so its a great game. my friend also still plays this game after 400+ hours, so it also could just be me. Also the learning

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Mastro
Recommended | 18 Jul 2026
13.8h played

Paradox Interactive is a greedy company that does not care an ounce about the fans of the products they publish. They just want to milk them for more money. Fun game though.

Helpful: 0
Johnny Knoxville
Not recommended | 18 Jul 2026
882h played

it is impressive how abysmally thought out this game is. any nation other than germany is absolute ball torture to play because it boils down to staring at green or red bubles for 30 minutes, with 2 fps because non

Helpful: 0
jerrylsmith122305
Recommended | 18 Jul 2026
90.3h played

good. VERY CONFUSING AT THE START.. get used to it and its so fun. defo recommend germany for start, or america. dont do ahistorical.

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Goodsprings Settler
Recommended | 17 Jul 2026
302h played

Genuinely one of the funnest strategy games out there, literally got a pc specifically for this and have NOT been regretting it at all. After all the hoi4 content I've reposted on tiktok, specifically from The Fire

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