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 (3604)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (123688)

Game features

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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

NightlyBuildMan
Not recommended | 19 Jul 2026
295h played

Was a nice game, but since the last game, it is not playable. Every once in a while, the game completely stops working when loading a save state and then crashes, reinstalling doesn't fix the issue. I will update this

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fruictose
Recommended | 20 Jul 2026
162h played

Very easy to understand. Took probably 50 hours to start using Air, and 80-today to start using patrols. I have yet to use "Strike force" but I understand naval dominance now, I'd recommend it. A harder game to

Helpful: 0
dogo88
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
96.9h played

Really fun game. Its kind of hard to learn at the start but watching an online tutorial will help you greatly. The only real issue I have is the DLCs, extremely expensive and most of them only make small changes to the

Helpful: 0
kaisup2014
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
57.5h played

I recommend this to people who like war related things in my opinion its like your a leader and a general and the game is very fun, u also needs mods if your new.

Helpful: 0
Demon
Recommended | 20 Jul 2026
479h played

I dont have a gf, this game wasnt worth spending few hours of my life on it At least i rejected Anschluss and lost against Germany 0/10

Helpful: 0
padl1
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
192h played

I hope this game burns in hell I only spent 200 hours, 200 hours which I can never get back. ♥♥♥♥ this stupid game.

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