Game overview
Hearts of Iron IV
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
- Players now
- 53,100
- Recorded peak
- 64,749
- 24-hour change
- +36.41%
- Steam reviews
- 90.1% positive 263,633 reviews · via SteamSpy
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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
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Minimum
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
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.
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OS: macOS 13 (Ventura)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.60 GHz or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6970M
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available proprietary drivers / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: OS: macOS 13 (Ventura)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.90 GHz or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon R9 390M or NVIDIA GeForce 750M with 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturers/ Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OS: Ubuntu 22.04
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 650 @ 3.20 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturers
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard, and speakers are required. / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: OS: Ubuntu 22.04
- Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6950 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX570 with 2GB VRAM / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturers
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard, and speakers are required. / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- USK rating
- 12
- Brazilian rating
- 10
- Steam Germany rating
- 12
- Achievements
- 293
- Metacritic
- 83
- Features
- Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
- Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
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Structured language support (10)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | No | No |
| Polish | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
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Decent deal at 70% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Player Health
Stable player base with low churn risk.
Multiplayer Viability
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Update Momentum
45 patches and 47 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
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Update Timeline
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Paradox Interactive, publishers of umpteen strategy genre stalwarts including Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, and Hearts of Iron, have announced plans to switch overlords early next year. Fredrik Wester will make way for Mattias Lilja, as the deputy CEO takes the throne. Read…
Издательство Paradox Interactive и студия Paradox Development Studio объявили о выпуске сезонного пропуска Expansion Pass 3 для глобальной военной стратегии Hearts of Iron 4. Стоимость комплекта в цифровом магазине Steam составляет 2679 рублей или 43.99 доллара на западных площад…
Generals! Today we have TWO grand news items. First, Expansion Pass 3 is now available! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/4758580]You’ll find it here.[/url] Second, our grand Livestream Event “[i]Studio GOLD: Battleplans Revealed[/i]” is now live! You can join us right both…
[i]Salut[/i], Generals! I’m [i][b]marijn211[/b][/i], and today I will be showing some of the [b]Focus Tree[/b] parts I worked on, which comes down to the left side of it, both in in-game positioning and political ideology. First though, I want to show the country mechanic that wa…
Generals! Christmas is coming a little early this year in the shape of a large [i][b]War Effort[/b][/i] update. Once again we have put emphasis on adding various QoL features we feel improve the [b]Hearts of Iron IV[/b] experience. This has been an effort to address some of the o…
The Hearts of Iron 4 Romania focus pack DLC lets you pursue realistic or alternate-history paths for the nation through World War II. Read the full story on PCGamesN: The next Hearts of Iron 4 DLC gives an underrepresented WW2 player much more depth
Generals! Greetings, I’m [i][b]Norrman[/b][/i] and I’ve been working with [i][b]Marijn[/b][/i] and [i][b]Alex[/b][/i] on the upcoming [b]Romania Focus Pack[/b] and I will cover the first part of this Dev Diary. Some quick notes about me before I move on to the content that has be…
Hello again! After a lot of reactions last week, we’ve made some changes. We are still not sure if we should release this or not, but based on the reactions we also decided to make this an open beta. Changes [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/394360/view/695399726270382…
HOI IV Dev Corner | Strikes!
contentHello there! Your feedback has been much appreciated, both with civil wars and old Canada content. So I come here once again to ask you what do you think about…. [b]Strikes[/b]! (As in the labour history, workers striking for better rights) I’m particularly curious about what you…
Steam Autumn Sale 2026
content[p][b]Generals[/b]![/p][p][/p][p]We've received communications from our Allied Headquarters, that indicates Hearts of Iron IV and its associated DLCs will be taking part with the Steam Autumn Sale![/p][p][/p][p]Take advantage of this recent development, and secure additional fron…
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