Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a strategy, world war ii and grand strategy game developed by Martin Ivanov and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on April 08th 2011 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Polish and Russian.

It has received 1,996 reviews of which 1,789 were positive and 207 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game into these genres:

Strategy World War II Grand Strategy Historical World War I Wargame Simulation Military RTS Cold War War Moddable Multiplayer Sandbox Singleplayer Real-Time with Pause

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 98/ ME / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
Processor: Pentium III 800 MH
Memory: 128 MB Ram
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB hard disk space
Video Card: 4 MB DirectX-compatible
Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0 or higher
Additional: Mouse with scroll wheel, keyboard and internet for multiplayer

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

This is a full on Hearts of iron game, just balancing the economy is a complex web of intricacies, the warfare is very fun because its basically you calling in a combined arms offensive against your foes; almost like the real operations that took place in the heat of WW2. Overall pretty good game, I am still learning it but help yourself and get this.

Dec. 2024

The ultimate spin on the Hearts of Iron series. More Detail. More micromanagement. More global strategy.

Oct. 2024

Great game. A little hard to figure out going in for the first time, but over time you learn more and more on how to play this game and you quickly enjoy this game a lot more. 10/10 would recommend.

June 2024

Do you like staring at maps and numbers for hours on end? Well.... I do, and this game certainly offers one of the better map-staring experiences out there

Feb. 2024

I rem spent hundred of hours in the past... But somehow I think I never managed to master it. Grand strategy games like HOI are really another beast... And I am sux at this genre lol Basically In this game you are the leader of a nation and you should lead your nation in early - mid 20th Century era, especially in WW2 era. In Grand Strategy games you should take focus on economic stuff and plan a long game because like history teach us, Alexander the Great conquered not only with troops but also with logistics and politics. Pros: - DH upgraded the best of HOI2 - We can invade another county and create your own superpower country :D Cons: - Dated graphic and need a little tweak to make the UI feels normal in modern resolutions. Final Score: 4/5

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