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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.

Hearts of Iron IV is a strategy, world war ii and grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on June 06th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 336,567 reviews of which 300,407 were positive and 36,160 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 9.77€ on Instant Gaming.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
  • Processor: Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForceâ„¢ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeonâ„¢ 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.
MacOS
  • OS: OS: macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
  • 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.
Linux
  • OS: OS: Ubuntu 20.04
  • 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.

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
-played for the first time as italy -took too long to figure out how to play -lost against ethiopia -got absolutely demolished by yugoslavia and the swiss -started a new game as germany -lost to poland.
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Jan. 2025
Been playing this game for 2 years, now I no longer can talk to women only know how to get sino-japanese war within 4 months. Just started to understand how navy works. If you are radical socialist or fascist, I would totally recommend this game, and I am extremely racist. 10/10
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Nov. 2024
honestly a great game, BUT, the DLC policy can be overbearing, and it is one of the games that are very hard to master. BEWARE that it will give you gender dysphoria and either make you a hardcore fascist or communist.
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Oct. 2024
Mountainous learning curve.. I'm on 20 odd hours and still playing through the tutorial. The scope of the game even without DLC is remarkable. I'm 65 and unsure if I'll master the game before i go to the great gaming room in the sky, but hey this makes it fun. Get it on sale btw.
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Sept. 2024
Astonishing game. HOI4 is already spectacular on its own, but the modding scene has made it billions upon billions upon times more replayable and fun. 1100 hours and still dont know how navy works I LOVE YOU HOI4 NEVER CHANGE..
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Hearts of Iron IV
8.8
300,407
36,160
Online players
62,376
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release 06 Jun 2016
Platforms
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