Hearts of Iron IV (PC & Mac) - Steam

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Installation:	How to activate your game
Developer:	Paradox Development Studio,
Publisher:	Paradox Interactive,
Release date:	5 June 2016
Genre:	Simulation, Strategy,
Recent Steam reviews:	Very positive (2614)
All Steam reviews:	Very positive (238357)

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Description

Includes Poland: United and Ready DLC, Forum Avatar and Wallpapers

Hearts of Iron IV for PC is the fourth in the series of the grand strategy war game. Play through World War Two as often as you like, tweaking weightings and scenarios to see the different potential outcomes, or reworking history to see it play out in front of your eyes. The game offers two start dates: 1936 or 1939, and you can proceed well beyond the end of the war, but anything after 1950 is more or less unplayable.

You can play this game alone, or as part of a multiplayer game, choosing almost any historical character you like. However, do note that this is not an open world game, nor is it sandbox-style. There are scenarios that must be worked through – but they are massive scenarios with multiple outcomes to play through, so it can feel quite open and unrestricted unless you are wanting to create an alternative history that the developers haven’t thought of.

What’s the Story?

In this intensely detailed but broad-ranging game you must arrange the world to suit your own preferred story. While much of the play occurs at the national level, it is possible to zoom in on the minutiae too, if that is your preference. So you can micromanage the doings in a small Russian town, population a few hundred, or you can zoom out massively, and send a sweeping attack across the whole of West Africa.

You can choose to operate from any one of the impressive 11,000 regions that are detailed on the game map – and detailed is exactly the right word! You can check the weather, what time sunrise and sunsets occur, the terrain and what supply lines are in place, before committing your time and attention to the area.

And it does not have to be an area that was involved directly with WWII – you can play an alternative history in which it was, thanks to the detailed world mapping and immense control offered by the game. The work that has gone into all these alt-histories is incredible, and there for your enjoyment!

The Nitty Gritty

The game relies only to a certain extent on AI, and often, if planning complex combat missions, you will have to actively guide your troops, if, for example, you have two rally points. The troops will not divide themselves and one rally point will become overused, while the other is almost ignored. Either of these are problematic: your crowded point will not be able to feed and house so many soldiers, while the other is easy prey for alert enemy combatants!

If you love this sort of intense armchair strategizing, this game is perfect for you. You can rework WWII over and over, seeing how even quite small changes make the outcomes change. You do have to pay attention though: neglecting your allies can have them leave you hanging, just as you are marching on the enemy, confidently expecting their backup when suddenly, whoops, you are all along and the Nazis are coming!

It can be hard in the heat of global battle to keep track of all the small stuff: heroic companies going above and beyond, excellent performance by revamped weapons proving the wisdom of early investment, etc, but it is a necessary skill to play the game fully, especially when you are managing multiple armies.

Who’s on My Side?

Any nation can have armed forces, which are supported by the civilians in the country. Civilian factories build equipment and many military items that allow for military factories to be built: the armed forces would be in a poor position if they were to alienate the civilian population of the country!

There are three types of armed forces to be trained, deployed and used to further the interests of the nation:

Navy – Naval forces are obviously sea-based, ideal for carrying long, heavy loads. Battleships and warships are built in dockyards, while other naval equipment is made in civilian and munitions factories

Air Force – taking combat aerial means that you can quickly attack distant places, and rapidly move small amounts of men, equipment and, of course, planes themselves

Infantry – Basically regular army, the ground force comprises infantry troops, tanks and the usual jeeps and perhaps horses

Train your men, customise your armies and design a perfect battle plan for them to enact.

Hearts of Iron IV for PC is available for purchase on Instant Gaming for a fraction of its retail price. You will receive an official key and be able to play the game in seconds. Play smart. Pay less.

Configurations

Windows
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MacOS

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.

minimum*

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.

recommended*

OS: OS: Ubuntu 20.04
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.

minimum*

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.

recommended*

OS: OS: macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
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.

Hearts of Iron franchise

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270 comments

Sommer2025

A month ago

I tried actiing my code but it didnt work. I live in switzerland and have bought europe codes a hand full of times now. Why does it work?

3 months ago

got the game, thanks

3 months ago

amazing!

4 months ago

easy and effective process

7 months ago

good stuff

A year ago

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Hearts of Iron IV is a WWII strategy game (the best out there). It focuses on historical accuracy, but you can always turn historical focuses off, and you can recreate history. There are also mods, a big community. Overall a PERFECT strategy game.

Fun
Best strategy game out there
Tutorial isnt very good

3rd December 2023

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very good

Funny game
Community is very cool
You learn history
Very hard game

28th August 2024

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Really cool cheap option

Cheap

13th December 2024

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Bought 2 codes for my friends and I got them instantly and they were fully functioning. Great website with great UX, highly recommend. Purchase did not take longer than a few seconds and the key was given instantly and shown clearly.

3rd May 2024

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It's a very good, immersive game, hard enough for new players, but once you get the hang of it, it's very satisfying to play, and allows you to develop your strategy in a video game.

On the negative side, the AI is very annoying during peace conferences, which are very random and affect the quality of the game.

The DLC is very good, but a little expensive for my taste.

Cool strategie
Very realistic
Tech trees and political game is successful
Peace conference with the AI is broken
Some mecanics that are very hard to master

5th February 2024

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Recent reviews

Starter Edition

Great game, very hard, but once you get the hang of it you just can't stop playing.

Endless fun
Very well done systems
Good multiplayer
DLCs expensive

6th June 2025

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One of my Favoriten games

27th May 2025

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10/10

Best game of its kind

historycaly acurate
filled with detailes, and secrets
hard to learn (can take up to 40 hours without tutorials)

15th May 2025

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fun game, was worried about buying it on a site thats not steam and maybe i got lucky with everything working but i highly reccomend. stay cautious on these sort of sites. but i got a game for £8 rather than £41 so i am very pleased. also brilliant strategy game and stuff

26th February 2025

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good stuff worked fine thanks

17th February 2025

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Perfect Game for everyone who likes to not understand whats going on and whats happening

Perfect for Grinding
Realistic
Coop-possible
easy addiction
hard to learn
can be frustating

15th January 2025

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works perfectly well

Fast Delivery

28th October 2024

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is good game

strategy
fun
mass destruction
it requires a BEEFY pc for late game
no boobies :(

13th October 2024

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very nice!!

very nice

19th July 2024

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Starter Edition

Downloaded game is incredibly laggy and it's not computer's fault because it far surpasses the recommended specs. I have tried everything to make it work but every time I boot it up, I can't go an entire in-game day without a massive lag spike.

can be fun
laggy

1st April 2024

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At first It kept on saying processing The product For the longest time I even had to time the next day to play it Then it complete Then I had another Issue Finding the key Luckily We managed to find it Overall this game is really good and it's really fast to get it on steam?

3rd March 2024

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Starter Edition

HOI4 allows players to experience the story they already love in a new way without losing any of the beauty from the original game. New and old characters get their chance to shine through and steal your heart, even the ones you never expected to. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and maybe you’ll even feel a sense of justice for the infamous Allies in the end. But one thing you won’t feel is regret in picking up HOI4, as it’s truly the best HOI title, if not one of the best video games, I’ve ever experienced to date.

Stalin
Stalin
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Germany
Hitler unrealistic picture
Hitler cat

25th January 2024

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Starter Edition

It's a lot of fun but super hard. its a game that you can spend 30 hours on and still make no progress and expand your country but with enough knowledge you will think its super fun. I think it's worth buying and giving it a try

Fun
A Realism
Good poin
Really hard
Too much time investing
Solo play

14th January 2024

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Starter Edition

Great Game but U have to watch some Tutorials to Unserstand all the Things in this Game. In thé Steam workshop are many great mods to Update thé game ins U finished singelplayer Game. Thé dlc are great too

For thé tut: bet4steel YouTube

Fun
Beginnerfriendly

4th November 2023

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the best game i have ever played. would highly recommend it. the mechanics are insanely elaborated, and the gameplay is very intense. it's a must have for any world war 2 enjoiers or tacticians wanna be out there

22nd October 2023

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