Hearts of Iron IV: General Edition

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Expansion Pass 2 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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Release date:
06 June 2016
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (118998)
User tags*:SingleplayerActionOpen WorldHistoricalWar

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Game features

Co-op

Description

Expansion Pass 2


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

Cartofelcusnitel
Recommended | 07 Feb 2026
150h played

No tutorial what so ever. It's like getting placed in a boss fight with no gear at all. Truly a painful experience 10/10

Helpful: 112
An8BitMonkey
Recommended | 20 Feb 2026
266h played

In Hearts of Iron 4, you play as the omniscient genius loci of a chosen country. Using your powers of mind control, you will ensorcell millions of people to make the wrong political decisions, build factories and roads, or critically—ships you will forget about until four hours from now when you need to naval invade Japan when they will be outdated and useless. This is all to live out your greatest

Helpful: 7
Billybob47898
Recommended | 09 Feb 2026
108h played

Very fun vanilla game and very fun with lots of mod capabilities

Helpful: 12