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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.

Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Franchise: Hearts of Iron
Release date: Jun 6, 2016
Store page updated: Aug 26, 2026
Price: $49.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

73.5/ 100

Based on 358 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 87% of 2,046

All time 😄 Very Positive 90% of 376,928

“fun gameplay with extensive content and replayability”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

-0.56

Onboarding -2.73 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours

“confusing fleet mechanics, unclear how to interact with systems” (81)

Шикарная игра! после первого запуска не разобрался ,как работает флот,сейчас же я все еще не понимаю,как работает флот и как взаимодействовать с так называемой девушкой

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Story & World

+2.12

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

World +2.38 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“historically accurate world setting” (9)

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Content Volume

+3.28

Volume +3.43 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

“1000 hours of engaging gameplay with strategic depth” (15)

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Visuals & Sound

+2.00

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +2.67 · Graphics, art style, and animation

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Multiplayer

+1.01

Not enough data — only 10% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +1.00 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

-3.43

Pricing -3.51 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

“core systems built around DLC, base game feels stripped-down and incomplete” (87)

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Tech & Support

-2.90

Developer support -2.91 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

Jun 2016Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 2,046 reviews, peak 90/day

Aug 20Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.