Game guide
Hearts of Iron IV
Game overview
What is Hearts of Iron IV?
A detailed World War II grand strategy game about national planning, production, logistics, diplomacy and military operations.
What you actually do
The core loop
War planning, production, diplomacy, research and logistics shape the main loop.
How progress works
Progress through technology, national focuses and territorial control.
Action and interaction
Expect strategic combat and real time with pause.
How the game is structured
Explore its historical world map setting.
Your setup
Can your group play it?
The essentials first, with platform-specific detail available below.
Player and mode details1 setup
Selected platforms
- 2-8 players online
Verified core group profile supports up to 8; dedicated-server or ambient-world capacity is intentionally not substituted for a normal group size.
In play
See how it plays.
Availability
Platform differences.
Important edition and storefront differences remain available without taking over the page.
Check platform and storefront details1 group
Steam
PC
- PC availability and input support from publisher-submitted Steam data; cross-platform matrix left unknown here.
PC hardware
Will it run?
Well suited to modest PCs.
View minimum PC requirementsExact specs
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300
- GPU
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 GB
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
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