Released Jun 6, 2016 $49.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Hearts of Iron IV

By Paradox Development Studio · published by Paradox Interactive

StrategyWorld War IIGrand Strategy War Historical Military Alternate History Multiplayer SimulationTacticalSingleplayerRTS

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Followers 502k

Reviews 261k Very Positive

Players yesterday 32,112 at the busiest moment

Owners 5M–10M estimated

Hearts of Iron IV is a game tagged Strategy, World War II and Grand Strategy by Paradox Development Studio, released Jun 6, 2016. It has 260,962 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 5M–10M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Hearts of Iron III, States of Power and Espiocracy.

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.

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Hearts of Iron III 93% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
States of Power 88% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Espiocracy 85% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces 84% match · Strategy, World War II, War
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete 83% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection 82% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Supreme Ruler 1936 82% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Making History: The Great War 81% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game 81% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy
Making History II: The War of the World 79% match · Strategy, World War II, Grand Strategy

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Hearts of Iron IV · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID394360

Release dateJun 6, 2016

Last change number40126642

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Hearts of Iron
Metacritic: 83
Website: heartsofiron4.com

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudCross-platform multiplayerCo-opRemote Play on tabletFamily Sharing

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25826175	open_beta	Oct 9, 2026
25205862	public	Sep 17, 2026
23764500	1.19.1.0	Jun 17, 2026
23541986	1.18.3.0	Jun 4, 2026
22500574	1.17.5.2	Mar 26, 2026
21119377	1.17.3.0	Feb 19, 2026
20110105	1.16.10	Oct 29, 2025
18823923	1.16.9	Sep 8, 2025
18550822	1.16.8	Jun 11, 2025
18518426	1.16.7	May 21, 2025
18460246	1.16.6	May 19, 2025
18239579	1.16.5	May 14, 2025
17895991	1.16.4	Apr 28, 2025
17868586	1.16.3	Mar 28, 2025
17781108	1.16.2	Mar 26, 2025
17692163	1.16.1	Mar 19, 2025
17590860	1.16.0	Mar 12, 2025
17075581	1.15.4	Mar 3, 2025
16721020	1.15.3	Jan 22, 2025
16033080	1.14.10	Oct 22, 2024
14111852	1.14.5	Jun 5, 2024
13788539	1.14.3	Apr 2, 2024
13209680	1.13.7	Mar 7, 2024
12405907	1.12.14	Oct 10, 2023
9324400	1.11.13	Sep 22, 2022
7337794	1.10.8	Nov 12, 2021
6513881	1.10.5	Jun 2, 2021
5841295	1.9.x	Nov 17, 2020
4649066	1.8.2	Feb 10, 2020
3948182	1.7.1	Jun 26, 2019
3698640	1.6.2	Apr 3, 2019
2895913	1.5.4	Feb 19, 2019

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
445630	Not on the store yet	—
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460551	Not on the store yet	—
460552	Not on the store yet	—
460553	Not on the store yet	—
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460600	Not on the store yet	—
460610	Not on the store yet	—
461800	Not on the store yet	—
471560	Not on the store yet	—
472410	Not on the store yet	—
472411	Not on the store yet	—
473130	Not on the store yet	—
486950	Not on the store yet	—
530760	Not on the store yet	—
554840	Not on the store yet	—
584140	Not on the store yet	—
584141	Not on the store yet	—
616200	Not on the store yet	—
642010	Not on the store yet	—
702350	Not on the store yet	—
815460	Not on the store yet	—
1032150	Not on the store yet	—
1086480	Not on the store yet	—
1086481	Not on the store yet	—
1158100	Not on the store yet	—
1206030	Not on the store yet	—
1317230	Not on the store yet	—
1317250	Not on the store yet	—
1348660	Not on the store yet	—
1348661	Not on the store yet	—
1579991	Not on the store yet	—
1579992	Not on the store yet	—
1785140	Not on the store yet	—
1877010	Not on the store yet	—
1880650	Not on the store yet	—
1880660	Not on the store yet	—
2183930	Not on the store yet	—
2280250	Not on the store yet	—
2695150	Not on the store yet	—
2786480	Not on the store yet	—
2981720	Not on the store yet	—
3152780	Not on the store yet	—
3152790	Not on the store yet	—
3152800	Not on the store yet	—
3152810	Not on the store yet	—
3152820	Not on the store yet	—
3152840	Not on the store yet	—
3654400	Not on the store yet	—
3757310	Not on the store yet	—
3796240	Not on the store yet	—
3796250	Not on the store yet	—
3796260	Not on the store yet	—
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3796290	Not on the store yet	—
4758600	Not on the store yet	—
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4758620	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228983	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228988	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
394361	—	All	6.05 GB	2.33 GB	5714581591752887071
394362	—	Windows	212.6 MB	169.2 MB	2949225837943588021
394363	—	Linux	250.1 MB	178.5 MB	2483066677378773473
394364	—	macOS	448.2 MB	345.0 MB	3008302370560483485
445630	— DLC 445630	All	—	—	—
460550	— DLC 460550	All	6.8 MB	2.8 MB	5911192872142258248
460551	— DLC 460551	All	6.1 MB	2.4 MB	4533585690398081686
460552	— DLC 460552	All	—	—	7892184416916918423
460553	— DLC 460553	All	82.4 KB	82.8 KB	722034115866212654
460554	— DLC 460554	All	4.4 MB	1.8 MB	8377404771774500894
460555	— DLC 460555	All	5.5 MB	2.0 MB	8892536187614377217
460556	— DLC 460556	All	6.7 MB	2.3 MB	6165699058774358489
460557	— DLC 460557	All	42.9 MB	41.1 MB	5823949483229347544
460558	— DLC 460558	All	49.9 MB	37.1 MB	3550511206547999886
460559	— DLC 460559	All	2.4 MB	2.3 MB	5093762405086364885
460600	— DLC 460600	All	6.0 MB	2.4 MB	1482098517571169599
460610	— DLC 460610	All	6.2 MB	2.1 MB	6692245069856235421
461800	— DLC 461800	All	52.5 MB	52.5 MB	2756093238019122493
471560	— DLC 471560	All	—	—	6371823134000697462
472410	— DLC 472410	All	26.0 MB	26.3 MB	1902430195696851694
472411	— DLC 472411	All	18.2 MB	18.4 MB	2210067973138152887
473130	— DLC 473130	All	29.2 MB	28.5 MB	9072240424424475042
486950	— DLC 486950	All	187.6 MB	177.2 MB	2613510165549400531
530760	— DLC 530760	All	—	—	7737702241375883740
584140	— DLC 584140	All	—	—	5338798216403972785
584141	— DLC 584141	All	94.4 MB	94.5 MB	3085227223220677933
642010	— DLC 642010	All	21.8 MB	13.7 MB	8268665884695314227
702350	— DLC 702350	All	—	—	7446681591222407330
815460	— DLC 815460	All	—	—	9035856187811656401
1032150	— DLC 1032150	All	25.4 MB	25.7 MB	6946175976150883270
1086480	— DLC 1086480	All	91.4 MB	52.1 MB	2622071548072208482
1086481	— DLC 1086481	All	214.4 MB	213.0 MB	5299289962220713936
1158100	— DLC 1158100	All	162.9 MB	112.4 MB	4721386625305758373
1206030	— DLC 1206030	All	11.2 MB	11.3 MB	2486247990575468371
1317230	— DLC 1317230	All	71.8 MB	39.1 MB	6441393697329983387
1317250	— DLC 1317250	All	192.3 MB	192.8 MB	5590993095464206705
1348660	— DLC 1348660	All	159.4 MB	86.8 MB	2633790543177453095
1348661	— DLC 1348661	All	384.5 MB	266.8 MB	3578673394977108706
1579991	— DLC 1579991	All	309.4 MB	228.6 MB	5265963005161277519
1579992	— DLC 1579992	All	134.5 MB	134.8 MB	4645207992410657842
1785140	— DLC 1785140	All	9.3 MB	9.4 MB	8612312908555194757
1880650	— DLC 1880650	All	260.4 MB	163.2 MB	1063531940111172762
1880660	— DLC 1880660	All	9.6 MB	9.6 MB	1621465627603606167
2183930	— DLC 2183930	All	266.5 MB	187.2 MB	8666729742739656847
2280250	— DLC 2280250	All	2.5 MB	2.5 MB	4595125195305836438
2695150	— DLC 2695150	All	170.6 MB	101.0 MB	789334679240844559
2786480	— DLC 2786480	All	3.7 MB	3.7 MB	8283911209602854697
2981720	— DLC 2981720	All	12.2 MB	3.7 MB	6070501894157223792
3152780	— DLC 3152780	All	377.4 MB	241.6 MB	2597162523324191326
3152790	— DLC 3152790	All	199.6 MB	137.2 MB	1137511740194956080
3152800	— DLC 3152800	All	71.7 MB	35.4 MB	5524253229234759002
3152820	— DLC 3152820	All	4.0 MB	2.0 MB	5017632462182964817
3152840	— DLC 3152840	All	1.7 MB	1.6 MB	6272489151809561924
3757310	— DLC 3757310	All	31.4 MB	26.8 MB	1871876567900092182
3796250	— DLC 3796250	All	4.5 MB	2.6 MB	3011498097703768713
3796260	— DLC 3796260	All	253.3 MB	186.5 MB	6630944336668692370
3796270	— DLC 3796270	All	47.6 MB	26.0 MB	5271911256406109778
3796290	— DLC 3796290	All	472.0 MB	383.9 MB	1362151780629472947
4758600	— DLC 4758600	All	—	—	—
4758610	— DLC 4758610	All	—	—	—
4758620	— DLC 4758620	All	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25205862	Sep 17, 2026	Open
open_beta Open Beta	25826175	Oct 9, 2026	Open
1.19.1.0 Operation Postern (Old)	23764500	Jun 17, 2026	Open
1.18.3.0 Case Green (Old)	23541986	Jun 4, 2026	Open
1.17.5.2 Musketeer (Old)	22500574	Mar 26, 2026	Open
1.17.3.0 Musketeer (Old)	21119377	Feb 19, 2026	Open
1.16.10 Countenance (Old)	20110105	Oct 29, 2025	Open
1.16.9 Countenance (Old)	18823923	Sep 8, 2025	Open
1.16.8 Countenance (Old)	18550822	Jun 11, 2025	Open
1.16.7 Countenance (Old)	18518426	May 21, 2025	Open
1.16.6 Countenance (Old)	18460246	May 19, 2025	Open
1.16.5 Countenance (Old)	18239579	May 14, 2025	Open
1.16.4 Countenance (Old)	17895991	Apr 28, 2025	Open
1.16.3 Countenance (Old)	17868586	Mar 28, 2025	Open
1.16.2 Countenance (Old)	17781108	Mar 26, 2025	Open
1.16.1 Countenance (Old)	17692163	Mar 19, 2025	Open
1.16.0 Countenance (Old)	17590860	Mar 12, 2025	Open
1.15.4 Kaiser (Old)	17075581	Mar 3, 2025	Open
1.15.3 Kaiser (Old)	16721020	Jan 22, 2025	Open
1.14.10 Bolivar (Old)	16033080	Oct 22, 2024	Open
1.14.5 Bolivar (Old)	14111852	Jun 5, 2024	Open
1.14.3 Bolivar (Old)	13788539	Apr 2, 2024	Open
1.13.7 Stella Polaris (Old)	13209680	Mar 7, 2024	Open
1.12.14 Avalanche (Old)	12405907	Oct 10, 2023	Open
1.11.13 Barbarossa (Old)	9324400	Sep 22, 2022	Open
1.10.8 Collie Anniversary (Old)	7337794	Nov 12, 2021	Open
1.10.5 Collie (Old)	6513881	Jun 2, 2021	Open
1.9.x Husky (Old)	5841295	Nov 17, 2020	Open
1.8.2 Fork (Old)	4649066	Feb 10, 2020	Open
1.7.1 Hydra (Old)	3948182	Jun 26, 2019	Open
1.6.2 Ironclad (Old)	3698640	Apr 3, 2019	Open
1.5.4 Cornflakes (Old)	2895913	Feb 19, 2019	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Hearts of Iron IV

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
dowser.exe	--	Windows · 64-bit
dowser	--	macOS
dowser	--	Linux · 64-bit
hoi4.exe		Windows	Launch game (1.7.1 and older)
hoi4.app		macOS	Launch game (1.7.1 and older)
hoi4		Linux	Launch game (1.7.1 and older)

All 13 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
hoi4.exe		Windows	Launch game (skip launcher)
hoi4.app		macOS	Launch game (skip launcher)
run_hoi4		Linux	Launch game (skip launcher)
hoi4		Linux	Launch game (skip launcher)
hoi4.exe	-nakama	Windows	Launch game (Nakama MP)
hoi4.app	-nakama	macOS	Launch game (Nakama MP)
run_hoi4	-nakama	Linux	Launch game (Nakama MP)

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

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