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Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game

BL-Logic · Paradox Interactive · 2010-02-23

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 23, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.

Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game is a 2010 Strategy game priced at $2.49, with a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 392 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

25
playing now
84%
positive of 392 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game is a 2010 grand strategy video game developed by BL-Logic and published by Paradox Interactive for Microsoft Windows. It is based on Hearts of Iron II - Armageddon and developed on Paradox's in-house Europa Engine. It is developed by BL-Logic, a development studio made up by fans of the Hearts of Iron series and active members of the modding community. Arsenal of Democracy was announced on 8 September 2009 and released on 23 February 2010.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 392 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at GamersGate (2015-03-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3292026-09-15 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3714Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 20 · peak 44Dec 2012 — avg 24 · peak 51May 2013 — avg 19 · peak 43Oct 2013 — avg 16 · peak 37Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 42Aug 2014 — avg 18 · peak 39Jan 2015 — avg 25 · peak 56Jun 2015 — avg 31 · peak 76Nov 2015 — avg 29 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 32 · peak 64Sep 2016 — avg 26 · peak 54Feb 2017 — avg 25 · peak 50Jul 2017 — avg 24 · peak 49Dec 2017 — avg 21 · peak 44May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 45Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 48Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 52Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 45Jan 2020 — avg 22 · peak 51Jun 2020 — avg 26 · peak 56Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 56Apr 2021 — avg 22 · peak 52Sep 2021 — avg 22 · peak 48Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 58Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 40Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 54Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 47Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 49Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 46Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 46Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 36Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.00$1.972015-01-012026-05-072015-01-01 — best price $1.972015-05-12 — best price $9.992015-09-02 — best price $1.992015-11-09 — best price $2.402016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-09-01 — best price $2.492017-01-03 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-11-20 — best price $9.992018-02-12 — best price $2.502018-04-04 — best price $9.992018-07-23 — best price $2.492018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $2.492019-06-14 — best price $2.492019-10-18 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $8.592020-01-22 — best price $2.492020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-04-13 — best price $2.492020-05-30 — best price $8.292020-07-24 — best price $2.102020-09-07 — best price $2.492020-11-01 — best price $9.992020-12-23 — best price $2.492021-05-01 — best price $2.492021-11-23 — best price $9.992022-05-05 — best price $2.202022-08-16 — best price $2.492022-10-25 — best price $2.492023-02-16 — best price $2.492024-04-23 — best price $8.492024-11-05 — best price $8.492026-05-07 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1622026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 5 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 3 pageviews2026-10-12 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

StrategyHistoricalWorld War IIGrand Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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