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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Martin Ivanov · Paradox Interactive · 2011-04-08

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 09, 2011 (Linux), Apr 08, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

72
playing now
90%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a 2011 grand strategy video game developed by Martin Ivanov and published by Paradox Interactive. It is the first installment in the Hearts of Iron series to not be developed by Paradox Development Studio, instead being developed by a team of independent developers led by Ivanov; Paradox let them use their in-house Europa Engine.

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  • · Top 21% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 84k–168k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,096 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.61 at Nuuvem (2014-10-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 52 of 81 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

137452026-08-06 23:00 — 72 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 85 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 128 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 86 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 79 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 137 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 94 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 53 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 103 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 81 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 100 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 82 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 136 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 111 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 79 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 106 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 63 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 126 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 135 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 65 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 85 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 124 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.00$1.752015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.972015-04-26 — best price $9.912015-06-11 — best price $1.992015-12-18 — best price $2.392016-04-25 — best price $2.492017-01-03 — best price $8.992017-08-18 — best price $9.232018-04-27 — best price $9.992018-09-28 — best price $4.162019-01-05 — best price $9.992019-04-30 — best price $9.992019-09-23 — best price $9.992019-12-13 — best price $2.502020-02-10 — best price $2.492020-04-24 — best price $9.192020-07-21 — best price $9.992020-09-08 — best price $2.492020-10-21 — best price $9.992021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $2.492021-08-20 — best price $9.992021-12-07 — best price $9.992022-05-05 — best price $2.202022-09-06 — best price $9.992023-01-10 — best price $8.992023-06-11 — best price $2.492023-09-01 — best price $8.702024-03-20 — best price $2.492024-08-07 — best price $7.492024-11-30 — best price $2.002025-08-11 — best price $1.992026-02-12 — best price $1.992026-07-29 — best price $8.702026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Polish, Russian

Player tags

RTSWarSandboxWargameCold WarMilitaryModdableStrategyHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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