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Hearts of Iron III

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2009-08-07

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 04, 2009 (Mac), Aug 07, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

59
playing now
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $2.49 · on sale 0 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

78232026-08-06 22:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 67 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 64 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 67 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 47 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 75 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 57 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 75 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 39 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 74 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.49$2.492026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — best price $2.492026-08-07 — best price $2.492026-08-08 — best price $2.492026-08-09 — best price $2.492026-08-10 — best price $2.492026-08-11 — best price $2.492026-08-12 — best price $2.492026-08-13 — best price $2.492026-08-18 — best price $2.492026-08-19 — best price $2.492026-08-20 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing18 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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