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Hearts of Iron IV

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2016-06-06

SteamAmazon

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 06, 2016 (Mac), Jun 06, 2016 (Linux), Jun 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Hearts of Iron IV is a $49.99 game released in 2016, estimated to have 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners, with Very Positive (90% of 374,169 reviews) in the Simulation and Strategy genres.

56,523
playing now
90%
positive of 376k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,302
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (214 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 81% recommend
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

56,523 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Hearts of Iron IV, also commonly abbreviated as HOI4, is a 2016 grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is the sequel to 2009's Hearts of Iron III and the fourth main installment in the Hearts of Iron series. Like previous games in the series, Hearts of Iron IV is a grand strategy wargame that focuses on World War II. The player can control any country in the world, starting either in 1936 or 1939. Players have the option to follow a nation's historical path, or leading various non-historical paths. The game allows players to play both single-player and multiplayer modes.

Trailer

Hearts of Iron IV trailer thumbnail

Hearts of Iron IV: Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 56,523 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 22,948 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,869/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 6,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.4M–23M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 375,598 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$10.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at WinGameStore (2021-05-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $58.79 · on sale 118 of 133 observed days · $6.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.6k7.6k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,357 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,703 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,087 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7,649 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,076 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,941 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,685 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,736 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,240 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,421 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,414 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,607 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,821 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,913 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,231 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,212 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,972 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,433 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,866 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,226 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,879 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,783 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,917 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,463 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,474 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,399 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,957 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,488 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,651 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,698 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,381 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,545 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,810 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,875 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,146 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,605 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,739 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,774 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,410 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,097 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,214 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,350 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,859 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,292 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,854 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,653 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,655 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,692 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,915 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,976 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,065 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,496 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,560 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 621 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,660 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 382 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,564 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 620 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,845 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 578 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,426 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,948 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,180 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 409 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,782 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,456 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,713 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,473 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,060 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,328 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,435 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,517 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,420 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,135 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,562 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,440 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,411 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,377 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,959 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,300 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,681 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 532 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,740 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,564 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,754 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,551 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,068 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,594 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,021 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 512 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,692 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

59k23k2026-08-06 16:00 — 47,224 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 29,722 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 33,386 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 53,875 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 31,698 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 46,801 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 39,413 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 25,226 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 48,454 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 30,031 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 29,867 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 48,482 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 25,658 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 42,435 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 44,425 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 27,778 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 54,918 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 30,435 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 31,468 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 50,533 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 25,092 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 41,820 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 37,647 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 23,835 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 50,846 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 34,242 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 36,844 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 55,590 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 24,769 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 42,477 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 37,515 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 23,163 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 46,457 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 30,890 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 25,112 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 53,206 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 30,697 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 44,835 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 49,323 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 56,523 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#35#432026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #352026-08-07 — #352026-08-08 — #352026-08-09 — #352026-08-10 — #352026-08-11 — #352026-08-12 — #352026-08-13 — #402026-08-14 — #402026-08-15 — #412026-08-16 — #402026-08-17 — #402026-08-18 — #402026-08-19 — #402026-08-20 — #402026-08-21 — #392026-08-22 — #392026-08-23 — #392026-08-24 — #402026-08-25 — #412026-08-26 — #392026-08-27 — #392026-08-28 — #392026-08-29 — #412026-08-30 — #43
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
79792026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 71 new positive2026-08-07: 9 new negative2026-08-08: 79 new positive2026-08-08: 17 new negative2026-08-09: 69 new positive2026-08-09: 15 new negative2026-08-10: 68 new positive2026-08-10: 14 new negative2026-08-11: 49 new positive2026-08-11: 12 new negative2026-08-12: 68 new positive2026-08-12: 13 new negative2026-08-14: 74 new positive2026-08-14: 13 new negative2026-08-15: 67 new positive2026-08-15: 7 new negative2026-08-16: 64 new positive2026-08-16: 5 new negative2026-08-17: 74 new positive2026-08-17: 16 new negative2026-08-18: 63 new positive2026-08-18: 6 new negative2026-08-19: 57 new positive2026-08-19: 14 new negative2026-08-20: 53 new positive2026-08-20: 11 new negative2026-08-21: 69 new positive2026-08-21: 18 new negative2026-08-22: 75 new positive2026-08-22: 15 new negative2026-08-23: 78 new positive2026-08-23: 17 new negative2026-08-24: 68 new positive2026-08-24: 8 new negative2026-08-25: 60 new positive2026-08-25: 11 new negative2026-08-26: 70 new positive2026-08-26: 22 new negative2026-08-27: 72 new positive2026-08-27: 14 new negative2026-08-28: 54 new positive2026-08-28: 20 new negative2026-08-29: 70 new positive2026-08-29: 12 new negative2026-08-30: 71 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$4.792016-03-172026-08-302016-03-17 — best price $49.992016-12-31 — best price $21.992017-05-23 — best price $22.492017-10-24 — best price $31.992018-02-21 — best price $16.002018-07-03 — best price $15.992018-10-30 — best price $13.992019-02-22 — best price $11.992019-06-19 — best price $11.992019-10-23 — best price $39.992020-01-17 — best price $16.002020-03-26 — best price $39.992020-06-12 — best price $15.992020-09-29 — best price $29.992021-01-04 — best price $39.992021-04-13 — best price $18.992021-07-07 — best price $4.792021-11-01 — best price $6.392022-02-09 — best price $39.992022-06-17 — best price $9.992022-09-27 — best price $5.982023-01-16 — best price $35.992023-06-11 — best price $9.992023-10-13 — best price $10.792024-02-24 — best price $39.992024-05-14 — best price $11.992024-07-28 — best price $33.992024-10-13 — best price $49.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-03-07 — best price $11.162025-05-29 — best price $15.002025-11-28 — best price $41.992026-03-11 — best price $44.992026-05-17 — best price $44.992026-08-11 — best price $44.892026-08-30 — best price $10.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9334222026-05-13 — 670 pageviews2026-05-16 — 578 pageviews2026-05-19 — 596 pageviews2026-05-22 — 620 pageviews2026-05-25 — 566 pageviews2026-05-28 — 553 pageviews2026-05-31 — 545 pageviews2026-06-03 — 607 pageviews2026-06-06 — 933 pageviews2026-06-09 — 578 pageviews2026-06-12 — 920 pageviews2026-06-15 — 728 pageviews2026-06-18 — 671 pageviews2026-06-21 — 610 pageviews2026-06-24 — 594 pageviews2026-06-27 — 654 pageviews2026-06-30 — 517 pageviews2026-07-03 — 549 pageviews2026-07-06 — 636 pageviews2026-07-09 — 580 pageviews2026-07-12 — 548 pageviews2026-07-15 — 487 pageviews2026-07-18 — 566 pageviews2026-07-21 — 548 pageviews2026-07-24 — 497 pageviews2026-07-27 — 556 pageviews2026-07-30 — 461 pageviews2026-08-02 — 505 pageviews2026-08-05 — 504 pageviews2026-08-08 — 470 pageviews2026-08-11 — 478 pageviews2026-08-14 — 535 pageviews2026-08-17 — 574 pageviews2026-08-20 — 513 pageviews2026-08-23 — 563 pageviews2026-08-24 — 646 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.4k42026-08-26 19:15 — 166 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 412 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,398 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 261 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 286 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 174 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 342 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 428 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,302 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
19.8%
earned "Friend in Need"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing24 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,6100%293
Windows (Xbox)2580%191

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarSandboxMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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