Hearts of Iron IV cover art

Hearts of Iron IV

2016 · Paradox Development Studio · ~100h to finish

Division templates, supply and production efficiency are the game, and none of them are on screen when you start. The front line is only ever a symptom.

strategysimPCMetacritic 83
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty7.0BRUTAL

Long walls, many attempts. Bring patience.

Price on Steam

$49.99

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Strategy
8.5
Learning Curve
8.3
Obscurity
8.1
Punishment
4.4
Grind
4.3
Puzzle
3.0
Reaction
0.4
Execution
0.3
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Punishment drops 1.1 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Obscurity drops 1.1 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 3.4 points off, if you use them.

These are generic numbers. Calibrate and this whole page re-scores around you.

Calibrate

Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT

No walls charted yet. If you have played this, you know where it bites — add the first one.

Assists & accessibility

0/4 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Difficulty modes [unsourced]
  • Save anywhere [unsourced]

VISION

  • Scalable UI & text [unsourced]

GUIDANCE

  • Replayable tutorials & glossary [unsourced]

Claims marked unsourced have not been checked against a published accessibility review. Nothing here is inferred from genre — where we do not know, we say nothing.

What it is

Victory is at your fingertips!

Where to go from here

Argue with these asks

Its own neighbourhood, ordered by how close the difficulty actually sits.

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