Hearts of Iron III
World War II grand strategy across diplomacy, industry, and combat
Paradox Development Studio · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Aug 7, 2009
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 6,084
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 41
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 6 years ago
- May 4, 2020
Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)
What is Hearts of Iron III?
A map-based World War II grand strategy game where you lead a nation through scenarios set between 1936 and 1948. You direct land, naval, and air forces while managing diplomacy, politics, industry, and research as the war unfolds.
For you if...
- +you enjoy detailed World War II military planning
- +you like managing diplomacy, production, and research
- +you favor complex strategy with extensive micromanagement
Not for you if...
- −you prefer straightforward battles to detailed nation management
- −you want strategy without a steep learning curve
What players say
76% of 6,084 reviews are positive
Players praise the detailed military planning, logistics, and wartime politics. Many report crashes or trouble launching the game on modern systems, and some find it difficult to learn.
Screenshots and trailer
Hearts of Iron III system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
- Processor
- Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 videocard
- Memory
- 2 GB of RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Grand Strategy
- Strategy
- World War II
- Historical
- Simulation
- Military
- Real-Time with Pause
- War
- Sandbox
- Multiplayer
- Difficult
- Singleplayer
- RTS
- Wargame
- Alternate History
- Great Soundtrack
Recent updates
- May 4, 2020 · Hearts of Iron III security update May 4th
- Feb 17, 2020 · Hearts of Iron III Security Update
18 DLC available.
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