Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
Martin Ivanov · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Apr 8, 2011
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 2,103
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 70
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Apr 11, 2024
Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)
What is Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game?
A map-based historical grand strategy game covering campaigns from the outbreak of World War I to the onset of the Cold War. Choose a nation, manage diplomacy, and direct military operations in grand campaigns or focused battle scenarios, alone or in multiplayer.
For you if...
- +you enjoy detailed strategy across both world wars
- +you prefer hands-on control of military operations
Not for you if...
- −you want automated front lines and minimal micromanagement
- −you dislike managing diplomacy alongside military operations
What players say
90% of 2,103 reviews are positive
Players praise its strategic depth, range of scenarios, and community mods. A negative review calls it historically rigid and says coordinating attacks can slow the pace.
Screenshots and trailer
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 98/ ME / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
- Processor
- Pentium III 800 MH
- Graphics
- 4 MB DirectX-compatible
- Memory
- 128 MB Ram
- Storage
- 2 GB hard disk space
- Notes
- Mouse with scroll wheel, keyboard and internet for multiplayer
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- Strategy
- Grand Strategy
- World War II
- Historical
- World War I
- Wargame
- Simulation
- Military
- RTS
- War
- Cold War
- Moddable
- Multiplayer
- Sandbox
- Singleplayer
- Real-Time with Pause
Recent updates
- Apr 11, 2024 · Dev Diary #36 has been published on the Pdox forum
- Apr 10, 2024 · Patch 1.05.2 is now available
- Jun 21, 2019 · Patch 1.05.1 now officially released
- Feb 14, 2018 · Hotfix 1.5.1 now available
- Feb 14, 2018 · Hotfix 1.5.1 now available
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