Hearts of Iron IV

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 968 Ratings

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  1. Koblihozrout
    Jun 7, 2016
    6
    Disappointment :(.

    AI is retarded. For instance Germany declared war on Poland (+UK, France), after a month it declared on USSR, yeah didn't work out very well. Why would you teach AI to evaluate national focuses, unnecessary! If you are at war with half the world and got focus to declare war on another country, you should immediately execute! On other hand, is France and UK loosing    Disappointment :(.

    AI is retarded. For instance Germany declared war on Poland (+UK, France), after a month it declared on USSR, yeah didn't work out very well. Why would you teach AI to evaluate national focuses, unnecessary! If you are at war with half the world and got focus to declare war on another country, you should immediately execute! On other hand, is France and UK loosing badly? Well let's guarantee Greece independence so we can get into more wars... In other words diplomacy is dumbed down to national focuses and insane behavior. Oh and it has "improve relations" option, so if you are in Axis, and anti communist treaty with Germany, you are fighting war together, got relations maxed out, it's still gonna make ultimatums to Czechoslovakia (cause national focus..), sadly it can't declare war, it would be nice finishing touch :)

    OOB gone, not much to talk about here, no HQ, no nothing. No division commanders either.

    Research gone, practical knowledge? Theoretical knowledge? Don't be ridiculous you just conquered your first ports, why couldn't you go into carriers with same speed as USA? There is no specialization you can get what you want.

    Buying licenses gone.

    Trading resources? Well remember that anti communist pact? You can still buy anything in USSR... When i say buy, i don't mean like there is a market and prices, don't be ridicules. You can't stockpile and plan for war either.

    Custom divisions, yeah put in there whatever you want, no combined arms or anything so have division full of infantry, or have many smaller ones with one infantry each, nobody cares. Let's not pretend like there are actual effective and non effective ways to wage war, since WWI it's common knowledge that modern war is about putting whatever you have on the front, and if your soldiers have enough courage you shall prevail! Upside is you can't really go wrong. A tank division with hospital and support (non self propelled) arty? Sure why not.

    On the upside equipment production and units training are done in more realistic and better way. But than again planes, tanks, civil factories don't consume fuel or any other resource now, so you can safely spam those.

    Air combat is better, but still not very impactfull. Wings don't have commanders or experience, i don't know why there is a button for day/night or both missions, since you don't care about any of that, your planes don't loose any organization flying non efficient night missions, so you should always have both day and night on.

    Battle plans and AI troop command that's a clear improvement. Not perfect but better in every way.

    Hadn't had any crushes or bugs of that sort. Graphics are better i guess, but there was nothing wrong with hoi3 graphics either. UI is OK. The game gives impression that it's not a successor to previous games but like it's a new game from different dev. It takes it's own approach on one or two mechanics, and makes them better, and it dumbs down and ignores everything we love. I heard on stream devs to say, that Vicky2 was perfect and they can't improve it, i actually start to believe it now. Will the game be fixed by DLC's? It'll be improved, but hardly fixed. Disappointment :(.    … Expand
  2. Filaton
    Jun 7, 2016
    7
    Pros:
    -Good graphics.
    -Good art. -The production system is pretty compact, doesn't give you an instant headache like HoI3. -I like the idea behind the war planning and frontiers. Cons: -The AI is kind of flunky and the frontier system is just plain frustrating at times. -Diplomacy is very dry. -Classic Paradox problems like **** optimization and bewildering UI. -Tech tree is    Pros:
    -Good graphics.
    -Good art.
    -The production system is pretty compact, doesn't give you an instant headache like HoI3.
    -I like the idea behind the war planning and frontiers.

    Cons:
    -The AI is kind of flunky and the frontier system is just plain frustrating at times.
    -Diplomacy is very dry.
    -Classic Paradox problems like **** optimization and bewildering UI.
    -Tech tree is maybe just a little too streamlined(why would I build Light Tanks when I can build Light Tank IIs just a few months later?).

    Honestly it's less immersive than HoI3. My guess is that the audience for HoI3's complexity was just too small, even by PDX standards, that they had to try and make this somehow more casual friendly. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad game, its just kind of meant to reach a different, bigger audience this time around.    … Expand
  3. Dedmosh
    Jun 25, 2016
    5
    This game is abysmal. Not because of the fundamentals. The foundation is great. However, the A.I is so bad and the campaign goes so far away from not just history but from REALITY that it is mind boggling.

    Do not under any circumstances buy this game until at minimum late December. The developers working on this are extremely lazy and have been dragging their feet nonstop throughout    This game is abysmal. Not because of the fundamentals. The foundation is great. However, the A.I is so bad and the campaign goes so far away from not just history but from REALITY that it is mind boggling.

    Do not under any circumstances buy this game until at minimum late December. The developers working on this are extremely lazy and have been dragging their feet nonstop throughout development and have only gotten lazier after release.

    The game is so beyond broken and yet they are going on a month long vacation! That means a month before these issues even BEGIN to get resolved.

    I know modders who have found and fixed more bugs in a couple weeks than podcat (team leader Daniel Lind) has fixed in TWO YEARS.

    Biggest disappointment since Hoi3, IMO its worse because it will take even longer to get fixed.

    Do not buy!    … Expand
  4. Helmenkalastaja
    Sep 22, 2018
    6
    Not the best Hoi for me to play. I liked graphics alot but game seems to be too simplified when comparing to older games in serie. Vanilla version is just missing key factors that are included in DLC so you have to buy more if you wan't more satisfying playing experience. AI is quite terrible, making lot of simply mistakes and trying to take advantage from annoying playing styles ( allNot the best Hoi for me to play. I liked graphics alot but game seems to be too simplified when comparing to older games in serie. Vanilla version is just missing key factors that are included in DLC so you have to buy more if you wan't more satisfying playing experience. AI is quite terrible, making lot of simply mistakes and trying to take advantage from annoying playing styles ( all airforce on same area for example ).… Expand
  5. Smula
    Aug 1, 2016
    5
    Pro:
    -I like the new skill tree
    -Graphics Con: -PERFORMANCE... unplayable after 1943 -Army Structure and diplomacy etc, is gone. But Perfomance weight heavy for me, because I simply cant play the game. And I cant understand the reviews of gaming magazines: They write stuff like "Even with I7 stuttering..." But they gave it a 8+ out of 10? In my Eyes the game is only 5 points    Pro:
    -I like the new skill tree
    -Graphics
    Con:
    -PERFORMANCE... unplayable after 1943
    -Army Structure and diplomacy etc, is gone.

    But Perfomance weight heavy for me, because I simply cant play the game.
    And I cant understand the reviews of gaming magazines:
    They write stuff like "Even with I7 stuttering..."
    But they gave it a 8+ out of 10? In my Eyes the game is only 5 points worth, because only half part is playable for me.
    (I5 3570K, 8GB Ram, 3GB Graphic card, installed on SSD)    … Expand
  6. Adar1
    Aug 25, 2016
    5
    After more than 300 hours play, I can state that Hearts of Iron IV is a degraded version of Hearts of Iron III.

    I f you like the way it is, go for it and enjoy.
  7. JanDadan
    Jul 7, 2016
    7
    Meatgrinder deluxe.
    This is 200% hardcore gaming.
    Strategy at its best. Nothing for the faint-hearted.
    Still it is somehow simplified compared to HO3.

    Overall, a recommendation from me.

    - JanDadan Gaming
  8. YigitErenYilmaz
    Jan 21, 2019
    5
    If you have bad pc, the game is not playable for you

    If you have bad pc, the game is not playable for you

    69/100
  9. Pramolinein
    Dec 6, 2020
    7
    Игра очень интересная про 2 мировую но есть небольшие проблемы с музыкой и обучении. Музыка быстро надоедает спасают только моды. Обучение есть но оно для тех кто умеет читать
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    May 10, 2022
    6
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  11. inkblowout
    Oct 3, 2020
    6
    This will probably be my most controversial score as I love this game to death. (Have over 1700+ hours at the point.)

    But the reason why I'm giving it such a meh score is due to Paradox's incompetence in developing this game. HOI4 was originally supposed to be a WW2 strategy simulator with a heavy focus in combat compared to Victoria 2/EU4 and CK2. But over time they seem to go for an    This will probably be my most controversial score as I love this game to death. (Have over 1700+ hours at the point.)

    But the reason why I'm giving it such a meh score is due to Paradox's incompetence in developing this game. HOI4 was originally supposed to be a WW2 strategy simulator with a heavy focus in combat compared to Victoria 2/EU4 and CK2. But over time they seem to go for an alternate History route with making countries more fun which is great.

    But the problem with this is that over the 2 years since I got this game, no changes in the AI have been made whatsoever. And this AI isn't good at all, the problem is that the AI doesn't know what to do with divisions so they either oversupply their fronts, continue attacking fronts until they are drained completely or god forbid abandon their fronts. Like really? 4 years and this hasn't been fixed... but hey let's put a couple of new focuses on Portgual, a country that is neutral during WW2.

    Also, the DLC is the problem, the problem is that these DLC usually add some new focuses to the country to give them usually more options and alt. history options. These are basically recommended if you enjoy the alt. history portions of HOI4 so expect to shell out $100+ in DLC if you are looking to get the best possible experience. Not only that, but DLC also includes gameplay mechanics that base game holders aren't even allowed to get access to unless you shell out $15-$20. (AKA the boat design in Man the Guns DLC isn't included if you have the base game.) But the thing is that these should have been included in the base game, which gives players an excuse to buy these overpriced DLC. Also as stated before they tend to focus on different things for DLCs than for ones that really need an overhaul (IE Italy and USSR, which they have stuck the same since the game's release.)

    Overall it seems that Paradox just seems to have conflicting plans on what to do for this game. Do they want to make it a WW2 war strat. game or do they want to make this an Alt. history clusterf**k that pointless countries that were neutral in WW2 are updated but some of the most important countries are ignored? It seems that a lot of HOI4 mods like Engsieg/Road to 56 does a better job in both the gameplay department and the content department. If Paradox refined their HOI3 gameplay and made it easier to understand for the general public like with a proper tutorial or have a more simplified UI. (HOI4's current tutorial is just pointless as it doesn't teach you anything.) This game would be a lot better.    … Expand
  12. johnrj6
    Apr 15, 2017
    5
    This game drives me crazy. I have been playing as the Germans and have forced Russia to surrender. I got Mongolia out of the deal and made Greece a puppet. Russian empire joined my war against china. i have 174 top notch divisions. When I quit to main, understand that I destroyed the Soviet army and captured most of the soviet union. The Russian empire took over all of the Soviet landThis game drives me crazy. I have been playing as the Germans and have forced Russia to surrender. I got Mongolia out of the deal and made Greece a puppet. Russian empire joined my war against china. i have 174 top notch divisions. When I quit to main, understand that I destroyed the Soviet army and captured most of the soviet union. The Russian empire took over all of the Soviet land including all that I had conquered and their army score is 3x mine. I have also not been able to make the big army attacks. every time I set a starting line ll of my troops just go to one Provence and sit there, the don't cover the starting line. And I can never actually get them to jump off on the attach so I have to micromanage the sh it out of the battles which worked out well as I continually encircled the soviets and destroyed many divisions that way.

    Anyway the game needs much work but I do see promise. The scoring is terrible though.    … Expand
  13. Gambit8
    Feb 17, 2017
    7
    A great game for sure, but there are clear drawbacks to this game that can ruin the experience in my personal opinion. Firstly, I would like to mention that this has to be one of the most fun WWII strategy ever made and the choice of going historical or deviating off to more extreme alternate reality is exciting. I also cannot fault the wartime mechanics, even before the improvements itA great game for sure, but there are clear drawbacks to this game that can ruin the experience in my personal opinion. Firstly, I would like to mention that this has to be one of the most fun WWII strategy ever made and the choice of going historical or deviating off to more extreme alternate reality is exciting. I also cannot fault the wartime mechanics, even before the improvements it was fun. However once you hit around ~1942 or even after 1945 the border gore is horrendous and if the war is finally finished you will have some of the weirdest land distribution ever created - not to mention the land is essentially useless thanks to the non-core penalties. Clarity on how wars will work (ie. who will join wars and how they are merged as well as whether than country will insta-join Axis or Allies) would be a great improvements as lack of clarity can really ruin a play through, especially when playing as a neutral small nation trying to get big.
    Speaking of which, one of my personal favourite things of paradox games is getting a small nation and making them huge, however, in this game this is nearly impossible thanks to the penalties. The most notable one being the 99.8% penalty on manpower, which is not only unrealistic but also a tad harsh. Foreign conscription was a thing and although I do not disagree with a 99.8% penalty to begin with, I do think a monthly tick of -0.1% to the penalty would make the game feel more rewarding rather than playing a small county for 3 years before hitting the impassable wall of no manpower.
    Supply needs to be fixed or redesigned, perhaps even allow the player to customise their supply if the game picks an unusual or impassable route. When attacking Russia from the south I ran into an issue where supply simply would not reach my front lines despite having a clear passing from my capital to front lines simply because the game chose an odd supply route. Needless to say despite beating back Russia and Germany I had to abandon the campaign because my entire frontline was on the verge of collapsing. I still keep the save in case they fix this though.

    Overall, despite be being heavily critical of the game, it is really fun and I can imagine it to be even better with friends. However, attempting anything unorthodox such as world conquest with Saudi Arabia or forming your own faction as France and taking on everyone will make you run into a few of the issues I mentioned above. Clearly the game was meant to be played as the major countries in the historical way, this way you avoid the clarity of war issues, the manpower penalty becomes a historic challenge and supply in hotspot areas are more clear. I would still recommend the game to anyone, however I do hope for more improvements on the game - and the most recent expansion although an improvement does not feel like improvements in the right area, as well as this the features added are not worth the price, one of the few Paradox expansions I feel is overpriced since the features introduced are actually found in mods and are done better at times in those mods.    … Expand
  14. buranya
    Mar 25, 2017
    6
    If you want a casualized, easy Hearts of Iron game, this is made for you. If you expect hard situations, rigorous historical aspects and an IA made only to face WW2 as it should be, then go back and return to Hearts of Iron III.

    The game itself is nice, beautifully made. The map is way more simple than what we have seen on HOI3, and the building system is very intuitive. There's no    If you want a casualized, easy Hearts of Iron game, this is made for you. If you expect hard situations, rigorous historical aspects and an IA made only to face WW2 as it should be, then go back and return to Hearts of Iron III.

    The game itself is nice, beautifully made. The map is way more simple than what we have seen on HOI3, and the building system is very intuitive. There's no currency necessary to build, buy or craft. The system to build divisions has completely lost the meaning it had on HOI3. In this HOI game, you directly build a Division, you can't choose the composition of batalions, and the technologies are handled in a very deficient way. ¡The Theatre system is an absolute failure compared to it's predecessor! Another negative aspect is that some interesting countries lack content. the generical names, no sprites for units, and the focus system is a completely mess for some very important countries that faced WWII.

    But not all of this game is a failure. The naval system is well implemented, maintaining some good aspects of HOI franchise. The new aviation system is not bad at all, making more easy to face the air missions. The way to prepare some battle plans is quite interesting and the possibility to create your own factions add some new possibilities to the game.

    I give a 6 to this game thanks to the modifications you may do to it. Thank's god that some mod's teams are modding it, and trying to revive the game to what it should have been.    … Expand
  15. NZAnimeManga
    Aug 31, 2017
    7
    Fun WWII real-time strategy game, the pacing is a bit slow, but the mods make it incredibly fun! Not bought any of the DLC and am a bit disappointed by the lack of base-game minor country focus trees (literally only Poland). 7/10.
  16. olegigor
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    Don't pay attention to whining HOI3 veterans. The game has enough disadvantages and it's not about casualness at all (AI still sucks, primitive diplomacy, performance problems especially in multiplayer, majority of interesting game mechanics are in the paid DLC)
    The biggest plus of the game is its community and modders who are constantly making interesting content for the game. There    Don't pay attention to whining HOI3 veterans. The game has enough disadvantages and it's not about casualness at all (AI still sucks, primitive diplomacy, performance problems especially in multiplayer, majority of interesting game mechanics are in the paid DLC)
    The biggest plus of the game is its community and modders who are constantly making interesting content for the game. There are thousands of mods in the Steam Workshop that can change the game completely. Very good to play with friends    … Expand
  17. Jyadaus
    Jan 24, 2020
    5
    Its my first Paradox game. I tried to play EU3 and HoI3 but they are to hard. When HoI4 come out, i download it and i just learn this game in 30 hours.

    - AI is very bad. They like dumb. (After updates AI is improved, but they are still idiot.) - It is impossible to play the game after 1943. - There is no revolts. (Its coming with new update, but its to late.) - Peace-conferences...    Its my first Paradox game. I tried to play EU3 and HoI3 but they are to hard. When HoI4 come out, i download it and i just learn this game in 30 hours.

    - AI is very bad. They like dumb. (After updates AI is improved, but they are still idiot.)
    - It is impossible to play the game after 1943.
    - There is no revolts. (Its coming with new update, but its to late.)
    - Peace-conferences...
    - You could assign 40 million soldiers to 1 general. Even this was corrected later.

    Also, wanna hear a funny thing? A HoI4 mod, Kaiserreich is way better than original game. The mod adds special military units. Also, the mod has more special focus trees than the special focus trees in the game.    … Expand
  18. LaDix
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    200+ hourse and I still sucks at this game, it is a paradox game so ofc there is WAY to many DLC's and over price just like total war games.

    The game is good with mods with out it is sh*t with it can be fun, there is not that much more to say about the game beside that.

    F*CK NAZIS
  19. rezo_21
    Oct 1, 2022
    6
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  20. erdogfu96
    Feb 8, 2020
    6
    Better graphics but worse optimization. Good price. In depth gameplay and we'll made gameplay but confusing menus like every other paradox games. But it gives enjoy to play this game on that period. You can free to rule your country in many sides.
  21. Hiro016
    Sep 2, 2023
    6
    É um bom jogo pra vc que gosta de estratégia e ww2
    Mas eles funcionam igual uma EA da vida
    Lançar um jogo e fazer ele durar um bom tempo só com dlcs(que normalmente não mudam muita coisa)
  22. AvtoS
    Aug 15, 2020
    7
    I mostly like this game even though i don't understand it fully.it takes a lot of time to get into the game and most gaming sessions consist of me waiting for stuff to happen.It's fun but it get's repetitive soon and you have to wait a lot.
  23. Verbal_cz563
    Oct 20, 2020
    7
    You will always cherish your 1st one wont you. It isnt as complex as HOI3 but its still a great game. But PDX's dlc system just cant let me give the game higher rating than 7. Yes, all the expansions give a lot of new content and are generally fun, but they are surely not worth 20 euros
  24. TheBoyWhoRates
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    The game is awesome to be honest, except the amount of DLC they use for normal game mechanics that should already be in the vanilla game is outrageous!
  25. KevLooney
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    The game is too obtuse, I didn't know up from down. I lost and I didn't know why i was losing. I know it means I am bad at the game, but I shouldn't be bored at the same time.
  26. marijn2112
    May 10, 2021
    7
    Paradox pushing every major expansion including overhauls of already existing features and simple mechanics into DLC instead if as an update makes the value of this game much worse, as you may have to spend 200€ for the full game and many of the DLC also include poor focus trees which youll be forced to have if you enable the DLC for important features like stopping your ships from sailingParadox pushing every major expansion including overhauls of already existing features and simple mechanics into DLC instead if as an update makes the value of this game much worse, as you may have to spend 200€ for the full game and many of the DLC also include poor focus trees which youll be forced to have if you enable the DLC for important features like stopping your ships from sailing through an enemy-occupied channel… Expand
  27. dastankz
    Nov 16, 2021
    7
    quite good, though I'm a little sorry about wasting a lot of time and squeezing out a lot of tears
  28. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    5
    I have 380 hours in this game, but I'm still a weak, if not very weak player
    The DLC policy raises mixed feelings
    this game is incomplete without the add-ons
  29. eblan1
    Sep 3, 2022
    5
    Hearts of Iron 4, terrible strategy, there are no interesting mechanics in the game, there is no diplomacy, you can’t even start a negotiation process, but hoi4 is a great sandbox, you can make any state great, you can think of anything with the help of mods but without it in the game there is nothing, it is ahead of other games of the studio, such as Europa Universalis IV or Victoria II.Hearts of Iron 4, terrible strategy, there are no interesting mechanics in the game, there is no diplomacy, you can’t even start a negotiation process, but hoi4 is a great sandbox, you can make any state great, you can think of anything with the help of mods but without it in the game there is nothing, it is ahead of other games of the studio, such as Europa Universalis IV or Victoria II.

    Hearts of Iron 4, ужасная стратегия, в игре нет интересных механник, нету дипломатии, ты даже не можешь начать переговорный процесс, но hoi4 это отличная песочница, ты можешь сделать любое государство великим, можешь придумать что угодно с помощью модов но без этого в игре ничего нету, её опережают другие игры студии, такие как Europa Universalis IV или Victoria II.    … Expand
  30. Krutou
    Oct 11, 2022
    6
    the game is quite exciting, the only sad thing is that you won't play for a long time because over time it starts to lag fiercely
  31. coso132
    Oct 16, 2022
    5
    Once i got over the first hundreds of hours of addiction, and after playing some other grand strategy games, i noticed how this game is an awfully clunky, and incomplete mess which just doesnt compare to games like crusader kings or europa universalis
    Its only fun for the period you are addicted to it, and when you stop finding cool mods to try
  32. Crimson9
    Dec 13, 2022
    5
    How can you have a war game with a brain dead AI?

    As complexity increases in strategy games, so too must the resources expended to make the AI reasonably capable. In a game like CK2, the AI doesn't need to do too much. HOI4 is much more complex, but the AI is simply not up to it. Which makes single player, regardless of how much content there is and the quality of it, completely    How can you have a war game with a brain dead AI?

    As complexity increases in strategy games, so too must the resources expended to make the AI reasonably capable. In a game like CK2, the AI doesn't need to do too much. HOI4 is much more complex, but the AI is simply not up to it. Which makes single player, regardless of how much content there is and the quality of it, completely irrelevant. The AI is brain dead.

    For multiplayer, this is a fantastic game with a lot of elements that work really well and simulate World War 2 in a wonderful way.    … Expand
  33. LambdaLocator
    Jul 21, 2023
    7
    A grand strategy game that makes me want to recreate the USSR and invade Poland again.
  34. Killer726Rogue
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    This game is well-made, definitely a piece in the respective genre. But I was shocked to find some Historical inaccuracies in the game like Subhas Chandra Bose being labelled as a "Fascist".

    However, it has managed to beautifully represent the various details and aspects of the Second World War, as compared to most other such games.
  35. agq
    Jul 28, 2023
    6
    This is definitely the easiest to learn Paradox game for new players, however it has many issues and these mainly stem from the publishers choices. This game feels VERY incomplete without the DLCs. Many of the DLCs add very needed content updates to keep the game fresh, however these are small enough to where they could be considered updates, no where near big enough to be DLCs. AnotherThis is definitely the easiest to learn Paradox game for new players, however it has many issues and these mainly stem from the publishers choices. This game feels VERY incomplete without the DLCs. Many of the DLCs add very needed content updates to keep the game fresh, however these are small enough to where they could be considered updates, no where near big enough to be DLCs. Another problem also is how streamlined it is compared to Darkest Hour and HOI3, it feels simpler than those games which for many can be a positive but due to it feels like its too simplified in certain areas of game-play. Overall, I cannot recommend this game to strategy fans, go play Darkest Hour or HOI3 if a game like this interests you.

    Note: The modding community, for me, puts this game at a 6 due to how many playable mods there are which add new interesting content and elements to the game,    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#47 Best PC Game of 2016
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#22 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#66 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Cubed3
    Mar 20, 2018
    50
    The complexity and slow speed of how things evolve take the fun down notches lower than it otherwise would deserve. Endless clicking through menus, and a glacial speed, ruin what could have been a pretty slick overall experience.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 28, 2016
    85
    Hearts of Iron 4 successfully streamlines a complex strategy game while still retaining the feel of total industrial warfare. AI difficulties persist, however, and some revamped mechanics still need a bit of polishing. [Aug 2016]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 14, 2016
    80
    Excellent revival of a rusty brand with improved accessibility to a wider audience. Paradox studio has rocked in recent years and proof of this is the best episode of the series Hearts of Iron. [Issue#266]
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