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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 51.8-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Worth it · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $49.99.
about 51.8h$49.99 (~)
Better value than 99% of Strategy games
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Hearts of Iron IV scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/394360/hearts-of-iron-iv<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/394360/hearts-of-iron-iv"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/394360" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/394360/hearts-of-iron-iv)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 5h ago.
Peak 32.1KLow 32.1KLatest 32.1K
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $9.99High $49.99Now $49.99
Price line + bands by tier:Worth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in May 2020. It has been discounted 81 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 8 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Victoria II ($4.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Europa Universalis IV ($49.99, scores 75).
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 51.8-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.