Hearts of Iron 2 Complete on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is a strategy, grand strategy and world war ii game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on January 23rd 2009 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 623 reviews of which 539 were positive and 84 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.82€ on Gamivo.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium IV 1200 MHz
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 4 MB video card DirectX compatible
  • DirectX Version: 9.0 or higher
  • Hard Drive: 600 MB
  • Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

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Jan. 2025
The easy to understand and yet challenging WWII strategy game. You can try HoI IV but it is a lot more complex without adding a lot to the play
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Dec. 2024
This was the first Hearts of Iron game that I played. I have played the sequels to this edition and I have found them seriously lacking. The only upgrade to this game that I can find for this game would have been to update the map and divide up some of the territories a little bit better. But, all in all, this is the superior Hearts of Iron game.
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Nov. 2024
I enjoy games that are geopolitical. This is an excellent game with a reasonable amount of complexity.
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Oct. 2024
This game is so good. At first it was eh, but it turned rly good
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Oct. 2024
Very enjoyable strategy even with crude graphics on modern standards.
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Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete received 539 positive votes out of a total of 623 achieving a rating of 8.13.
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Hearts of Iron 2 Complete was developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is not playable on MacOS.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is not playable on Linux.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete does not currently offer any DLC.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete does not support Steam Remote Play.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Hearts of Iron 2 Complete.

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Hearts of Iron 2 Complete PEGI 3
8.1
539
84
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58
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release 23 Jan 2009
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