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Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Hearts of Iron III is a grand strategy, strategy and world war ii game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on August 07th 2009 is available on Windows and MacOS in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 5,961 reviews of which 4,539 were positive and 1,422 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Hearts of Iron III into these genres:

Grand Strategy Strategy World War II Historical Simulation Military Real-Time with Pause War Sandbox Multiplayer Difficult Singleplayer RTS Wargame Alternate History Great Soundtrack World War I Politics

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
  • Processor: Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
  • Memory: 2 GB of RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
  • Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon X1900 videocard
  • Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: Direct X 9.0
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.5.8 or higher
  • Processor: Any Intel CPU
  • Memory: 128 MB VRAM, 1GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 1.3 GB hard disk space
  • Video Card: GeForce 7300, Radeon HD 2400 (GMA cards not supported)
  • Internet: Broadband connection for Internet play
  • Registration: Internet connection for registration

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
This game is needlessly complicated. It is stupidly obtuse. You cannot change division templates after they have already been deployed. It has the worst naval system of any game Paradox Interactive has ever created. It will take you minutes to hours to create a decent order of battle as any decently sized nation. Multiple minor nations start with technology and allow you to build divisions with technology they have not produced, meaning you might be able to make a template but not produce any divisions with that template and not know why. It does not have any reasonable way to see how your supplies flow nor how many divisions you have in one tile. Its map is hilariously inaccurate. It has multiple decrepit files from Victoria, the game it is based on, and will crash if you go to a screen on the interface the wrong way. If you mod this game in any way it will inevitably crash. You can do nothing and this game will crash. You can do anything and this game will crash. HOI4 is leagues better in nearly every single regard. I would not have it any other way. 10/10.
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March 2025
I got this working on Windows 11. If it's the only Paradox game on your device, it won't generate the Paradox Interactive folder automatically, and the game won't launch. To remedy this, I loaded another Paradox game, and the folder generated. Runs great, and good game.
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Jan. 2025
I've had this gem for a very long time and just hadn't played it very much until a few months ago. Definitely different from HOI4! I enjoy that I can control almost every little detail of the gameplay without automating the units. I just set the game speed to the second lowest and have the message settings set to pause the game when my units are attacked or when I win or lose a battle so I can react to each of the MANY events that require my immediate attention. It definitely feels more like I'm making decisions and issuing orders from the strategic level all the way down to the tactical level. Don't get me wrong - there is a STEEP learning curve! I'm still finding mechanics that give me more options (underground resistance cells can spawn others in adjacent provences). All of your supplies, upgrades, reinforcements, production queue, and consumer goods are created from one pool of "Industrial Capacity" that needs constant attention and allocation. You need to balance your leadership points between research, diplomacy, espionage, and officer training. You have to decide what you will research with the finite pool of leadership points you have! You will overlook critical research because it has a mundane name and description until you read and understand the stats boost it gives. These might not be selling points if you're looking for a point-and-click, automated game that looks like it would be more comfortable on your phone. It may not have the 3D animated sprites of infantry running in place at each other as they attack and defend 3D terrain. It may not have railway guns, mulberry harbors, or supply depots. It will challenge you. It will make you feel stupid at times. You will experience CRUSHING defeats - and you will come back and fight harder than before! I whole-heartedly recommend this game for anyone who wants to spend months of their spare time slogging it out on the Eastern Front, or in the jungles and alpine plateaus of South America, or ANYWHERE. Can I give this game six stars? PDX should be making games like this still! Buy it! Play it! LOVE it!
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Aug. 2024
The pinnacle of the HOI series, HOI 2 was a classic but is dated and HOI 4 is just too basic and simple. HOI 3 has a good mix of complexity, sandbox and realism. Definitely the best of the series to date.
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June 2024
i enjoy this game dispite the frequent crashes probably because i'm on a 2016 computer but the game still is enjoyable even thought the waiting time for anything including the combat is very, very, very long.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Hearts of Iron III is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Hearts of Iron III is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Hearts of Iron III received 4,539 positive votes out of a total of 5,961 achieving a rating of 7.42.
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Hearts of Iron III was developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.

Hearts of Iron III is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hearts of Iron III is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Hearts of Iron III is not playable on Linux.

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

Hearts of Iron III includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There are 18 DLCs available for Hearts of Iron III. Explore additional content available for Hearts of Iron III on Steam.

Hearts of Iron III does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Hearts of Iron III does not support Steam Remote Play.

Hearts of Iron III 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.

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Hearts of Iron III PEGI 7
9.99€
7.4
4,539
1,422
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
50
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release 07 Aug 2009
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