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Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron	2002
Hearts of Iron II	2005
Hearts of Iron III	2009
Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game	2010
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game	2011
Hearts of Iron IV	2016

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Hearts of Iron is a singleplayer top-down view strategy and wargame game in the Hearts of Iron series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	800x600 resolution 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	9.0	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 7xx PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

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Developers

	Paradox Development Studio
Publishers
Retail (Germany), digital	Paradox Interactive
Retail (North America)	Strategy First
Retail (Scandinavia)	Pan Vision
Retail (France)	Nobilis
Retail (Poland)	CD Projekt
Retail (Russia)	1C Company
Mac OS, OS X	Virtual Programming
Mac OS, OS X	MacPlay
Release dates
Windows	November 26, 2002
Mac OS (Classic)	October 17, 2003
macOS (OS X)	October 17, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	72
IGDB	60
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Menu-based, Point and select
Genres	Strategy, Wargame
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Interwar, World War II, Historical
Series	Hearts of Iron