Hearts of Iron (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron is the first ever World War II PC game of true Grand Strategic scope. The game map spans the entire world and allows players to take part in any front they choose. You can play any nation in the…

60 29 December 2002 from $2.49

What Hearts of Iron is

Hearts of Iron is a strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and released in 2002. It was published by Strategy First. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Europa.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hearts of Iron is the first ever World War II PC game of true Grand Strategic scope. The game map spans the entire world and allows players to take part in any front they choose. You can play any nation in the world, but the game focuses on the epic struggle between the great alliances of the world orders - Fascism, Communism and Democracy.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Hearts of Iron holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Hearts of Iron launched on 29 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2 and Space Rangers. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers.

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