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Hearts of Iron III

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3.9/5

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3.9

40 Reviews

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Hearts of Iron III
Description
Hearts of Iron 3 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 ga...
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Management, Sandbox, Historical, show 7 more... Real-Time, Resource Management, War, RTS, Military, Grand Strategy, World War II
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3.9/5

( 40 Reviews )

3.9

40 Reviews

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Product details
2009, Paradox Development Studio, ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 880...
DLCs
Hearts of Iron III: DLC Collection
Time to beat
13.5 hMain
69.5 h Main + Sides
245.5 h Completionist
49 h All Styles

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Description
Hearts of Iron 3 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.
  • Play as any nation from 1936 to 1948, more than 150 countries to choose from.
  • Control the oceans with aircraft carriers, submarines and battleships and use your air force to defend your skies, support your naval and ground forces, and to bomb your enemies
  • Thousands of historically accurate real-world military commanders and politicians.
  • Realistic military command AI with unprecedented levels of interaction
  • In-depth diplomatic and political system.
  • Historical accuracy combined with an unparalleled level of freedom of choice
  • More than 10,000 land provinces makes the game five times more detailed than HoI2 and the most detailed depiction of World War 2 ever made.
  • Customize your divisions in detail with more than 20 types of brigades
  • New economic system makes it possible to buy weapons from abroad.
  • Mobilization and reserves gives the option of surprise attacks, Blitzkrieg made real.
  • Government-in-exile makes it possible to continue to struggle from abroad with underground movements and uprisings against the oppressing power.
  • Strategic warfare system makes it more important to defend the skies and oceans against foreign attacks; leaving cities open to enemy bombing will now be devastating.
  • A completely new intelligence system, with several types of intelligence sources, makes it possible to get information about enemy reserves and troop movements.
  • Assign troops to “theatres” on the map to fight two-front wars more successfully.
  • The new AI system and more detailed map will allow for more strategic decisions.
  • Flexible technology system with hundreds of categories, where major powers get their own unique attributes.
Goodies
manual poster quickstart guide strategy guide behind the scenes video video presentation
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
13.5 hMain
69.5 h Main + Sides
245.5 h Completionist
49 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Management, Sandbox, Historical, show 7 more... Real-Time, Resource Management, War, RTS, Military, Grand Strategy, World War II
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2009-08-07T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Paradox Development Studio / Paradox Interactive
Size:
922 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Violence)
Game features
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
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User reviews

Posted on: August 15, 2025

Ivan__tacko

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Games: 47 Reviews: 11

Crashes and freezes often

Not a terrible game but it crashes, freezes and lags pretty often

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Posted on: August 23, 2025

debonz

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Games: 21 Reviews: 4

Super and complee wargame

Not so hard to play, but for real and first time wargamer. Manage a main or minor country from pre WWII till the very of the conflict and the dawn of the 50's. Your strategical and tactical skills will be seriously challenged.

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Posted on: December 12, 2024

Harfang75

Games: 3 Reviews: 2

Amazing grand strategy game

It breaks my heart to give only 3 stars, only reason is it just won't run on my Win11 PC. I used to play this game many years ago and for the amateur of strategy game, it's a must play.

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Posted on: April 9, 2023

ckm124

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Games: 49 Reviews: 7

Error Unhandled Exception

Because side by side configurations are wrong. Cannot get the game to run.

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Posted on: September 18, 2024

PETERG3196

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

HOI3

GOOD

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