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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Col
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“best military/sim/strategy game possibly ever”
— a player, Steam review · 257 hrs played“Nice to start before 1936 as WWI set up what came after. Ideally there would be a 1901 or 1902 general start scenario to better kick off the post Victorian era and capture events like a choice to expand the Russo-Japanese War, Moroccan Crisis or the Italo-Turkish wars. Plus…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“For those that like history and military history its a great game that allows you to control every aspect of a country during conflict.”
— a player, Steam review · 311 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Dev Diary #36 has been published on the Pdox forum
We have published a new Dev Diary about the scripted content in the future Patch 1.06. You can read it here. For news about the game and for technical support, please check the Paradox forum.
Patch 1.05.2 is now available
Hello everyone, Patch 1.05.2, which until now has been available only as download from our game subforum at Paradox, is now available and set as the default version on Steam. Addressed issues: Removed
Patch 1.05.1 now officially released
Patch 1.05.1, which until now has been available only as beta, is now the latest official version of Darkest Hour. Savegames and mods for 1.04 are NOT compatible with 1.05.1. Savegames and mods for 1.
Hotfix 1.5.1 now available
IMPORTANT: For the moment Version 1.05.1 is available through the Beta tab (versions 1.02, 1.03 and 1.05 can be found there too) while 1.04 is still the default version (this will be changed later). H
Hotfix 1.5.1 now available
IMPORTANT: For the moment Version 1.05.1 is available through the Beta tab (versions 1.02, 1.03 and 1.05 can be found there too) while 1.04 is still the default version (this will be changed later). H
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Grand Strategy · World War II · Historical · World War I · Simulation · Wargame · Military · RTS · War · Cold War · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Polish, Russian |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/darkest-hour |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows 98/ ME / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 Processor: Pentium III 800 MH Memory: 128 MB Ram Hard Disk Space: 2 GB hard disk space Video Card: 4 MB DirectX-compatible Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible DirectX®: DirectX 9.0 or higher Additional: Mouse with scroll wheel, keyboard and internet for multiplayer