Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First. Based on the Europa Engine, it was originally released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows. A Mac OS X version was released by Virtual Programming the following year. In 2004, Atari, SA published Hearts of Iron: Platinum, an updated version that sought to improve several aspects of the game.

Hearts of Iron
Developer(s)Paradox Development Studio
Publisher(s)Microsoft Windows
  • NA: Strategy First, Atari SA (Platinum)
  • SWE: PAN Vision AB
  • UK: Koch Media
Mac OS X
  • UK: Virtual Programming
  • NA: MacPlay
Producer(s)Johan Andersson
Designer(s)Henrik Fåhraeus
Joakim Bergqwist
Johan Andersson
Programmer(s)Johan Andersson
Henrik Fåhraeus
Patric Backlund
Artist(s)Dick Sjöström
Stefan Thulin
Marcus Edström
SeriesHearts of Iron
EngineEuropa Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: November 27, 2002
  • EU: February 28, 2003
Mac OS X
  • EU: October 1, 2003
  • NA: October 7, 2003
Hearts of Iron: Platinum
  • NA: September 21, 2004
Genre(s)Grand strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multi-player

Hearts of Iron allows the player to take control of a nation in the world and guide it through World War II and the years immediately before and after it. Hearts of Iron is the first game in the eponymous series of grand strategy wargames. Three additional games have been released in the series: Hearts of Iron II, Hearts of Iron III, and Hearts of Iron IV.

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