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Steam app 22130 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:47 UTC

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete

Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete Steam header artwork
Paradox Development StudioParadox Interactive
93playing now
9524-hour peak
156all-time peak
60average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−1.4Gain−2.24%% gain122Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

033669913213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202677 peakFriday 14 August 202677 peakSaturday 15 August 202688 peakSunday 16 August 2026100 peakMonday 17 August 202689 peakTuesday 18 August 202684 peakWednesday 19 August 202680 peakThursday 20 August 202678 peakFriday 21 August 202691 peakSaturday 22 August 202697 peakSunday 23 August 2026101 peakMonday 24 August 202687 peakTuesday 25 August 202680 peakWednesday 26 August 202686 peakThursday 27 August 202691 peakFriday 28 August 202699 peakSaturday 29 August 202699 peakSunday 30 August 2026122 peakMonday 31 August 2026112 peakTuesday 01 September 202699 peakWednesday 02 September 202679 peakThursday 03 September 202686 peakFriday 04 September 202684 peakSaturday 05 September 202693 peakSunday 06 September 202695 peakMonday 07 September 202677 peakTuesday 08 September 202673 peakWednesday 09 September 202678 peakThursday 10 September 202679 peakFriday 11 September 202685 peakSaturday 12 September 202695 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

042841261682012201420172019202120242026July 201258 monthly peakAugust 201256 monthly peakSeptember 201259 monthly peakOctober 201264 monthly peakNovember 201259 monthly peakDecember 201277 monthly peakJanuary 201374 monthly peakFebruary 201387 monthly peakMarch 201365 monthly peakApril 201367 monthly peakMay 201358 monthly peakJune 201362 monthly peakJuly 201357 monthly peakAugust 201353 monthly peakSeptember 201356 monthly peakOctober 201359 monthly peakNovember 201367 monthly peakDecember 201365 monthly peakJanuary 201477 monthly peakFebruary 201470 monthly peakMarch 201482 monthly peakApril 201485 monthly peakMay 201476 monthly peakJune 201476 monthly peakJuly 201483 monthly peakAugust 2014106 monthly peakSeptember 201484 monthly peakOctober 201495 monthly peakNovember 201484 monthly peakDecember 201486 monthly peakJanuary 201586 monthly peakFebruary 201582 monthly peakMarch 201590 monthly peakApril 201577 monthly peakMay 201574 monthly peakJune 201573 monthly peakJuly 201583 monthly peakAugust 201575 monthly peakSeptember 201582 monthly peakOctober 2015112 monthly peakNovember 201585 monthly peakDecember 201586 monthly peakJanuary 201696 monthly peakFebruary 2016101 monthly peakMarch 201695 monthly peakApril 201695 monthly peakMay 201698 monthly peakJune 201688 monthly peakJuly 201691 monthly peakAugust 201685 monthly peakSeptember 201693 monthly peakOctober 201683 monthly peakNovember 201681 monthly peakDecember 201687 monthly peakJanuary 201794 monthly peakFebruary 201786 monthly peakMarch 201784 monthly peakApril 201790 monthly peakMay 201772 monthly peakJune 201768 monthly peakJuly 201774 monthly peakAugust 201776 monthly peakSeptember 201775 monthly peakOctober 201779 monthly peakNovember 201782 monthly peakDecember 201781 monthly peakJanuary 201891 monthly peakFebruary 201893 monthly peakMarch 201897 monthly peakApril 2018101 monthly peakMay 201899 monthly peakJune 201894 monthly peakJuly 2018104 monthly peakAugust 201889 monthly peakSeptember 2018101 monthly peakOctober 201886 monthly peakNovember 201893 monthly peakDecember 201897 monthly peakJanuary 2019101 monthly peakFebruary 2019100 monthly peakMarch 2019101 monthly peakApril 201997 monthly peakMay 201995 monthly peakJune 201992 monthly peakJuly 201994 monthly peakAugust 2019106 monthly peakSeptember 2019108 monthly peakOctober 2019105 monthly peakNovember 2019103 monthly peakDecember 2019102 monthly peakJanuary 2020114 monthly peakFebruary 2020106 monthly peakMarch 2020148 monthly peakApril 2020156 monthly peakMay 2020133 monthly peakJune 2020104 monthly peakJuly 2020103 monthly peakAugust 202097 monthly peakSeptember 202094 monthly peakOctober 2020103 monthly peakNovember 2020115 monthly peakDecember 2020109 monthly peakJanuary 2021115 monthly peakFebruary 2021109 monthly peakMarch 2021107 monthly peakApril 202194 monthly peakMay 2021100 monthly peakJune 202189 monthly peakJuly 202197 monthly peakAugust 2021113 monthly peakSeptember 202185 monthly peakOctober 2021104 monthly peakNovember 202196 monthly peakDecember 2021112 monthly peakJanuary 2022128 monthly peakFebruary 2022117 monthly peakMarch 2022136 monthly peakApril 2022122 monthly peakMay 2022116 monthly peakJune 2022103 monthly peakJuly 2022102 monthly peakAugust 2022106 monthly peakSeptember 2022102 monthly peakOctober 2022100 monthly peakNovember 2022110 monthly peakDecember 2022103 monthly peakJanuary 2023109 monthly peakFebruary 2023114 monthly peakMarch 2023113 monthly peakApril 2023111 monthly peakMay 2023103 monthly peakJune 2023119 monthly peakJuly 2023124 monthly peakAugust 2023106 monthly peakSeptember 2023110 monthly peakOctober 2023112 monthly peakNovember 2023109 monthly peakDecember 2023121 monthly peakJanuary 2024120 monthly peakFebruary 2024123 monthly peakMarch 2024118 monthly peakApril 2024111 monthly peakMay 2024101 monthly peakJune 2024110 monthly peakJuly 2024103 monthly peakAugust 2024112 monthly peakSeptember 2024115 monthly peakOctober 2024107 monthly peakNovember 2024106 monthly peakDecember 2024136 monthly peakJanuary 2025129 monthly peakFebruary 2025113 monthly peakMarch 2025123 monthly peakApril 2025121 monthly peakMay 2025114 monthly peakJune 2025100 monthly peakJuly 2025105 monthly peakAugust 2025115 monthly peakSeptember 2025106 monthly peakOctober 2025114 monthly peakNovember 2025124 monthly peakDecember 2025123 monthly peakJanuary 2026134 monthly peakFebruary 2026128 monthly peakMarch 2026117 monthly peakApril 2026117 monthly peakMay 2026112 monthly peakJune 2026109 monthly peakJuly 2026106 monthly peakAugust 2026122 monthly peakSeptember 202699 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

0336699132July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026106 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026122 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202699 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

029578611401 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202677 peakThursday 02 July 202675 peakFriday 03 July 202682 peakSaturday 04 July 202694 peakSunday 05 July 202693 peakMonday 06 July 202677 peakTuesday 07 July 202689 peakWednesday 08 July 202679 peakThursday 09 July 202682 peakFriday 10 July 202680 peakSaturday 11 July 202693 peakSunday 12 July 2026106 peakMonday 13 July 202696 peakTuesday 14 July 202682 peakWednesday 15 July 202678 peakThursday 16 July 202676 peakFriday 17 July 202687 peakSaturday 18 July 202693 peakSunday 19 July 2026106 peakMonday 20 July 202683 peakTuesday 21 July 202687 peakWednesday 22 July 202687 peakThursday 23 July 202683 peakFriday 24 July 202693 peakSaturday 25 July 202693 peakSunday 26 July 2026103 peakMonday 27 July 202691 peakTuesday 28 July 202681 peakWednesday 29 July 202675 peakThursday 30 July 202683 peakFriday 31 July 202689 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

033669913201 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202684 peakSunday 02 August 202694 peakMonday 03 August 202679 peakTuesday 04 August 202681 peakWednesday 05 August 202677 peakThursday 06 August 202688 peakFriday 07 August 202691 peakSaturday 08 August 2026108 peakSunday 09 August 2026102 peakMonday 10 August 202695 peakTuesday 11 August 202684 peakWednesday 12 August 202677 peakThursday 13 August 202677 peakFriday 14 August 202677 peakSaturday 15 August 202688 peakSunday 16 August 2026100 peakMonday 17 August 202689 peakTuesday 18 August 202684 peakWednesday 19 August 202680 peakThursday 20 August 202678 peakFriday 21 August 202691 peakSaturday 22 August 202697 peakSunday 23 August 2026101 peakMonday 24 August 202687 peakTuesday 25 August 202680 peakWednesday 26 August 202686 peakThursday 27 August 202691 peakFriday 28 August 202699 peakSaturday 29 August 202699 peakSunday 30 August 2026122 peakMonday 31 August 2026112 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

027538010701 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202699 peakWednesday 02 September 202679 peakThursday 03 September 202686 peakFriday 04 September 202684 peakSaturday 05 September 202693 peakSunday 06 September 202695 peakMonday 07 September 202677 peakTuesday 08 September 202673 peakWednesday 09 September 202678 peakThursday 10 September 202679 peakFriday 11 September 202685 peakSaturday 12 September 202695 peak

October 2026

Hearts of Iron 2 Complete was released on 23 Jan, 2009.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:47 UTC
App ID
22130
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release date
23 Jan, 2009
Platforms
Windows
Install size
1.66 GB
Genres
Strategy
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player
Controller support
Unknown
Metacritic
83

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

StrategyGrand StrategyWorld War IIHistoricalRTSSimulationSingleplayer
About this gameFull description from Steam
Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III. As the Allies and the Soviet Union clash in Europe, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Detailed diplomacy and production systems with help functions to avoid micromanagement. Movement-is-attack combat system making warfare more realistic. Mission-based Air and Naval system, giving options for logistical strikes and targeted bombing. New political system with possibilities to change the political base of your country during the war. Fifteen battle scenarios optimized for an evening or two for gaming. Historical scenarios like Case White, Operation Barbarossa and alternative history scenarios like Operation Watchtower and Case Green are included in the game. Co-operative multiplayer, enabling players to share the same country while playing. Doomsday Expansion Features World War III scenario with an alternative historical outcome. Play the Soviet alliance, the United States or any country of your choice as new superpowers rise to power on the global stage. Expanded tech trees with considerable detail in a new decade of warfare, allowing you to develop tactical nukes and other kinds of nuclear warfare as well as helicopter squads, Escort carriers and much more. Improved Diplomatic/Intelligence System reflects the increased political tension of the 1950s. Armageddon Expansion Features New attachments for Naval units; do you scrap or upgrade those old ships. Land units can now be built with brigades already attached. An Air Naval combat system that radically alters the combat balance. New damage algorithms for the Air combat system, making organization more important and allowing air units to fight longer.
Content & age ratings4 regional ratings

Regional ratings

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PEGI3
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

OS *: Windows 2000/XP Processor: Pentium IV 1200 MHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 4 MB video card DirectX compatible DirectX Version: 9.0 or higher Hard Drive: 600 MB Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

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Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
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