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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 Cold War.
720 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
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.
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.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
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.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game was released on 8 Apr, 2011.
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13 developer announcements, Jan 2014 to Apr 2024 · times in UTC
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 notesHello 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 unit and brigade types and models…
Patch notesPatch 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 1.05 are compatible with 1.05.1. The…
JJIMPORTANT: 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). Hello everyone, Thanks to your reports in…
JJIMPORTANT: 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). Hello everyone, Thanks to your reports in…
JJIMPORTANT: For the moment Version 1.05 is available through the Beta tab (versions 1.02 and 1.03 can be found there too) while 1.04 is still the default version (this will be changed later). Savegames of patch 1.04 are not compatible with…
JJIMPORTANT: For the moment Version 1.05 is available through the Beta tab (versions 1.02 and 1.03 can be found there too) while 1.04 is still the default version (this will be changed later). Savegames of patch 1.04 are not compatible with…
Patch notesIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.03 are not compatible with patch 1.04. Savegames of patch 1.04 beta are partially compatible with patch 1.04 (a new game start is always recommended). IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods…
DarkestHourGameIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.03 are not compatible with patch 1.04. Savegames of patch 1.04 beta are partially compatible with patch 1.04 (a new game start is always recommended). IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods…
Patch notesIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.03 are not compatible with patch 1.04 IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods for patch 1.03 do NOT work with patch 1.04 After many months of work on the new patch, it's finally here!…
DarkestHourGameIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.03 are not compatible with patch 1.04 IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods for patch 1.03 do NOT work with patch 1.04 After many months of work on the new patch, it's finally here!…
Patch notesIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.02 are not compatible with patch 1.03 IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods for patch 1.02 do NOT work with patch 1.03 IMPORTANT: You can revert your game version back to 1.02 which is…
DarkestHourGameIMPORTANT: Savegames of patch 1.02 are not compatible with patch 1.03 IMPORTANT: As a general rule (with few exceptions) mods for patch 1.02 do NOT work with patch 1.03 IMPORTANT: You can revert your game version back to 1.02 which is…
DarkestHourGameWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Darkest Hour Launcher.exe | any |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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