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Hearts of Iron IV PC system requirements

Hearts of Iron IV needs at least an Intel® Core™ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300 processor, 4 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 graphics card, on Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.

For the recommended settings: an Intel® Core™ i5 2500K | AMD® Ryzen 3 2200G processor, 6 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 570 (1.28GB) | AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970 (3GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) graphics card. It takes 2 GB of storage.

Hearts of Iron IV: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
MinimumRecommended
Operating system Windows® 10 Home 64 BitWindows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor Intel® Core™ i5 750 | AMD® FX 4300Intel® Core™ i5 2500K | AMD® Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory 4 GB RAM6 GB RAM
Graphics Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 470 (1.28GB) | AMD® HD 5850 (1GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) | AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 570 (1.28GB) | AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970 (3GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)
DirectX Version 9.0c Same for both
Storage 2 GB available space Same for both
Sound card Direct X- compatible soundcard. Same for both
Additional notes Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers/ Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers. / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.

How demanding is Hearts of Iron IV?

  • Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).

    It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).

  • Storage: Larger than 11% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (2 GB).

    It is on our list of small PC games (under 5 GB).

Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.

Other platforms

Mac

Hearts of Iron IV: macOS requirements
MinimumRecommended
Operating system OS: macOS 13 (Ventura) Same for both
Processor Intel Core i5 @ 2.60 GHz or betterIntel Core i5 @ 2.90 GHz or better
Memory 4 GB RAM8 GB RAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 6970MATI Radeon R9 390M or NVIDIA GeForce 750M with 1GB VRAM
Storage 2 GB available space Same for both
Additional notes Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available proprietary drivers / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.Mouse and keyboard are required. / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturers/ Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode.

Linux and SteamOS

Hearts of Iron IV: Linux and SteamOS requirements
MinimumRecommended
Operating system OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Same for both
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon II X4 650 @ 3.20 GHzIntel Core i5 750 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20 GHz
Memory 4 GB RAM Same for both
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5850 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 1GB VRAM / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturersATI Radeon HD 6950 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX570 with 2GB VRAM / Latest available proprietary drivers from both manufacturers
Storage 2 GB available space Same for both
Additional notes Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard, and speakers are required. / Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer, Up to 32 other players in multiplayer mode. Same for both

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