Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

April 8, 2011 Darkest Hour Team Paradox Interactive
Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy
Linux PC
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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.
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Release Date April 8, 2011
Developer Darkest Hour Team
Publisher Paradox Interactive
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Historical
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

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