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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Released Apr 8, 2011 · Steam app 73170

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 06:35 UTC

Playing now

at 06:35 UTC

24-hour peak

All-time peak

492

in Oct 2015 · SteamCharts

24h change

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Twitch viewers

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none tracked

Best price

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Players over time

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What stands out

59Today’s peak was 20% above the current count.

All-time peak

492

Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2015, from SteamCharts. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 59.

Month by month

Average and peak players per month · SteamCharts (used with permission) for complete months, our own Steam counts after that

Month	Avg. players	Gain	% Gain	Peak players
October 2026 (from Oct 27, 2026) · our count	51	-35	-41%	59
September 2026	86	-4	-4.4%	150
August 2026	90	3	+3.5%	164
July 2026	87	-5	-5.4%	158
June 2026	92	5	+5.8%	165
May 2026	87	-3	-3.3%	155
April 2026	90	1	+1.1%	162
March 2026	89	3	+3.5%	162
February 2026	86	-4	-4.4%	157
January 2026	90	11	+14%	167
December 2025	79	-3	-3.7%	150
November 2025	82	-5	-5.8%	150

Show all 172 months

Month	Avg. players	Gain	% Gain	Peak players
October 2025	87	-3	-3.3%	178
September 2025	90	0	0%	159
August 2025	90	5	+5.9%	156
July 2025	85	-3	-3.4%	154
June 2025	88	-3	-3.3%	173
May 2025	91	0	0%	168
April 2025	91	-4	-4.2%	177
March 2025	95	-1	-1%	179
February 2025	96	6	+6.7%	174
January 2025	90	1	+1.1%	162
December 2024	89	-1	-1.1%	162
November 2024	90	-4	-4.3%	168
October 2024	94	-2	-2.1%	186
September 2024	96	3	+3.2%	192
August 2024	93	0	0%	175
July 2024	93	-2	-2.1%	169
June 2024	95	2	+2.2%	166
May 2024	93	-2	-2.1%	166
April 2024	95	-3	-3.1%	172
March 2024	98	1	+1%	173
February 2024	97	-1	-1%	176
January 2024	98	4	+4.3%	175
December 2023	94	-2	-2.1%	163
November 2023	96	-2	-2%	190
October 2023	98	1	+1%	174
September 2023	97	-1	-1%	177
August 2023	98	2	+2.1%	180
July 2023	96	-1	-1%	181
June 2023	97	-4	-4%	169
May 2023	101	3	+3.1%	194
April 2023	98	6	+6.5%	171
March 2023	92	-5	-5.2%	172
February 2023	97	-4	-4%	177
January 2023	101	12	+13%	171
December 2022	89	6	+7.2%	155
November 2022	83	-6	-6.7%	149
October 2022	89	0	0%	156
September 2022	89	-2	-2.2%	161
August 2022	91	2	+2.3%	168
July 2022	89	1	+1.1%	163
June 2022	88	-6	-6.4%	156
May 2022	94	-11	-10%	164
April 2022	105	-8	-7.1%	176
March 2022	113	8	+7.6%	205
February 2022	105	-4	-3.7%	192
January 2022	109	9	+9%	210
December 2021	100	3	+3.1%	176
November 2021	97	0	0%	174
October 2021	97	2	+2.1%	174
September 2021	95	-9	-8.7%	167
August 2021	104	0	0%	178
July 2021	104	7	+7.2%	193
June 2021	97	-13	-12%	175
May 2021	110	0	0%	193
April 2021	110	-9	-7.6%	201
March 2021	119	-3	-2.5%	213
February 2021	122	7	+6.1%	231
January 2021	115	0	0%	198
December 2020	115	5	+4.6%	206
November 2020	110	0	0%	210
October 2020	110	1	+0.9%	191
September 2020	109	-7	-6%	186
August 2020	116	-1	-0.9%	184
July 2020	117	-2	-1.7%	208
June 2020	119	-27	-18%	197
May 2020	146	-7	-4.6%	243
April 2020	153	20	+15%	269
March 2020	133	10	+8.1%	249
February 2020	123	4	+3.4%	227
January 2020	119	0	0%	222
December 2019	119	-9	-7%	212
November 2019	128	5	+4.1%	236
October 2019	123	3	+2.5%	235
September 2019	120	-6	-4.8%	223
August 2019	126	-1	-0.8%	225
July 2019	127	8	+6.7%	236
June 2019	119	9	+8.2%	209
May 2019	110	-7	-6%	197
April 2019	117	-13	-10%	209
March 2019	130	1	+0.8%	222
February 2019	129	7	+5.7%	237
January 2019	122	1	+0.8%	219
December 2018	121	-5	-4%	214
November 2018	126	4	+3.3%	252
October 2018	122	-9	-6.9%	228
September 2018	131	4	+3.2%	241
August 2018	127	-8	-5.9%	216
July 2018	135	9	+7.1%	254
June 2018	126	-5	-3.8%	237
May 2018	131	-3	-2.2%	256
April 2018	134	1	+0.8%	268
March 2018	133	-17	-11%	245
February 2018	150	11	+7.9%	293
January 2018	139	5	+3.7%	254
December 2017	134	4	+3.1%	228
November 2017	130	4	+3.2%	232
October 2017	126	-12	-8.7%	236
September 2017	138	-5	-3.5%	266
August 2017	143	-4	-2.7%	234
July 2017	147	4	+2.8%	244
June 2017	143	-3	-2.1%	230
May 2017	146	-6	-4%	287
April 2017	152	8	+5.6%	278
March 2017	144	-10	-6.5%	278
February 2017	154	-1	-0.7%	269
January 2017	155	3	+2%	275
December 2016	152	7	+4.8%	258
November 2016	145	5	+3.6%	271
October 2016	140	-8	-5.4%	268
September 2016	148	-2	-1.3%	281
August 2016	150	-19	-11%	243
July 2016	169	-11	-6.1%	285
June 2016	180	-8	-4.3%	358
May 2016	188	-7	-3.6%	350
April 2016	195	44	+29%	350
March 2016	151	-66	-30%	294
February 2016	217	0	0%	359
January 2016	217	12	+5.9%	372
December 2015	205	2	+1%	338
November 2015	203	-31	-13%	381
October 2015	234	52	+29%	492
September 2015	182	-8	-4.2%	357
August 2015	190	18	+10%	307
July 2015	172	7	+4.2%	277
June 2015	165	-5	-2.9%	276
May 2015	170	11	+6.9%	291
April 2015	159	-6	-3.6%	292
March 2015	165	-6	-3.5%	308
February 2015	171	10	+6.2%	307
January 2015	161	7	+4.6%	288
December 2014	154	28	+22%	294
November 2014	126	-10	-7.4%	249
October 2014	136	12	+9.7%	303
September 2014	124	-2	-1.6%	238
August 2014	126	7	+5.9%	223
July 2014	119	5	+4.4%	214
June 2014	114	0	0%	204
May 2014	114	10	+9.6%	220
April 2014	104	-2	-1.9%	222
March 2014	106	8	+8.2%	197
February 2014	98	16	+20%	191
January 2014	82	24	+41%	174
December 2013	58	8	+16%	115
November 2013	50	6	+14%	98
October 2013	44	6	+16%	96
September 2013	38	-4	-9.5%	86
August 2013	42	-2	-4.6%	81
July 2013	44	-6	-12%	83
June 2013	50	0	0%	103
May 2013	50	-1	-2%	97
April 2013	51	-3	-5.6%	105
March 2013	54	-5	-8.5%	127
February 2013	59	-3	-4.8%	130
January 2013	62	5	+8.8%	130
December 2012	57	12	+27%	117
November 2012	45	-4	-8.2%	88
October 2012	49	-3	-5.8%	104
September 2012	52	-3	-5.5%	103
August 2012	55	4	+7.8%	102
July 2012	51	—	—	99

Long-term history

Month by month from before we started counting: players from SteamCharts, plus Steam reviews and Wikipedia views, which follow interest rather than player numbers.

Busiest monthOct 2015234

Highest monthly peakOct 2015492

Last 12 months vs the 12 before-4%

average players
peak players

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month from SteamCharts, used with permission. The month in progress is left out.

#174 most played on Steam in September 2012

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About the game

Release date: Apr 8, 2011
All-time peak reached: Oct 2015 · 492
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 27, 2026
Steam app id: 73170

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