Three additional games have been released in the series: Hearts of Iron II, Hearts of Iron III, and Hearts of Iron IV. Hearts of Iron is the first game in the eponymous series of grand strategy wargames. Hearts of Iron allows the player to take control of a nation in the world and guide it through World War II and the years immediately before and after it. In 2004, Atari, SA published Hearts of Iron: Platinum, an updated version that sought to improve several aspects of the game.
A Mac OS version was released by Virtual Programming the following year. Based on the Europa Engine, it was originally released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows. Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First.
