This mod caught our eye recently via our Discord sever, as it appeared to offer a Victorian-era experience wrapped in Hearts of Iron’s shenanigans. Make sure you don’t accidentally download the old version of the mod. Do read our full review for the whole story on this mod. Many nations have their own unique mechanics as well. You can purchase equipment from the private sector, a new economic system. It also has thousands of new events, new units, new mechanics including DECON and MAD. This mod features between 10-20 years worth of content for all the major powers, including some minors. There are plans to extend the timeline into the 1990s. As implied by the title, it changes the setting to the Cold War period, with start dates ranging from 1949 through to 1970.

This is a new mod that’s risen in popularity since we last did our checks.

HOI4 – Texture Overhaul – Terrain (Cosmetic).

HOI4 In Real Time! (Mechanics/Balance/why).

Player-Led Peace Conferences (Mechanics/Balance).

Millennium Dawn: Modern Day Mod (Total Conversion/Immersion).

Hearts of Oak – Man the Guns (Total Conversion/Immersion).

The Road to 56 (Total Conversion/Immersion).

The Great War (Total Conversion/Immersion).

BlackICE Historical Immersion Mod (Total Conversion/Immersion).

End of a New Beginning (Total Conversion).

Cold War Iron Curtain: A World Divided (Total Conversion).

Trying to pick and choose the best mods through this vast white-out of choices can be as daunting as Operation Barbarossa (or learning the ropes of HoI4, which can be just as scary without the right tutorial).Īnd yes, there is a Battle Royale mod.

With each of Hearts of Iron 4’s many DLC updates, the gargantuan family of mods has grown further, with players turning Paradox’s every new addition to their own creative ends. Naturally, there’s also a smorgasbord of mechanical tweaks and fiddles to choose from, adding new systems for AI, textures, music and more. On top of the base game’s famously deep and complex set of systems and interactions, its open-ended sandbox version of World War Two has proven extremely fertile ground for modders to create alternate histories, ultra-detailed scenarios covering later (or earlier) conflicts, and even transport you to other game worlds entirely. Still, let’s ride this tiger of selection, and focus on four salient categories to encircle some of the best mods out there. Of all the Paradox titles to deploy massive mods libraries, none might compare with the whopping collection of over 20,000 Hearts of Iron 4 Mods.

Hearts of iron 4 playable nations