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Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone PC

HoI4: By Blood Alone

The seventh major add-on to the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV. HoI4 By Blood Alone focuses on Italy, Switzerland and Ethiopia and introduces, among other things, a special aircraft creator in which we can create our own fighters or bombers.

This is Hearts of Iron IV expansion pack.

Strategy | World War II | Economic | RTS | sandbox | war strategy | interwar period | grand strategy

Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone Release Date PC

27September2022

27September2022

Steam

developer: Paradox Development Studio publisher: Paradox Interactive Official website

English language game language: English

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By Blood Alone is the seventh major expansion for Hearts of Iron IV, a strategy game released in 2016. The add-on was developed by the authors of the basic version of the game, the Paradox Development Studio team.

Game mechanics

The biggest novelty introduced in Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone are new alternate history options for the three nations. The add-on allows us to both recreate Italy's politics under Mussolini and lead the country down a completely different path by introducing a monarchy, causing a communist revolution or making a turn towards democracy. Switzerland must build its neutrality in such a way as to maintain balance with all its neighbors, while Ethiopia under our rule (when necessary exercised also in exile) can be given a chance to repel an Italian invasion.

The expansion also introduces a number of new peace conference options. Thanks to them, nothing stands in the way of creating demilitarized zones on the map or neutralizing entire countries, disposing of the ships of defeated countries, as well as taking control over their factories and resources as reparations. In addition, we can impose embargoes on our enemies, preventing them from trading and thus cutting off a significant portion of profits. Moreover, the add-on introduces the possibility of tracking the effectiveness of individual divisions, developing the passive skills of their commanders and rewarding them with medals.

In addition, the add-on brings over 20 new units for Italy, Ethiopia and Switzerland, as well as 67 previously unavailable aircraft models. The latter can also be designed by ourselves in a special wizard.

Game modes

In Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone you can play solo or in multiplayer mode for up to 32 players.

Technical aspects

By Blood Alone is a standalone DLC and therefore requires the base version of Hearts of Iron IV. The expansion does not introduce any changes to the visuals, however it contains 12 new music tracks.

Last updated on 14 February 2024

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1-32  

PEGI rating Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Intel Core i5-750 2.66 GHz / AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • graphic card 1280 MB GeForce GTX 470 / 1 GB Radeon HD 5850 or better
  • 2 GB HDD
  • Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit
  • Recommended:
  • Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz
  • 6 GB RAM
  • graphic card 1280 MB GeForce GTX 570 / 3 GB Radeon HD 7970 or better
  • 2 GB HDD
  • Windows 10 64-bit
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