Choose Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Choose Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91.5% positive across 929 reviews.
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game vs Making History: The Great War
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game and Making History: The Great War both land in Strategy on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Strategy games on Steam. Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game (2011) is 4 years older than Making History: The Great War (2015). Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Making History: The Great War (74.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Making History: The Great War
Choose Making History: The Great War if you want an Indie and Simulation experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2015) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Making History: The Great War launched in 2015.
Both Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game and Making History: The Great War sit in Strategy on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game |  Making History: The Great War | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2011 | 2015 |
| Genres | Strategy | Strategy, Indie, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 91.5% positive (929 reviews) | 74.9% positive (279 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Martin Ivanov | Muzzy Lane Software, Factus Games |
Side by side
- Both are Strategy games on Steam.
- Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game (2011) is 4 years older than Making History: The Great War (2015).
- Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game scores higher on Steam reviews (91.5% positive) than Making History: The Great War (74.9% positive).
- Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is currently ~67% cheaper on Steam than Making History: The Great War (9.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Making History: The Great War has no Deck rating yet.
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game vs Making History: The Great War — FAQ
- Which is better, Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game or Making History: The Great War?
- On Steam reviews Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game scores higher (91.5% positive) than Making History: The Great War (74.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game or Making History: The Great War first?
- If you want chronology, Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game (2011) came out before Making History: The Great War (2015). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game and Making History: The Great War similar?
- They overlap on Strategy on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.