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Hex of Steel

War Frogs Studio · 2020-08-31

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Mar 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2020 (Mac), Mar 05, 2020 (Linux)

Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

Hex of Steel is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 906 reviews) sentiment.

107
playing now
95%
positive of 906 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

107 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 107 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 156 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 906 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.29 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820202026Week of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

141552026-09-15 06:00 — 56 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 99 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 78 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 79 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 116 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 116 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 59 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 79 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 116 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 78 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 86 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 108 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 62 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 78 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 139 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 80 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 67 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 127 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 82 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 139 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 116 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 65 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 107 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1121Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 12Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2021 — avg 10 · peak 22Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 36Jan 2022 — avg 20 · peak 41Mar 2022 — avg 19 · peak 37May 2022 — avg 18 · peak 38Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 31Sep 2022 — avg 20 · peak 40Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 40Jan 2023 — avg 22 · peak 44Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 55May 2023 — avg 24 · peak 58Jul 2023 — avg 25 · peak 51Sep 2023 — avg 23 · peak 47Nov 2023 — avg 35 · peak 66Jan 2024 — avg 35 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 66May 2024 — avg 44 · peak 77Jul 2024 — avg 65 · peak 123Sep 2024 — avg 55 · peak 90Nov 2024 — avg 57 · peak 105Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 119Mar 2025 — avg 55 · peak 101May 2025 — avg 71 · peak 133Jul 2025 — avg 65 · peak 110Sep 2025 — avg 67 · peak 343Nov 2025 — avg 83 · peak 142Jan 2026 — avg 83 · peak 147Mar 2026 — avg 85 · peak 171May 2026 — avg 98 · peak 174Jul 2026 — avg 109 · peak 197Aug 2026 — avg 89 · peak 147
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.292020-03-052026-07-092020-03-05 — best price $6.992020-10-29 — best price $10.492020-12-22 — best price $9.742021-03-19 — best price $24.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $18.742021-12-09 — best price $18.742022-01-06 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $17.492022-02-17 — best price $13.122022-04-04 — best price $24.992022-05-23 — best price $24.992022-07-21 — best price $13.122022-09-15 — best price $13.122022-11-22 — best price $13.122023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-02-20 — best price $11.242023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-05-08 — best price $12.492023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-08-29 — best price $9.372023-09-25 — best price $24.992023-10-16 — best price $9.372023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-04-04 — best price $12.492024-06-03 — best price $11.242024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68%
earned "Counter Culture"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer1 DLC

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2550%137

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPvEPvPWargameHex GridMilitaryStrategyTabletopTop-DownBoard Game

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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