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Hex of Steel cover art

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!

105
playing now
95%
positive of 900 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

105 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 900 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 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

131542026-08-12 04:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 112 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 84 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 56 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 104 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 103 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 88 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 116 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 82 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 71 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 111 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 74 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 77 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 115 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 74 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 90 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 131 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 98 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 79 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 114 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 77 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 63 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 100 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 78 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 55 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 117 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 105 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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…

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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