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Hex of Steel

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App ID 1240630
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher War Frogs Studio
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31621678
Last Record Update 12 October 2025 – 11:02:47 UTC ()
Release Date 31 August 2020 – 17:14:19 UTC ()
😎 89.45%
696 reviews
96
In-Game
+16
💡 Strategy 🪂 World War II 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🪖 Military 🛑 Hex Grid

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!

Additional Information

Developer War Frogs Studio
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/1240630/
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher War Frogs Studio
Store Release Date 5 March 2020 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/Tn63mrwJyH
https://www.reddit.com/r/hexofsteel/
https://www.youtube.com/@warfrogsstudio
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 31 August 2020 – 17:14:19 UTC ()
Original Release Date 5 March 2020 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1583395200)
Store Asset Modification Time 11 October 2025 – 12:58:24 UTC () (1760187504)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Photon SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 6 June 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 18351821
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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Early Access Release Date 5 March 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 1 February 2020 – 14:47:32 UTC (), in changelist #7666085

Supported Languages

22 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Czech Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
Finnish Yes
Greek Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Swedish Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes
Turkish Yes
Catalan Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🪂 World War II 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🪖 Military 🛑 Hex Grid 🔵 Wargame 🎲 Turn-Based 🎲 Board Game 🌲 PvE 🥊 PvP 📜 Historical 🔄 Replay Value 🃏 Tabletop 🏽 2D 🗺️ Top-Down 👤 Singleplayer 🕹️ Multiplayer 📖 Level Editor 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🚜 Tanks

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online Co-op Shared/Split Screen Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Family Sharing Shared/Split Screen Multi-player PvP Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Accessibility Categories

Camera Comfort Custom Volume Controls Playable without Timed Input Mouse Only Option Adjustable Difficulty Save Anytime

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
229007 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.8 Redist No size
1240631 macOS EnglishDépôt : Operation Citadel MacOS 659.30 MiB 409.23 MiB
1240632 Windows EnglishDépôt : Operation Citadel Windows 636.50 MiB 400.31 MiB
1240634 Linux EnglishOperation Citadel Depot : Linux 636.31 MiB 398.79 MiB
1484260 UnusedDLC 1484260Operation Citadel : Support pack (1484260) Depot No size

Total size on disk is 1.89 GiB and total download size is 1.18 GiB.

Total size on disk is 636.50 MiB and total download size is 400.31 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 20356795 12 October 2025 – 11:02:29 UTC
8.0.6 20356795 12 October 2025 – 11:02:04 UTC
8.0.5 20303145 8 October 2025 – 12:36:13 UTC
6.8.4 Old UI, no localization 12187463 14 September 2023 – 10:29:28 UTC
legacy Early Access version 5919058 3 December 2020 – 21:46:13 UTC
dev-test Don't use this branch unless the dev asked you to. 20189782 30 September 2025 – 13:08:01 UTC

Other

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workshopdepot Hex of Steel (1240630)
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