Steam app 1240630 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:17 UTC
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!
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
79 months, March 2020 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Hex of Steel was released on 31 Aug, 2020.
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137 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Aug 2025 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC
CHANGES Reworked flamethrower tanks stats (nerfed). Modded units are now excluded from the naming auto-update on scenario opening (fix for modders that got some of their units renamed by the game on scenario opening, only one case I’m aware…
Patch notesFIXED Historical accuracy issues in the Europe 1940 standalone scenario. Historical accuracy issues in the Battle of Anzio standalone scenario.
Patch notesFIXES Buildings could be upgraded in the reserve and trigger an infinite money exploit through there. Buildings (factories, refineries, airfields etc) could be built on rivers (where there was a bridge). One rare and super specific…
Patch notesADDED Players blacklist (bans) is now automatically fetched from the servers in real time to refresh the chat instead of being baked into the game files and requiring a game update to update the ban player list. CHANGES Improved…
Patch notesADDITIONS Harmony: new CanGetEntrenched() function under Unit.cs to replace all of the hardcoded checks throughout the codebase (to decide whether a unit can get entrenchment > 0). Harmony: new GetEntrenchmentRemoval(unit) function under…
Patch notesCHANGES Unit names are now properly localized when using the ‘realistic naming’ setting. Engineers can now build/place down tile units (fortifications, factories…) on tiles that are non-empty from unit (as long as they are allies), changing…
Patch notesFIXED Start button being greyed out even though everything was ready to play in the standalone scenarios menu. Capitalization in unit naming inconsistencies when playing with realistic names option. Attempt to fix game settings unproperly…
Patch notesADDED Store categories icons for Antiquity and Medieval era/time period. CHANGED First player in the list when setting up a game will now be set as 'playing first' by default. FIXED Battle of the Bulge campaign scenario had no reinforcement…
Patch notesADDED Localization of all hardcoded units names, for example: Heavy infantry => Infanterie lourde, etc. CHANGED Very bad morale (red) now applies a penalty of 15% (+5% damage penalty vs prior). Strategic bombers no longer ignore terrain…
Patch notesADDED Sd. Kfz. 7-1 flakvierling 38 to: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. CHANGED Capturing a victory point will now trigger a refresh of borders + land ownership (without full FOW clearing however). Rommel’s Offensive campaign scenario balance…
Patch notesCHANGED Units movement pathfinding will now prioritize going across tiles that are not in the FOW, and if there's a tie, it will prioritize moving across owned territory that is in FOW rather than enemy territory inside FOW. This will…
Patch notesADDED New US tanks: Sherman M4 75mm, Sherman M4 105mm, Sherman M4A1 75mm, Sherman M4A1 76mm, Sherman M4A2 75mm, Sherman M4A3 75mm, Sherman M4A3 76mm, Sherman M4A3 105mm, Sherman M4A4 75mm. CHANGED Entrenchment damage modifier is now applied…
Patch notesADDED Brand new Europe 1940 standalone scenario (with new leaderboard entries). Two new French commanders: Pierre Héring, Charles Huntziger. Marmon–Herrington Mk I, Marmon–Herrington Mk II, Marmon–Herrington Mk VI, Cruiser Mk II, Sherman I…
Patch notesWarning: the multiplayer server will be updated within the next 48h and will require any version equal or above 8.4.0 to access online services. CHANGED Scenario Generator has been reworked from the ground up. New terrain generation, proper…
A Corsican FrogCHANGED AI is a bit more careful with its attacks/targets when sitting on its own major VP. AI will be purchasing AA/AT units more consistently now. AI SPAA / SPAT units purchase chance has been increased. Operation Overlord scenarios…
Patch notesADDED Reinstated the Sd. Kfz. 7-1 flakvierling 38 New German SPAAG: Sd. Kfz. 6-2 FlaK 3.7 cm New German SPAAG: Sd. Kfz. 8 FlaK 18 8.8 cm (prototype) CHANGED Buildings no longer can be redeployed. Was exploited and makes no sense to redeploy…
Patch notesCHANGED Rebalanced Leningrad 41 Axis campaign scenario. Occupied VPs now provide 25% less supplies. Land units in transport ships no longer apply any supply penalty to land units. Optimized a little bit the supply path calculation. Updated…
Patch notesADDED Smooth fog of war uncovering when moving units. Smooth VP ownership change when a VP is captured (short animation). Deathblow icon on damage preview to see at a glance whether a unit dies during the engagement. Short animation when…
Patch notesADDED New movement inertia on units is now optional (setting, default to ON). CHANGED Reduced clouds opacity when zooming in/closer to the map. Reduced GPU load with new clouds system (they no longer have any performance impact, you can…
Patch notesADDED Brand new Eastern Front 1942 standalone scenario. Leaderboard entry (steam) for new Eastern Front 1942 scenario. Supply plane to Japan. Slight inertia to units when they move. Smooth lerp for unit swap movement. CHANGED Bumped…
Patch notesADDED New unit property: AvailabilityOption. This new property replaces the old isRemoved property, it now allows you to control who this unit is available to (Everyone, No one, AI only, Humans only). Move or Attack rule for specific units…
Patch notesADDED Missing unit properties fields to the CSV file generation (units editor). CHANGED Morale damage modifier has been smoothed between states, preventing hard morale modifier based on pure raw morale state. Previously, if you were 1%…
Patch notesADDED Drazki-class torpedo boat and Lurssen F1 class torpedo boat to Bulgaria. Tooltip for cost of unit redeployment on UI. Ship names in all missing UI menus: store, reserve, order of battle. CHANGED Redeploy button is now disabled when…
Patch notesCHANGES Bumped multiplayer compat version to 8.3.5 Terrain modifier UI icon has been updated to something clearer than a bunker icon. Upgrading/Downgrading a unit (from itself to another unit) will now remove 1 level of experience to the…
Patch notesCHANGED Research time has been tweaked to take into account the amount of time that goes by every turn. Underlying code has been reworked to also improve modding with Harmony. Rules for transportation modes (Horse-towed, motorized…
Patch notesADDITIONS Auto recognition of more ship classes: Frigate, Corvette, Minesweeper, torpedo boat, escort destroyer. CHANGES Significantly reduced core units upkeep when in reserve on campaign scenarios only (from 50% to 10%). That tended to…
Patch notesFIXES AI not deploying its units properly. Operation Unthinkable wrong side assigned in campaign. Panzer III Hs were present originally on the Battle of France 1940 scenario even though this model was not produced yet historically. Several…
Patch notesADDED AI nations now guard their borders during peacetime, evaluating nearby threats and reinforcing the most dangerous frontiers. Hurja class gunboat to Finland. Prezidentas Smetona gunboat to Lithuania. Ronis class submarine and Virsaitis…
Patch notesCHANGED All ships graphics have been updated and their style has been unified. All ships counters have been updated to a new design. All plane counters have been updated to fit the new design (tinted instead of full out white). All land…
Patch notesCHANGED Game engine version changed from Unity 2021.3.45f2 to Unity 2022.3.62f3. Improved online account email verification delivery rate. For modders (Harmony): Rewrote entirely the GetPotentialDamage() from Unit.cs. You can now easily mod…
Patch notesCHANGED Attrition calculations have been changed to prevent various exploits/cheesing or arty spam. Noticeable changes are: attrition values are now percentage-based instead of raw numbers (so that units with low ammo/fuel count don't get…
Patch notesADDED River generator both in scenario editor and in random scenario generator. Railroad generator both in scenario editor and in random scenario generator. CHANGED Improved scenes unloading speed (especially noticeable on large maps).…
Patch notesADDITIONS Few new german commanders: Wilhelm List, Maximilian von Weichs and Georg von Küchler. CHANGES Operation Overlord standalone scenario channel islands ownership (should have been Germany, not the UK). Europe 1942 standalone…
Patch notesFIXED Player swapping seats/nations in PBEM online multiplayer games in some specific cases. Next human player panel showing up in online PBEM multiplayer games between players. Income modifier setting resetting itself between custom…
Patch notesCHANGED Support fire logic has been tweaked a little so that potential supporters will never support attacked unit when the distance between the attacker and the attackee is greater than the potential supporter range of attack. Vanilla…
Patch notesLast update of the year :) Happy new year in advance to everyone! ADDED Confirmation window when you are about to pick a policy from one category where you already have an active policy (to warn you about the fact that only one policy can…
Patch notesADDED Capitulation event for the USSR on the Europe scenarios (requires the loss of Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Sevastopol Murmansk and Baku). CHANGED Multiplayer compatibility version. Game settings when hosting a PBEM game will now be…
Patch notesHello all! The beta for 8.1.0 has come to an end and is in good shape for a public release. Special thanks to all of the people that participated :) Love ya'll! As discussed previously, version 8.1.0 replaces entirely the old multiplayer…
A Corsican FrogTL;DR: A full wipe of the old PBEM server will happen on January 1st, 2026. All data will be erased. You have until then to finish your ongoing games. I strongly recommend moving over to 8.1.0 — your experience will be much, much better!…
A Corsican FrogCHANGED Updated several sections of the manual. FIXED Editors could not save data to mod if there were active mods that were missing data. AA units were still not able to attack land units further than 1 tile away. New Orleans heavy cruiser…
Patch notesADDED New 'Help' section in the main menu, where you will be able to find both the game's Manual, as well as a 'Contact Support' email generator + log file opener. Please use this now to report issues or request for help, as it will contain…
Patch notesBREAKING CHANGE (mods): To all modders working on a mod with Harmony: some Mod variables have been renamed and their type has changed (from regular open field to private property). That 'small' change as a result is effectively breaking all…
Patch notesCHANGED Transferring a unit that was on the map to some other player that was not an ally or an enemy would leave the unit on the territory, it will now be sent to the player's reserve instantly. Improved sync of units movements in real…
Patch notesADDED Damage breakdown mention + how-to in Tutorial task + step to help new players better understand battle/damage outcomes. When closing the tutorial window, it will now turn into a little 'book' icon on the UI so that you can open it…
Patch notesADDED Brand new main menu soundtrack, unfortunately was not ready in time for the release of 8.0.0 and the new art style, composed by the same artist. Close/Minimize buttons to the tutorial window. Loading wheel in the multiplayer button…
Patch notesCHANGED Overlay file when imported will now have a base scale of 15 (too many people thought the feature was not working because it was too small when imported). Refactored some code to make modders' life easier. FIXED Minor sync issues in…
Patch notesBREAKING CHANGES Save files and scenarios generated by version 8 and above are not compatible with earlier game versions (7 and before). However, files from version 7 and before are compatible with version 8 and above. Hello everyone! Yes…
A Corsican FrogADDED Support for MP3 format for SFXs and musics for mods. I strongly encourage every modder to update their mod and replace their WAV sound files with MP3 files to achieve significant RAM gains (over 90%). CHANGED Multiplayer compat.…
Patch notesADDED Translation for many languages for the Steam achievements. CHANGED Multiplayer compatibility version. Network code reorganization. Towed AA units no longer can move and attack, it's either one or the other during their turn. Only SPAA…
Patch notesADDED Quickload key-bind (loads the last save file that was made/updated). CHANGED Multiplayer compat. version. Steam Cloud save files will no longer systematically download and overwrite local game files if the timestamps of both files is…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Hex of Steel - Support pack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 26 Nov 2020 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Hex of Steel.app | macos | ||
| Launch | Hex of Steel.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Hex of Steel.x86_64 | linux |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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