Hex of Steel 4+
WW2 turn-based Strategy game.
Valentin Lievre
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- $4.99
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Description
The Ultimate Turn Based WWII Strategy Experience On iPhone and iPad
▶ IMPORTANT: Hex of Steel is a graphically intensive game. For the best experience, especially in the largest scenarios, we recommend using a device with a strong GPU/CPU. Devices from 2017 onward, like the iPhone X, should handle these scenarios smoothly. However, all devices can access the extensive campaign mode and engage in thrilling multiplayer battles. ◀
▶ Command the War. Forge History ◀
Immerse yourself in Hex of Steel, a fresh and innovative WWII wargame that spans all major fronts. Command your forces across Europe, Africa, and the Pacific in a game that marries deep strategic gameplay with cutting-edge mechanics.
▶ Born from Passion ◀
What started as a Kickstarter dream with just €53 has evolved into a deeply engaging strategy game, a testament to the determination and passion of its creator. Hex of Steel is more than just another war game—it's a labor of love crafted with the input of a dedicated community.
▶ Why Hex of Steel Stands Out ◀
• Constant Evolution: Over 400 updates and counting. Hex of Steel is continuously refined and improved, ensuring a fresh and balanced experience with every playthrough.
• Dynamic AI: Engage with an AI that reacts to your every move, providing a challenging and fair experience without resorting to cheats.
• Expansive Scenarios: Command your units across massive, meticulously crafted maps that cover Europe, North Africa, the Pacific, and beyond.
• Endless Customization: Tailor your experience with over 50 policies and doctrines, from military tactics to occupation strategies. Toggle optional settings like zone of control, realistic supplies, and fog of war to suit your style.
• Epic Campaigns: Lead your core units through branching, dynamic campaigns that allow you to rewrite military history.
• Cross-Platform Play: Seamlessly battle friends across PC and mobile platforms with cross-platform multiplayer.
• Limitless Creativity: Design your own scenarios, units, and maps using a suite of editors, or dive into infinite replayability with the random scenario generator.
• Strategic Depth: Employ diplomacy, forge alliances, declare wars, and negotiate truces. Your strategic choices will shape the course of the game.
• Vast Replayability: With 45 playable nations—from Germany to Mongolia to Iraq—Hex of Steel offers an unprecedented variety of strategies and challenges.
• Immersive Environment: Experience dynamic weather and seasonal transitions, complete with stunning visual and sound effects that bring the battlefield to life.
• No Hidden Costs: Enjoy the full game with no in-app purchases or paid content—what you see is what you get.
▶ Join a Thriving Community ◀
With an active and growing Discord community of 1600+ members, you'll find plenty of support, tips, and camaraderie as you dive into the rich world of Hex of Steel.
Whether you're a seasoned strategist or new to the genre, Hex of Steel offers a deeply immersive and customizable wargaming experience that will challenge your tactical prowess.
The battlefield awaits—are you ready to command?
What’s New
Version 7.7.12
ADDED
• New setting: No AA support fire during air on air engagements.
• Auto-saving when playing offline PBEM, whenever the 'next human player playing' menu appears, the game will perform a save with the player's country name + turn count, example: Hungary_5. This will save you to have to do it manually. All you have to do is send the file to your friend(s) now. It will also automatically open the directory for you once the save is ready.
CHANGED
• Multiplayer compatibility version bumped to match latest game version.
• Defending (being attacked) on a frozen river now will grant the attacker double damage against the defender.
• AI will now properly upgrade/downgrade to other units for garrisons if your mod is not in the same time period as the base game.
• Sped up going back to main menu from game speed a little (about 5% speed increase, haha).
• Units in the reserve now have to pay 50% of their upkeep instead of 30% (a 20% increase, basically).
• Increased upkeep for heavy infantry, commandos, panzergrenadiers, shock infantry, paratroopers, marines, NKVD.
• Autosave naming format (clearer).
• Some diplomacy shenanigans when let's say Belgium is being declared war on by France which was in the same team, while also at war with Germany, now Belgium will join its own faction instead of joining the Axis.
• Light infantry manpower cost is a bit cheaper now (13,000 vs 15,000).
• Garrison manpower cost a tad more expensive now (2,500 vs 2,000).
FIXED
• You had to pay to join a faction when being Neutral.
• Turn production value on the UI for upgrading/downgrading a unit was wrong.
• AI manpower hole when disbanding unused units (losing manpower, never getting it back for disbanding units in its reserve).
• Hungary 1944 standalone scenario was not marked as 'official scenario', therefore you could not unlock any achievement or leaderboard there.
Ratings and Reviews
Closest thing to panzer corps we will get on iPhone
Love this game ! This is the closest thing we will ever get to panzer corps on iPhone . You are doing AMAZING work ! However I have one issue (thus why it’s 4 stars )
On the new iPhones with “Dynamic island “ (D.I.) the D.I. Takes up a good portion of the menu on the side when playing . I don’t know if you guys can do anything or add a option to move side bar around or something cause it’s a giant pain . Again this is not the developers fault and I will 100% continue to support the game with DLC or any purchases I can make ! Keep up the amazing work.
Crashes all the time.
I tried giving this a solid run through several of the maps and the German campaign. Nearly every time I ended a round the app crashed. In the middle of several dozen turns, the app crashed. I’m currently running a Pacific map playing team Japan. After every end of turn, the app crashed. In fact, I’m trying to advance beyond round five and can’t because it crashes at the same point every time as the AI teams are taking their turns. I literally cannot advance this game any further! I’ve tried replaying the round from a previous save and still had ten straight crashes right after AI Netherland’s turn!
So why 2 stars? This game actually has a lot of potential. The AI doesn’t make moronic decisions like many other strategy games. In fact, I’m curious as to why exactly the game crashes when it does. It’s almost as if it’s overtaxing the iPad’s ability to compute what the AI is doing. Some of the other crashes appeared to be graphics related. I love the unit options and realism. The prices are a bit too high but it’s within tolerance. The terrain and weather effects are also great. I tried the upgrade option a few times and couldn’t figure it out. There are too few menu helps. With some fixes, this game can be the best of the turn based strategy games. Please, please please fix the crash problems for the iOS platforms.
Developer Response ,
Good day !
The crashes aren’t related to the game and the code but the model of iphone / ipad you are using.
It is written in caps at the very beginning of the description, this game is heavy and requires a powerful device. If you don’t have an iPad pro it’s unlikely to run the big scenarios (europe, entire pacific etc)
Same for the iPhones, do not expect to run anything on an iPhone 6s or so
This is not something I can fix, unfortunately
Textures are already at minimum (256x256, compared to the 1024x1024 on PC)
However, playing any of the campaigns is fine, since they aren’t 60.000 tiles big :)
I will update the description to maybe make it more clear what device can or cannot run some of the biggest maps in the game
Regarding the upgrade, I would recommend you take a look at the manual, this is explained there.
There are no tooltips on the mobile version on the game because they would simply appear all the time (hover with mouse on PC, there is no such thing as hover on mobile, its either you press or you don’t)
But there is a detailed manual that you can access from within the main menu, please have a look :)
Maybe give a try to the demo on PC and see if it runs better on your PC
Again, sorry !
There are few problems
So the game just came to mobile so I can't be harsh. I have a feeling most of the things Im going to say will be fixed at some point so, its just a friendly reminder. One thing Id like to see added would be a help bar. This is due to the fact that I have no idea how to resupply. What the "help bar" would do is to help players get more comfortable witht he game. Everything included would be from simple movements to complex things you have added in your game. It could festure the how resupply works to how certain terrains effect troops. I see the bar on the side panel with the icons but, all I see is "no cost" and nothing happens. I think it would also benifit to new players of TBS and bring more people to love the game. Another thing is that the AI won't do their turn. Usually stuck looking at one unit for awhile and I have to restart the load for it to work. Other than those things I have no complaints on the game. It is a master piece and just as good as any Easy Tech game Ive played. So hats off to you for making a greating game. Thank you for taking your time to read my comment.(Sorry I know this is just a repost but I added more detail to the help bar I couldnt find your email)
Developer Response ,
Hi buddy !
Just saw your review now, not sure Apple publish them right away, as im checking almost every day ...
anyway. Thanks for leaving a review ! And yes, you did your background check, its all gonna be fixed :) i fix everything always :p
Can you send me an email about what you mean by help bar ? Not sure I understand what you mean.
For the AI, I see your review was left in 1.5.1.
As of 1.5.5, everything has been fixed !:)
If it happens again (would be surprising) There are plenty of ways to contact me (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Discord) and my email is indicated on there. Go to the steam page of the game, find my email there and we’ll work this out ;)
Cheers !
Val
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Information
- Seller
- Valentin Lievre
- Size
- 421.5 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2019 War Frogs Studio
- Price
- $4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.