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Hex of Steel

Hex of Steel

War Frogs Studio · released Aug 30, 2020

IndieStrategyPCiOS (iPhone/iPad)

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!

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablemedium confidence

anchored at patch: “8.4.13” (25d ago)

n/a
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
79%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%90450
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)79%7313
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 7, 2026) · 12 reviews sampled · 13 total reviews in window · weighted 7.9 up / 2.2 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. 8.4.13
    Aug 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. 8.4.12
    Jul 28, 2026
  3. 8.4.11
    Jul 14, 2026
  4. 8.4.10
    Jul 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. 8.4.9
    Jun 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. 8.4.8
    Jun 19, 2026
  7. 8.4.7
    Jun 7, 2026
  8. 8.4.6
    Jun 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. 8.4.5
    May 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. 8.4.4
    May 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. 8.4.3
    May 10, 2026
  12. 8.4.2
    May 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. 8.4.1
    May 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. 8.4.0
    Apr 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. 8.3.14
    Apr 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. 8.3.13
    Apr 22, 2026
  17. 8.3.12
    Apr 21, 2026
  18. 8.3.11
    Apr 18, 2026
  19. 8.3.10
    Apr 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. 8.3.9
    Apr 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. 8.3.8
    Apr 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. 8.3.7
    Apr 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  23. 8.3.6
    Apr 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  24. 8.3.5
    Apr 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. 8.3.4
    Mar 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  26. 8.3.3
    Mar 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  27. 8.3.2
    Mar 18, 2026
  28. 8.3.1
    Mar 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  29. 8.3.0
    Mar 4, 2026
  30. 8.2.0
    Feb 24, 2026
  31. 8.1.7
    Feb 19, 2026
  32. 8.1.6
    Feb 4, 2026
  33. 8.1.5
    Feb 1, 2026
  34. 8.1.4
    Jan 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  35. 8.1.3
    Jan 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  36. 8.1.2
    Dec 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  37. 8.1.1
    Dec 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  38. 8.1.0
    Nov 17, 2025
  39. 8.1.0 - BETA
    Nov 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  40. 8.0.7
    Oct 16, 2025

…and 56 earlier patch announcements.