Hex based games sorted by year, newest first
Many old turn-based wargames took place on a map represented with identical hexagons. These hex-based games are not common these days (Civilization V is a rare exception), but were well known to C64, DOS PC and Spectrum owners.
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Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3
DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
Mech War
DOS1992
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected Atomic Games
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software
Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...
L'Empereur
DOS1991 KOEI
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
The Perfect General
DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's b...
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected Atomic Games
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS1990 TigLon Software
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Panzer Battles
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS1989 KOEI
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS1989 KOEI
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1
DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 MicroProse Software
Desert Rats
DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
Ogre
DOS1986 Origin Systems
Battle of Antietam
DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no flash here—just raw, old-school strategy where ...
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 MicroProse Software