The most popular hex based games
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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Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
Panzer Battles
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Panzer General
DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos
DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an even more hostile moon. You’ll manage resour...
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Battle for Normandy
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
Power Dolls
DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Mix one part turn-based strategy, one part fantasy novel, add a dash of dragon, and you get Age of Wonders (1999). This is the game where wizards rule, elves sulk in forests, and you get to conquer the world with tactical brillian...
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software
With Battle Isle 2200 (1994), the series goes full 3D cinematic—with cutscenes so dramatic you’d think they were auditioning for a soap opera in space. The gameplay is classic hex strategy, but now with upgraded visual...
Desert Rats
DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
5th Fleet
DOS1994
This 1994 naval strategy game for DOS is based on the board game of the same name, which means you’ll spend more time squinting at menus than blowing up ships. It’s cerebral, methodical, and incredibly satisfying - if ...
Nectaris
DOS1995 Hudson soft
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Windows XP/98/951999protected New World Computing
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Operation Market Garden
DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Decision in the Desert
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS1990 TigLon Software
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You command military forces in a region that is perpet...
People's General
Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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...