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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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a f...
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...
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Windows XP/98/951999protected New World Computing
People's General
Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999
DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
Fantasy General
DOS1996protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil...
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where play...
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
Nectaris
DOS1995 Hudson soft
Steel Panthers
DOS1995 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical...
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 ...
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...
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Front Lines
DOS1994 Impressions Games
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.
Power Dolls
DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
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...
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Hexxagon
DOS1993 Argo Games
Hexxagon 2
DOS1993 Argo Games
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword
DOS1993protected Atomic Games
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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...
Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.