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Hexguardian

Hexguardian

Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!

Released May 2, 2024 Developer Split Second Games Publisher Yogscast Games Platforms Windows Tower DefenseCartoonyRogue-liteRogue-likeStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $1.19 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

79.8%positive702 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Overall its not bad but not worth buying because there's better games in the same category. The bad: - Graphics. - Don't like the tile build mechanic. - Map design - Towers - Enemies are basic nothing unique.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“don't let its cute shell fool you this game is an decent guard the castle game, in hex tile format. still gives an solid game play loop.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Tried playing, the escape key didn't work, then my screen went black. I couldn't Alt+Tab, open task manager, or even Ctrl+Alt+Del, I had to force shut down my pc by holding the power button. Not Cool. When I reopened the game and clicked "Feedback" button, it took me to a google…”

— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

675all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 329 avg · May 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

88achievements
32.8%median completion
0.6%rarest: Renowned Guardian
94.2% of players 91.5% of players 90.7% of players 90.4% of players 89.1% of players 88.8% of players 88.3% of players 88.2% of players 81.3% of players 78.5% of players 75.9% of players 75.0% of players 73.5% of players 73.2% of players 71.4% of players 68.1% of players 65.8% of players 63.1% of players 62.7% of players 60.6% of players 60.5% of players 60.1% of players 59.9% of players 56.7% of players 54.8% of players 52.8% of players 50.9% of players 49.4% of players 48.9% of players 48.4% of players 46.6% of players 46.4% of players 46.0% of players 44.2% of players 44.2% of players 43.3% of players 42.1% of players 42.1% of players 38.3% of players 38.3% of players 38.0% of players 35.9% of players 35.6% of players 34.4% of players 32.8% of players 32.7% of players 32.6% of players 31.7% of players 29.7% of players 28.9% of players 27.2% of players 27.1% of players 24.6% of players 24.2% of players 23.5% of players 22.7% of players 20.9% of players 20.1% of players 19.6% of players 17.2% of players 94.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.2%Enemy Slayer — Kill 100 enemies.
91.5%First Steps — Finish the tutorial level.
90.7%Testing the Waters — Finish a game with at least 5 days completed.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Renowned Guardian — Kill 200 bosses.
0.7%World Expo — Build 400 wonders.
0.9%You Are Legendary! — Finish 100 games in crazy levels with at least 7 days completed.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.19−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$11.99base price
$1.19lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US1.19 USD−90%
EU1.17 EUR−90%
UK0.99 GBP−90%
Australia1.77 AUD−90%
Canada1.54 CAD−90%
Japan140 JPY−90%
Brazil3.84 BRL−90%
China3.80 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$0.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$1.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 16, 2025
Rogue Adjacent Sale + Camp Yog Sale!

⚔️ Critical Hits: The Rogue-Adjacent Sale We’re super excited to be a part of the Critical Hits: The Rogue Adjacent Sale organized by the lovely folk over at Thunderful Games! Come snag a copy of Hexg

Nov 27, 2024
The Sale Continues!

It’s time to rejoice, Hexguardian will continue to have its 40% discount as a part of the Steam Autumn Sale! So grab your copy of Hexguardian, hop in and appease the Gods of Strategy with your tower d

Nov 18, 2024
A Hexing Good Sale - 40% Off!

Heya Guardians! For a limited time as part of the Yogscast Games Publisher Sale, Hexguardian will have 40% discount! An exciting time to hop into this roguelite tower defense game that lets you build

Sep 15, 2024
Hexguardian Heroes Update: A Divine Intervention - And a 33% Discount!

Hey there blessed Guardians! The Gods of strategy are pleased to answer your prayers and are sending new heroes to join your battle! We're bringing you a game altar-ing update and to celebrate, there'

Aug 12, 2024
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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Cartoony · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like · Strategy · Hex Grid · Procedural Generation · Tactical · RTS · 3D · Cute · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian
Achievements88
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 3.9GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD R9 270 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space