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Role of Hex

Role of Hex

Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.

Released Feb 20, 2023 Developer Verde Platforms Windows Rogue-likeTower DefenseProcedural GenerationExplorationPvE
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

70.4%positive98 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Presumably the point of a tower defense is (usually) to survive for as long as possible, but the game linearly drops FPS after about the first 10-15 minutes, it'd be okay if it stopped at a certain limit but it doesn't. 25-30 minutes in you'll be getting spammed with popups that…”

— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“So close to being a thumbs up. I find the idea interesting but once you get far enough into it, it becomes a slog to grind for gear, souring the whole experience. The other big down side is errors that will crash your game and lag spikes.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

34achievements
24.7%median completion
4.7%rarest: Great Wall
78.9% of players 77.8% of players 72.6% of players 70.5% of players 69.6% of players 64.5% of players 62.7% of players 58.9% of players 53.6% of players 49.5% of players 48.9% of players 47.9% of players 45.4% of players 41.4% of players 39.9% of players 37.6% of players 34.5% of players 24.7% of players 23.0% of players 17.9% of players 17.7% of players 17.4% of players 15.6% of players 15.3% of players 14.4% of players 11.4% of players 11.2% of players 7.5% of players 6.8% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 4.7% of players 78.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.9%Idle Gaming — Survive for 1 minute without doing anything
77.8%Local Hazard — Kill 1.000 creatures in a single mission
72.6%That had to hurt — Deal 10k damage in a single hit
Rarest badges of honor
4.7%Great Wall — Have 1000 barrier generators at the same time
5.9%Role of Hex — Perform the 7th simulation
5.9%Fire Fight — Perform the 5th simulation

Latest official news

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

Mar 15, 2025
Role of Hex update 1.4.1

Version 1.4.1 - 15/03/2024 Verde's Notes Hey people, it has been a while! I have been playing this game for a while now and I've saw some issues, so I got to fixing them. For this update specifically,

Mar 08, 2024
Role of Hex - Lightning Round Update

Version 1.4.0 - 08/03/2024 - Lightning Round Additions Time Controls Allows speeding up the game by 2x, 3x or 4x. Disabled when too many structures are damaged or when a lag report is generated Challe

Jan 05, 2024
Role of Hex update 1.3.1

Hey people, now that the winter sale has cooled down a bit and I got I break to work on late-game stuff again, here is a balance patch specifically focused on the late game (>50% equipment completion)

Dec 19, 2023
Hotfix 1.3.0e

Hello everyone, Verde here. First of all, I would like to thank you for the massive wave of feedback I'm getting from the last update. I'm here to make myself a little bit more transparent about what

Dec 16, 2023
Role of Hex - Value Drift Update

Role of Hex Version 1.3 Additions Tech Tree A new tech tree replaces the equipment screen. Now every equipment is active at all times, except for blueprints, for which you can still only select 3 Equi

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-like · Tower Defense · Procedural Generation · Exploration · PvE · Sci-fi · Open World Survival Craft · Real Time Tactics · Base-Building · Perma Death · Strategy · RTS (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Portuguese - Brazil * *
Achievements34
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64 Processor: 2.5 Ghz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nvidia GeForce 6000 series or ATI Radeon 9000 series Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any