Hexbotica

Hexbotica is a turn-based strategy game set on a single hex world with three layers: subterranean caverns, the surface and the open sky. You fight, mine and build across all three layers, managing a factory that produces the units you need to survive a hostile world or defeat an opponent.

Build your factory

Gem deposits provide resources, but eventually run dry. You refine the mined gems and send them through pipe networks you design. An Assembler at the end of the chain forges a Unit Core, which travels by pipe to a six-armed Applicator that installs it in a newly constructed unit.

Shape the terrain

You can raise ridges to block line of sight or flatten ground to make room for a factory. Underground, excavate tunnels and cut through cave walls; you can also build walls to create chokepoints.

Survive the planet

Storms telegraph lightning strikes one turn ahead, giving you time to move units out of the blast. Volcanoes pour lava into lowlands, earthquakes split the ground, and meteor showers create craters that can be mined for resources. Void spiders deploy guards to protect their nests. You can crack a nest open to harvest its essence, but the spiders are ruled by a queen seven tiles wide.

Scout the layers

Fog of war accounts for height and layer: hills block line of sight, while the underground hides anything your scanners are not actively watching. The dark contains derelicts, crash pods, void vortexes and geothermal fields. Claim vortexes with collecting rigs and geothermal fields with drill rigs.

Game modes

• Single Play: face the hostile world and see how long your civilization can last. All actions resolve simultaneously, so there is no waiting between turns.
• Online 1v1: compete over Steam or a local network, with both players planning at the same time. Each player has a base on the surface and another underground; losing either base means losing the match.
• Missions: play through 24 guided scenarios, from beginner lessons to difficult challenges.

Units and worlds

You can build and control twin-cannon tanks, gunships, bombers, repair drones and shield bots, as well as missile silos with interceptor fire, teleporter pad networks and artillery guns. Artillery has a range of 6 to 25 tiles but cannot defend itself against anything standing right beside it. A tech tree unlocks new unit types, and procedurally generated worlds range from deserts and seas to coral caverns and volcanic ridges. The game uses a flat-shaded art style with beveled edges.