What are the best Hex Grid games on Steam?

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Best Hex Grid games on Steam	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Civilization V	$29.99	Very Positive	4X
-- Endless Legend	-	Mostly Positive	4X
-- Pandora: First Contact	-	Mixed	4X

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Civilization V

Top Pro

Customization through policies

Policies are used as a tool to gain a variety of customizations that benefit ones society. There is a branching tree of policies that will allow the user to pick certain aspects that will suit them best such as adding law or religion to ones society which will give gains in certain aspects. See More

Top Con

No steam workshop support on Linux

The Linux port currently does not support steam workshop, and as the mac port made by the same developers has not received workshop support despite having been out for several years, it is unlikely that it ever will. Though there are unofficial workarounds to get the mods working. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:4X

Platforms:Windows, macOS, SteamOS + Linux

Co-Op:2 to 21 Player Online / LAN

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Beautiful graphics

From the players cities and armies to the lush landscape, Civilization is quite a beautiful game for those with systems powerful enough to push the graphics to the limit. Even when on lower graphical settings the game looks lush and well animated. See More

Top Con

No stats on other Civ attitudes

Unlike past Civilization games there are no longer stats on the attitudes of the players surrounding Civilizations. This allowed one to see how each other nation felt about the player, but now that it is gone one has to guess, which is definitely not as helpful. See More

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Endless scenarios and replayability

Civilization V has a large assortment of nation leaders to choose from that have an even bigger assortment of scenarios that are able to play out for said leaders. Each game can be quite unique in this way as each leader allows for a different nation to be controlled. See More

Top Con

Most victories won by timed or military victory

It can be pretty difficult to win by diplomacy or culture which does add some challenge to the game but it can get tiresome if one keeps winning by only military or timed victories. See More

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Fantastic tactical combat

Civilization V has a great combat system that feels very tactical over previous versions as there is no stacking of troops, but with the new hexagonal grid players can surround enemies as well as allow for better tactics when planning attacks. See More

Top Con

One unit per tile

Civ 5 restricts you to having one unit per tile, but has an AI unable to handle that restriction well, and doesn't even have decent pathing for units. Late game becomes a slog of ordering each unit individually due to poor pathing. See More

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Endless Legend

Top Pro

Choice of faction meaningully impacts gameplay

Top Con

Steep learning curve

The game consists of lots and lots of deep systems that can make approaching it difficult. Though it's worth noting that there are mods that remove or tone down the complexity of the game making it more accessible. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:4X

Platform:Windows, macOS

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Highly customizable

Some specific traits are unique to each faction. Most, however, can be traded for when customizing a faction, with a point-buy limitation to balance it. The world generation options are all knobs to turn one way or another as you like. Very fun option to fiddle with that can make every game a new experience. See More

Top Con

Multiplayer is glitchy and sometimes unplayable

Playing with friends can be difficult. Desyncing means you have to reload the game (it autosaves every turn so that's good). For a time it would desync after ever turn, so you had to play the game 1 turn at a time. See More

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Excellent depth

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Good diplomacy system

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Engrossing fantasy setting

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Pandora: First Contact

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Upgrading is done well

Upgrading ones units and operations is quite fun and intelligently done. As new equipment is developed the user has the choice to bring their units in, in order to equip them with the new equipment. Not only is this intuitive but it adds to the strategy of the game as the player must decide who and what are worth upgrading. See More

Top Con

Gameplay is too simple

Short of being a constant aggressor there is really no worthwhile way to win battles. While there are a few different victory conditions non of them really amount to anything as they will not be achieved unless dominating with ones military in the first place. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

Genre:4X

Platform:Windows, macOS, SteamOS + Linux

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What are the best Hex Grid games on Steam?

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Civilization V

My Recommendation for Civilization V

My Recommendation for Civilization V

Customization through policies

No steam workshop support on Linux

Beautiful graphics

No stats on other Civ attitudes

Endless scenarios and replayability

Most victories won by timed or military victory

Fantastic tactical combat

One unit per tile

Endless Legend

My Recommendation for Endless Legend

My Recommendation for Endless Legend

Choice of faction meaningully impacts gameplay

Steep learning curve

Highly customizable

Multiplayer is glitchy and sometimes unplayable

Excellent depth

Good diplomacy system

Engrossing fantasy setting

Pandora: First Contact

My Recommendation for Pandora: First Contact

My Recommendation for Pandora: First Contact

Upgrading is done well

Gameplay is too simple

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