Hexguardian
Released May 2024
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!
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Hexguardian launched on May 2, 2024 and received three major post-launch content updates: the Inferno difficulty update (June 27, 2024), the Lava Land map update (July 29, 2024), and the Heroes update (September 15, 2024). These arrivals established a cadence of roughly 6–8 weeks between major releases.
The June 27 update teased "a new map, buildings, and wonders with unique mechanics are in the works and will be added to Hexguardian soon," and that promise was plausibly fulfilled by the Lava Land update on July 29, 2024. No equivalent forward-looking teaser or announced content appeared in the Heroes update on September 15, 2024 — the final communication from the developer on record.
As of October 1, 2026, the last developer communication of any kind was September 15, 2024 — over 12 months ago. The last major content release was also September 15, 2024. At a historical cadence of 6–8 weeks between major releases, 12+ months of silence represents roughly 6–8 times the established interval — far beyond any reasonable extension of that pattern. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no outstanding announced content, no roadmap commitments, and no developer statements indicating further development is planned. The developer has also not signaled studio distress; the silence simply reflects a content cycle that has concluded. The game launched as a complete product, received a substantial run of post-launch content through its first five months, and has received no further updates since September 15, 2024.
Evidence
Heroes update shipped with new Altar building system and four hero units — the last major content release and the last developer communication on record.
Lava Land update shipped with a new volcanic map, two new towers, a new economic building, and new wonders.
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Developer
Publisher
Yogscast Games
Achievements
88
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Enjoy two distinct ways to play the game, with standard and challenge modes.
Standard Mode - In the standard game mode you will have access to a vast tech tree. Use points earned from previous runs to unlock new towers, units, upgrades, wonders and more. You will also unlock new maps and difficulty settings as you complete your runs.
Challenge Mode - Take on a challenge that changes every week. Choose your perks, use your limited resources wisely, and compete on the weekly leaderboard.
Shape your realm and control the enemy paths with randomly generated hexagonal tiles.
Kill enemies to obtain hexagonal map tiles, match these titles with the existing paths to create longer routes, obtain better building placement options, or close off the loop to stop enemies spawning from the portals.
Build towers, recruit armies and learn spells to defeat enemies from land, sea and air.
Choose a strategy to defend your realm. Build a variety of towers from simple arrow and bomb launchers to fire and ice towers. Recruit armies of swordsmen, archers and more, and learn powerful spells to slow down and damage enemies as they invade from land, sea and air!
Build magnificent wonders to turn the tides of battle.
Build large Wonders with unique and powerful abilities to turn the tides of battle. Build support buildings like markets and windmills to earn additional gold to purchase more firepower and upgrades.
Use the environment to your advantage
Use the terrain and environment to your advantage, place towers on higher elevations to increase their range in the highland maps, or control the weather to slow down or damage enemies. Combine elements to trigger powerful elemental reactions.
Defeat challenging bosses and receive blessings.
Defeat bosses to unlock a wide range of blessings allowing you to earn more gold, increase the range and damage of your defenses, increase spell power and much more.
Survive as many days as you can to unlock new maps, buildings, units, spells and wonders.
Earn trophies for each day you survive, then use them to unlock new towers, units, spells, wonders, and other buffs and upgrades. Survive long enough to unlock new maps and difficulty settings.
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Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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