Comparison

Hexblem vs Tessera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hexblem

Features
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Hexblem is a Competitive Roguelite RPG Board Game that uses an app to randomize every game session. Explore ever-changing maps, face unique enemies, survive events and quests, and manage resources to fulfill missions before time runs out. As players uncover the map, global events trigger, the difficulty rises, and the final boss — the Unbeatable — appears. If no one defeats it before the countdown ends, everyone loses. Every move counts. Will you be the one to overcome the impossible? Features: • Dynamic random maps for endless replayability • Strategic turn-based combat • Infinite adventure trees and replayability • Global events that change the course of each game • Play solo or with up to 4 players

About

Tessera

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Tessera is a fast, friendly game of building a frontier one hexagon at a time. Gather resources, trade shrewdly, build roads and settlements, and race your friends to victory — all on a beautifully rendered, freshly shuffled hex board every game. PLAY ANYWHERE — NO INTERNET Tessera connects players phone-to-phone over local Wi-Fi, a personal hotspot, or direct nearby connections. No accounts, no servers, no signal required — perfect for road trips, flights, and the kitchen table. EASY TO LEARN, RICH TO MASTER • Roll the dice each turn and harvest the resources your settlements touch • Trade with rivals — or the bank — to get exactly what you need • Build roads, settlements, and cities; buy development cards • Claim the Longest Road and Largest Army for bonus points • Move the robber to slow down a runaway leader • First to 10 points wins NEW: CITIES & KNIGHTS MODE A full expansion-style variant for veterans, selectable when you create any game: • Cities produce commodities — cloth, coin, and paper • Develop trade, politics, and science; claim metropolises for big points • Recruit, activate, and promote knights to defend the island • Barbarians raid the coast — the least-defended players lose a city • 54 progress cards, city walls, the merchant, and a race to 13 points SMART BOTS, ANY TIME Play solo or fill empty seats with bots at three difficulty levels. If a friend drops out mid-game, a difficulty-matched bot takes over instantly — and hands the seat right back the moment they reconnect. BUILT FOR REAL TABLES • Intelligently balanced random boards — no runaway number clusters • Adjustable turn, roll, robber, discard, and opening-placement timers • Friendly-robber option to protect newer players • End-of-game stats with a dice-roll histogram • Smooth card animations and always-clear turn prompts Tessera is a love letter to classic hex-and-resource tabletop strategy, reimagined for your pocket. Gather your friends and start building.

Screenshots

Hexblem3 screens
Tessera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hexblem at 13.0 against Tessera's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexblem ships an update weekly, Tessera every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hexblem versus Tessera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexblemTessera
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB20 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPABLO LOPEZ NAVARROAshray Chowdhry

In-app purchases

None

Hexblem

No in-app purchases

None

Tessera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexblem free?
Hexblem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tessera free?
Tessera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexblem or Tessera have ads?
Neither Hexblem nor Tessera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexblem or Tessera?
Hexblem ships an update weekly, and Tessera every 10 days. Most recently, Hexblem was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tessera on October 24, 2026.

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