Comparison

Hex Squad Tactics vs Supply Lines

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

Head to head
About

Hex Squad Tactics

Features
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Hex Squad is a relaxed real-time tactics game about maneuver and angles. You command a small squad across a hex grid — where you point each trooper matters as much as where you move them. Every trooper sees down a weapon cone. Fog of war hides what no one is looking at. Bullets travel slowly enough that moving is a real dodge, so a fight is decided by positioning: get the angle, use the cover, and catch the enemy where their armor isn't. FEATURES • Real-time or turn-based — play in relaxed continuous time, or take it slow, turn by turn. • Free facing and weapon cones — line of sight is a cone you aim, not a stat. Flanking is the kill. • Cover, walls, and fog — read the battlefield, brace against walls, and control the lanes. • Automatic reaction fire — your troopers spot and defend themselves; you play the general. • Distinct classes — sniper, rifle, SMG, shield, and burst, each with its own reach and role. • Waves and regroup — hold ground as the arena tightens around you. • Play online — host a room with a 4-letter code and take on a friend, or fight the AI solo. Real-time or turn-based, both work online. • Fast to pick up, no accounts, no ads, no timers, no nonsense. Just tactics. Point your squad, hold the angles, and win the ground.

About

Supply Lines

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Supply Lines is a hand-drawn strategy game about holding ground you cannot hold everywhere. Every node on the chart makes ink. Drag between two nodes to open a supply line, and ink flows down it - a surge at first, then a steady pour for as long as the line stays open. Enough of it takes the node at the far end. A supply line is not just an attack you send. It is a commitment you make. You only ever have a limited number of lines open at once. That single limit is the whole game. You are never short of ink. You are short of attention. Every line you commit somewhere is a line you cannot commit anywhere else, and the moment you decide the north is safe is usually the moment it stops being. One swipe cuts every line it crosses, yours or theirs. Knowing when to cut your own is most of the skill. WHAT IS IN IT • A campaign of nine engagements, drawn fresh each run, with a doctrine to pick after every victory • Skirmish mode: choose the opponent, the difficulty, the size of the chart, and how many sides fight over it • Eleven hand-built charts: The Isthmus, The Ring, The Spine, The Ford, The Crossroads, and six more for three to six sides, some deliberately lopsided • Opponents with distinct habits, not just bigger numbers • Waystations, inkwells and redoubts that change what a node is worth • A short tutorial that teaches by making you play, not by making you read HOW IT IS DRAWN Ink on paper. Nothing glows, nothing explodes, nothing shouts at you. The whole game is line weight and colour, and it was built to be quiet enough to think in. WHAT IS NOT IN IT No accounts. No login. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. No network connection needed - it works on a plane, and it will keep working whether or not anyone keeps a server running. It reports anonymous play statistics - battles and expeditions played, won and lost - which you can switch off in Settings. It is free, and it is the whole game.

Screenshots

Hex Squad Tactics4 screens
Supply Lines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Supply Lines at none against Hex Squad Tactics's 1. Hex Squad Tactics's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Hex Squad Tactics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Supply Lines asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hex Squad Tactics ships an update daily, Supply Lines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Hex Squad Tactics versus Supply Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHex Squad TacticsSupply Lines
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB25 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIAN KAINOA RICHARDSONChan Dick

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hex Squad Tactics

One-time1
  • Hex Squad Tactics - Pro Unlock$3.99
None

Supply Lines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hex Squad Tactics free?
Hex Squad Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Supply Lines free?
Supply Lines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hex Squad Tactics or Supply Lines have ads?
Neither Hex Squad Tactics nor Supply Lines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hex Squad Tactics or Supply Lines?
Hex Squad Tactics ships an update daily, and Supply Lines every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hex Squad Tactics was updated on October 31, 2026 and Supply Lines on October 29, 2026.

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