Play The Field vs Hexawar 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play The Field
Engage in a unique blend of real-time strategy and puzzle gameplay. Strategically place and command your units to capture enemy forces in challenging stages. Master efficient unit management for higher scores and replay levels for optimal performance.
- Real-time strategy and puzzle blend
- Tactical unit placement
- Direct unit control and commands
- Increasing difficulty levels
- Scoring based on efficiency
- Replayable stages
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Looking to test your tactical skills? Play The Field has a unique blend of RTS (real time strategy) and Puzzle game elements, allowing you full control over your units. The objective is simple - For each stage you are presented one or more enemy units of various types, laid out on the field in a specific configuration. Your task is to place your units around the field with a simple tap to drop each in your desired location. You can even swipe in a line, curve, or other shape to place multiple units quickly. Unlike many mobile device games, Play The Field allow full control over your units. They can be selected with a quick touch or swipe, and ordered to attack, move, or hold with a simple touch. Levels start easy, but difficulty increases quickly as you proceed. So be ready for a challenge! Each stage is over when all enemy units are captured. Score is assigned based on how efficient you manage your units, and levels can be replayed many times to aim for a better score.
Hexawar 2
Engage in turn-based tactical combat across numerous single-player levels and multiplayer maps. Design your own battlegrounds and challenge friends on the same device. Experience strategic warfare with diverse game modes.
- 20 single player campaign levels
- 5 multiplayer maps
- 4 challenge maps
- Map editor
- Hotseat PvP multiplayer
- Campaign and challenge modes
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Command your hex units in battles on 20 single player levels in campaign mode and 5 different multiplayer maps. Test your skills with 4 extra hard challenge maps. Create your own maps. Use same device for PvP battles with Multiplayer hotseat type game. 2 game types: - Single player (campaign and challenge mode) - Multiplayer hotseat
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play The Field at 100% against Hexawar 2's 50%. Play The Field also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Hexawar 2's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Play The Field holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Play The Field's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hexawar 2's.
Play The Field ships an update every 25 months, Hexawar 2 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play The Field | Hexawar 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Wisgo | Petar Juros |
Customer experience
Play The Field
Hexawar 2
In-app purchases
Play The Field
No in-app purchases
Hexawar 2
No in-app purchases
