About Grid Force: Turn-Based Strategy on Floating Hexagonal Islands
Grid Force is a turn-based strategy game set on floating islands built from hexagonal stone pillars. The goal is straightforward and brutal: outlast one to three rivals and be the last army standing on the map. The land itself is the resource and the threat — harvesters earn coins every turn but grind down the ground beneath them and their neighbors, so the island is always shrinking. The less land remains, the richer everyone gets, and the faster everything collapses into the mist.
One scene shows a floating island made of gray hexagonal columns dotted with small green conical trees and scattered gray rocks. Another scene presents a parchment-textured map with dotted lines connecting 24 numbered circular nodes.
How to Play Grid Force
The winning condition is to leave every rival without a single hex. Walkers capture hexes, harvesters earn coins but lower the land level, and any hex that runs out of levels falls into the mist — taking everything on it with it. Blow up your own harvesters before an enemy can seize them, shell enemy stacks with cannons, and fly troops over chasms by helicopter. The strategic tension comes from managing a shrinking board where every economic decision reshapes the terrain.
Game Modes
- 24-mission campaign across four regions of the world map
- Quick match with customizable rules: rivals, difficulty, map size and shape, turn timer, and starting coins
- Online matches with other players, public or by room code
- Step-by-step tutorial with your general
Controls
Mouse and Keyboard
- Click squad, then click highlighted hex: march or attack
- Scroll wheel: change how many walkers go
- Shift+click: buy the most walkers
- Left panel: pick buildings and actions
- Drag or WASD/Arrow keys: move the camera
- Scroll wheel: zoom
- Right click or Esc: cancel
- Enter: end the turn
Touch
- Tap squad, tap target hex, then tap again or press green check: confirm move or attack
- - and +: change the number of walkers
- Red cross: cancel
- Drag: move the camera
- Pinch: zoom
Games You Might Like
If the hex-by-hex territorial pressure of Grid Force appeals to you, Europe at War: WW2 Strategy delivers a similarly deep turn-based experience across a 369-region map with economy management and three distinct paths to victory. For squad-building with a roguelike twist, Deck Beasts lets you draft and equip a crew of pixel-art beasts for auto-battler combat. Tower defense fans who enjoy the strategic layering in Grid Force will find a challenge in AOD - Art Of Defense, a post-apocalyptic defense game blending strategy and RPG elements.
Browse the full strategy games catalog for more titles in this vein, or explore the 3D games collection for additional options.