A new roguelike deck-builder has shown up on Steam with an unusual launch plan: instead of a discount, Hex Reverse is completely free to claim for its first 30 days on the store. Developer and publisher IsaoWorks released the game on October 7, 2026, and the giveaway window closes on November 7. Everything you add to your library during that window stays yours permanently, even after the game switches over to a paid product.
That detail matters, because it is not the same thing as a Free Weekend. Steam distinguishes between its Free Weekend Promotion, where access expires when the weekend ends, and a Free-to-Keep Promotion, where the game remains in your account forever. Hex Reverse falls into the second category, with the twist that it launched free and will become paid afterwards rather than the other way around. Once the promo ends, the planned regular price is roughly $2, which would still place it among the cheapest things on the store.
What You Actually Get
Hex Reverse is a roguelike deck-building card game built around tactical duels on a hexagonal board. Each match plays out across 19 hex spaces, where you and your opponent take turns placing cards and comparing the values printed on their touching edges. A higher value flips the enemy card over to your side, so positioning and reading the board are just as important as the cards you hold.
Win a battle and you get to pick cards out of your opponent’s deck, which means your available strategies keep shifting as a run goes on. On top of the core flipping mechanic, the game layers in skills, elemental effects and special battle conditions. You spend SP to activate abilities that buff your own cards, weaken the opposition, draw extra cards or otherwise swing a fight that looks lost.
Progression Between Runs
The roguelike structure extends outside individual matches. Between runs you can:
- refine and save decks for later attempts,
- buy and sell cards,
- fuse cards into stronger versions,
- upgrade equipment for permanent progression.
The combination is board-based tactics on the surface with the long-term upgrade curve you expect from the genre underneath.
How to Claim It
The claim happens directly on the Steam page. You do not need to download or play anything to lock it in, adding it to your library during the promotional window is enough. If you wait past November 7, you will have to buy it at the applicable regional price instead.
For a small indie release, a free launch window is also a way to get in front of players who would otherwise scroll past it, especially when the planned price afterwards is this low. If you want to keep up with what happens next with the game, we collect everything in one place in our Hex Reverse coverage.
FAQ
The free claim window runs for 30 days from the October 7, 2026 release and closes on November 7, 2026.
Yes. Anyone who adds Hex Reverse to their Steam library during the 30-day window keeps permanent access and will not have to buy it again once it becomes a paid title.
The planned regular price is roughly $2, which still puts it among the cheapest games on Steam.
It is a roguelike deck-building card game with tactical battles on a 19-space hexagonal board, where you flip opponent cards by comparing values on touching edges.
The game is developed and published by IsaoWorks.