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Planetary Gears · Published by Planetary Gears
Positive — 80% positive (20 reviews) · 33 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A unique and stylish neon drenched layered tower defence puzzle game. Minimalist chill tunes, and loads of possibilities to build the Citadel (Hexadel) of your dreams. Take it easy while outsmarting the ghost in the machine ⬡⬡⬡
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Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
HEXADEL challenges you to outsmart a ghostly adversary while crafting your dream Citadel through layered strategy and casual gameplay. Dive into a minimalist world of action, adventure, and simulation with Planetary Gears' innovative puzzle design.
About this game
Build, expand, defend and chill...
A minimalist twist on tower defence games, with nice clean visuals, simple controls, relaxing tunes and fractal like possibilities to expand your bases.
The ghost in the machine is running amok, and you are here to defend against this mechievious piece of code.
A unique layered tower defence puzzle game.
Build your citadels to keep the base safe. Use dynamic conveyors to ensure that your towers are being replenished. Use walls to slow the relentless charge of the attackers. Place traps to get a strategic edge over your foes... And... as it's all a bit of fun really, remember to take it easy.
The emergent possibilities for your multilayer forts is massive, where a host of simple components build on each other to allow for massive complexity.
Take a relaxing minute to build your dream fort in Hexadel.
Tiny Little Skirmishes Await!
Best Of Luck Building Your Own Hexadel...
Kindest Regards,
Planetary Gears...
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System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: 7
- Processor: 64 Bit processor
- Memory: 800 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11+ capable Graphics Card
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Intel Core 2 Duo e6400 or AMD Athlon x64 4000+
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Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
HEXADEL - Available Now!
Hello there,HEXADEL is now fully released. We spent a little bit longer in Early Access than we might have hoped, but with a bit of luck the time was worth it to get the game well polished for the players.We hope you enjoy your time with HEXADEL, and can take a minute to relax with the nice visuals and chill tunes this weekend.Thank you to everyone who helped provide some feedback, and we sincerely look forward to hearing your thoughts on the game now that it has been in the oven for a while longer :)With Kind Regards,Planetary GearsRead full article on Community Announcements (voyager.spacegame)Patch NotesOfficial
Pre Launch Update ready for Full Release
Hello there!We've been hard at work, and are getting ready to Launch HEXADEl this week. Tell all your friendo's and get your wish-lists ready for a healthy 40% launch discount :DThe game is reaching completion, and we've added quite a lot since the last update.What he've added:A fully fledged campaignCampaign checkpints3 bosses for you to overcome in whatever order suits your strategyHigh risk Eternity levels to boost your $$$ in the campaignEndless upgradesAn Endless timeline for your unlocked upgrades.A public Leaderboard for your Endless Arcade ScoreA few more achievementsMore gorgeous songs available during gameplayUnlockable Auto Shoot upgradeA lot of difficulty tweaks to make it more accessible for casual playersA few new different enemy typesAnd a lot of Quality of Life upgrades all around in the UI and Gameplay to have the best possible experience for you that we can muster.We're a really small team with practically no resources, so thank you everyone who took an interest early on - Your feedback invaluably shaped the way that the game turned out.Happy Stacked Hexagonal Tower Defending in HEXADEL! Kind regards,Planetary Gears ◯∘Read full article on Community Announcements (voyager.spacegame)AnnouncementsOfficial
BOSS LEVEL FINALLY ADDED
Hello there,We've finally added our first Boss! The campaign now has a bit more of a satisfying crucsiendo. More bosses to come in the future!Apart from general polish, performance and bug hunting, we've also majorly re-worked the freeplay economy so that it's a bit more accessible and forgiving to creative builds. We hope you are enjoying Hexadel thus far, and look forward to bringing you more in the future.With kind regards,Planetary GearsRead full article on Community Announcements (voyager.spacegame)Patch NotesOfficial
Difficulty Update
Hello there dear strangers,We have little update for you, as we're trying other push things along ready for the final release.Quite a lot of people found the difficulty quite high, which did detract from the casual vibe a little bit, so, we now have difficulty options. There's a challenge for everyone, whether sipping on a cup of cocoa enjoying the lovely tunes or sweating with a coffee :)We've also added a lot more achievements as that infrastructure is now in place.Thank you for everyone who has taken an interest so far, it truly means a lot!We hope you are enjoying HEXADEL even if it still has a little way to go.. More to come soon!Kind regards,Planetary GearsRead full article on Community Announcements (voyager.spacegame)AnnouncementsOfficial
CAMPAIGN
Dear Strangers,We hope you hre staying well and are enjoying HEXADEL.We are still chipping away at things, and have an update for you. This update includes:A working campaignEndless modeNarative text promtsimprovements to the tutorialimproved visualsperformance improvementsslight UI tweaksfixed a music looping bugmore enemies on screenTheres still a little way to go for us, but we appreciate everyone who has taken an interest so far, and are appreciative of your feedback sp far.Hopefully it won't be long now before we can fully release the game. We hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.With kind regards,Planetary GearsRead full article on Community Announcements (voyager.spacegame)
