Plan
Choose the attack on the campaign map, take territory, and get ready for the counterattack.
Military FPS · Single player · Windows & macOS
Hamburger Hill game: plan the campaign, equip the squad, fight the battle
The Hamburger Hill game is a single-player military FPS from Wesware. Lead your squad through the jungles, rice paddies and streets of Granovia, take territory, hold off counterattacks and keep your men alive. It is a free download for Windows and macOS on itch.io and is still in development.
Windows 0.7.0 · macOS 0.4.0 · name your own priceInstall guide
- Campaign map
- 12-man squad
- Three factions
- Quick Play battles
Explore the game
Downloads, guides and videos, sourced from Wesware's own pages
Official trailer
Watch the Hamburger Hill gameplay trailer
Wesware's official gameplay trailer. The player loads only when you press play.
Hamburger Hill screenshots
A firefight by a house at the jungle's edge 
Soldiers advancing across a beach under fire 
Fighting in city streets with a shotgun 
The campaign map, with turn, money and support 
Enemy soldiers moving through the jungle
Screenshots: Wesware, from the official itch.io page. weswaregames.itch.io
Weapons
Hamburger Hill weapons by side
Every weapon Wesware has named, filterable by side and type. Descriptions are quoted from Wesware; counterparts are our reading. No damage stats have been published.
| Weapon | Side | Type | Official description | Enemy counterparts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 M16 | U.S. Forces | Rifle | "Selective-fire assault rifle." | The Federate Army answers with the Zippy 67, described only as automatic. The W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z carry the Long Rifle, which trades automatic fire for hard-hitting semi-auto shots. |
 M60 | U.S. Forces | Machine gun | "Belt-fed suppressive fire." | Every side has one belt-fed or squad machine gun: the Zippy-62 for the Federate Army and the Trail Gun for the W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z. Expect the same treatment from them when you attack a defended position. |
 M66 Tube | U.S. Forces | Rocket launcher | "Disposable rocket launcher." | The Federate Army has the HESH Tube, listed as shoulder-fired rockets. No launcher is listed for the W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z. |
 M27 Brick | U.S. Forces | Sidearm | "A trusty sidearm." | No sidearm is listed for the Federate Army. The W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z fill the last-resort slot with the Trail Knife instead. |
| M83 Torch | U.S. Forces | Flamethrower | "U.S. flamethrower soldier with the M83 Torch." | No other side has a flamethrower on the official list. The closest close-range weapon on the other side is the M18 Broom. |
| .50 Cal | Side not stated | Machine gun | "[NEW WEAPON] .50 Cal machine gun" | Not documented. Compare it with the M60, Zippy-62 and Trail Gun once you have seen it in play. |
 Zippy 67 | Federate Army of Granovia | Rifle | "Automatic infantry rifle." | Your M16 is its direct counterpart. The W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z Long Rifle is the slower, harder-hitting alternative. |
 Zippy 67/Z70 | Federate Army of Granovia | Rifle | "Rifle with a grenade launcher." | No U.S. weapon on the list has an attached grenade launcher; the M66 Tube is the nearest explosive option. The W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z have nothing similar. |
 Zippy-62 | Federate Army of Granovia | Machine gun | "Squad machine gun." | Matches your M60 and the W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z Trail Gun. |
 HESH Tube | Federate Army of Granovia | Rocket launcher | "Shoulder-fired rockets." | The U.S. M66 Tube is the equivalent. The W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z have no listed launcher. |
 Long Rifle | W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z | Rifle | "Hard-hitting semi-auto rifle." | Compare with your selective-fire M16 and the automatic Zippy 67. |
 Trail Gun | W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z | Machine gun | "Belt-fed mountain firepower." | Matches the M60 and the Zippy-62. |
 M18 Broom | W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z | Shotgun | "Close-range buckshot." | No shotgun is listed for the U.S. or the Federate Army. The closest U.S. close-range answer is the M83 Torch flamethrower. |
 Trail Knife | W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z | Melee | "For the last few feet." | No knife is listed for the other sides. The U.S. last-resort weapon on the list is the M27 Brick sidearm. |
Guides
Hamburger Hill game guides
- Weapons
Hamburger Hill weapons guide
Every weapon Wesware lists for Hamburger Hill, with its role, when to pick it and its enemy counterpart: M16, M60, Zippy rifles, Trail Gun and more.
Read guide - Factions
Hamburger Hill factions: the three sides
The three sides in Hamburger Hill: the U.S. Forces, the Federate Army of Granovia and the W.A.R.L.O.R.D.Z, with their weapons, how they fight and what players report.
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SquadHamburger Hill squad roles: medic, radio, engineer
How the Hamburger Hill squad works: the 12-man campaign squad, recruits, orders, ranks, and what each role does, from medics and radio operators to engineers and flamethrowers.
Read guide- Quick Play
Hamburger Hill Quick Play guide
What Hamburger Hill Quick Play offers: custom battles with your choice of terrain, weather and opposing forces, preset cards, and three-way battles of up to 64 soldiers.
Read guide - Help
Hamburger Hill troubleshooting and common questions
Answers to common Hamburger Hill problems: Windows warnings, the older macOS build, stuck convoys and bridges, invert Y, money and controller support. Sourced from Wesware.
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Core gameplay
How the Hamburger Hill game plays: plan, equip, fight
Equip
Kit soldiers before the battle. The public page lists selective-fire rifles, machine guns, rockets, and sidearms.
Fight
You play each battle yourself. Keeping the squad alive matters as much as clearing the ground.
Quick Play
Set terrain, weather and opposing forces. The official page advertises 64-player battles with up to three factions; in this single-player game the other soldiers are AI.
“Have you ever been inside a hamburger machine? We just got cut to pieces by extremely accurate machinegun fire.”
What is the Hamburger Hill game?
Hamburger Hill is a single-player military first-person shooter made by the independent developer Wesware. It is published on itch.io for Windows and macOS, and it is still in development: new versions have been arriving every few days, each with its own devlog post. The itch.io page lists it as name-your-own-price and files it under Shooter, Action and Strategy.
The idea fits in three words from the official page: plan, equip, fight. You plan your campaign on a map, equip your soldiers, then fight each battle yourself in first person. Between battles you take territory, hold off counterattacks and try to keep your men alive. The game is set in Granovia, a fictional country of jungles, rice paddies and city streets.
This fan site collects what is publicly known about the Hamburger Hill game: where to download it, how the campaign works, the weapons and sides listed by the developer, and answers to the questions players ask most. Every fact links back to Wesware's own pages.
How the campaign works
The campaign is the heart of the game. Since update 0.4.0 you keep a 12-man squad between battles and make one assault per turn. When soldiers are lost, recruits fill the empty slots, and an AUTO option recruits replacements for you. You can click a soldier to see his kit or send him back to the army.
Besides the main assaults there are bonus missions, such as patrols, convoys and rescues, each with its own weather and time of day. Patrols take you through searchable villages and abandoned outposts, with ambushes on the way. Rescue missions ask you to fire a flare to call a helicopter extraction, then defend the aircrew against enemy waves. What happens in villages has consequences: civilian incidents affect your campaign support and show up in the newspaper reports you can reopen from the NEWS button.
Update 0.7.0 redesigned the campaign sidebar and added attack previews, new province artwork and reworked city streets.
Your squad, its roles and its weapons
Your soldiers are not interchangeable. Radio operators use binoculars to call artillery, napalm and illumination, with markers that show where strikes will land. Medics treat the wounded. Engineers carry one kit for demolition and bridge repairs, and they blow up enemy outposts once the squad has cleared them. A flamethrower soldier with the M83 Torch joined in update 0.4.0.
The official page lists four weapons for each side. Your squad carries the M16 selective-fire assault rifle, the belt-fed M60, the disposable M66 Tube rocket launcher and the M27 Brick sidearm. The enemy holding the capital uses Zippy rifles, a squad machine gun and HESH Tube rockets, and the mountain fighters close in with the Long Rifle, Trail Gun, M18 Broom shotgun and Trail Knife.
Quick Play: build your own battle
If you only want one fight, Quick Play lets you build a battle with your choice of terrain, weather and opposing forces. The store page advertises massive 64-player battles with up to three factions. The game is single-player, so the other soldiers are AI. Update 0.2.0 reworked Quick Play with preset cards and more battle settings, and 0.3.0 added a Night Assault Boats mission to both Quick Play and the campaign.
Is the Hamburger Hill game free? Platforms and versions
You can download Hamburger Hill from Wesware's itch.io page, where it is name-your-own-price. On 30 October 2026 the files were Windows 0.7.0 and macOS 0.4.0, so the Mac build is a few updates behind. There is no browser version and no mobile version. Wesware has said in the comments that version 1 will be on Steam, that controller support is being worked on, and that multiplayer is a long-term goal rather than a current mode.
Some players see a Windows SmartScreen "unknown publisher" warning because the build is not code-signed. Only download the game from the official itch.io page.
Where the name comes from
The store page opens with a quote from a sergeant dated May 1969, the month of the real battle for Hill 937 in Vietnam that soldiers called Hamburger Hill. The game itself is not a re-creation of that battle. Wesware has said the war and the country are intentionally fictional and only loosely resemble the Vietnam War. Our blog has short pieces on the real battle and on the game behind the name.
Featured videos
Gameplay trailers, battles and squad role guides on YouTube and Instagram.
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Frequently asked questions
Short answers about the Hamburger Hill game
Where do I download Hamburger Hill?
From Wesware's itch.io page. The game is free, and the developer accepts pay-what-you-want support. Windows and macOS builds can use different version numbers.
Can I play it in the browser?
No. Hamburger Hill is a download for Windows and macOS from Wesware's itch.io page. There is no official browser version and no mobile version.
What do I do in the campaign?
Plan an attack on the map, equip soldiers before the battle, and fight it yourself. Take territory, then hold the counterattack.
What can I change in Quick Play?
The official page lists terrain, weather, and opposing forces, and describes battles with up to 64 participants across as many as three factions.
Which platforms are supported?
Windows and macOS. On 30 October 2026 the itch.io files were hamburger-hill-0.7.0-windows.zip and hamburger-hill-0.4.0-macos.zip, so the Mac build is behind. The developer has said version 1 is planned for Steam and that controller support is being worked on.
Is this a simulation of the 1969 battle?
No. The game is set in fictional Granovia. The name and the opening quotation point at the May 1969 fight for Dong Ap Bia, Hill 937. The history is on the blog. Do not read the game's factions as the US Army or the PAVN units from that battle.
Does the game cost money?
The itch.io page says the game is free and that you can pay what you think is fair.
Is there multiplayer?
The developer has said the current focus is single-player campaigns for each faction. Multiplayer is a long-term goal, not a current mode.
Download and drop into Granovia
Windows and macOS builds are on Wesware's itch.io page, name your own price. On 30 October 2026 the Mac build was 0.4.0 and the Windows build 0.7.0.