# Hamburger Hill Wiki

> Hamburger Hill is a free single-player military FPS by Wesware for Windows, macOS and Linux, where you lead a squad through the fictional war in Granovia and plan a turn-based campaign between battles.

This wiki covers the Wesware game only. It is not about the 1987 war film, the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, the board games of that name or Antagonistic: Hamburger Hill, and UBG76 is not the game's developer or official site.


Page: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/

- Game: Hamburger Hill
- Verified version: 0.8.3
- Verified date: November 2, 2026

## Where should you start in this wiki?

Pick the route that matches what you want to do next. Each one opens with a guide or a table built from the game's own screens.

- **Getting the game:** read the [download guide](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/download-and-install/) for the free builds, file sizes and first launch. Hamburger Hill has no browser version.
- **Your first battle:** [How to Play Hamburger Hill](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/how-to-play/) follows the first campaign turn, and the [airborne guide](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/airborne-drop/) explains the parachute key that cost us our first squad leader.
- **Building a squad:** the [roles table](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/roles/) lists all six roles with kits and recruit costs, and the [weapons table](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/weapons/) lists the 14 primary weapons.
- **Setting up battles:** [Quick Play](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/modes/quick-play/) covers the 14 presets, the [maps](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/maps/) and every [setting](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/quick-play-settings/).
- **Not sure this is the right game?** The [disambiguation guide](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/which-hamburger-hill/) separates the Wesware FPS from the film, the 1969 battle and the board games. The [update log](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/versions/) shows what changed in each version.

## What should you know about Hamburger Hill?

This reference covers 3 game modes, 14 weapons, 6 soldier roles, 3 factions, 9 quick play maps, 17 quick play settings, 12 campaign provinces, 25 controls and 14 options. You can open 2 individual entry pages or compare all 103 records in collection tables.

- Game modes: 3 entries
- Weapons: 14 entries
- Soldier roles: 6 entries
- Factions: 3 entries
- Quick Play maps: 9 entries
- Quick Play settings: 17 entries
- Campaign provinces: 12 entries
- Controls: 25 entries
- Options: 14 entries
- Genre: Military FPS with a campaign map
- Developer: Wesware
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux download
- Engine: Godot 4.7

Hamburger Hill is a free single-player military FPS by Wesware for Windows, macOS and Linux, where you lead a squad through the fictional war in Granovia and plan a turn-based campaign between battles. This wiki covers the Wesware game only. It is not about the 1987 war film, the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, the board games of that name or Antagonistic: Hamburger Hill, and UBG76 is not the game's developer or official site.

## How does Hamburger Hill run?

Hamburger Hill is a download for Windows, macOS and Linux from Wesware's itch.io page, where you can pay what you want or nothing. It does not run in a browser. We played the 0.8.3 Linux build, a single 1.4 GB file after unzipping.

## What can you look up in this wiki?

Browse 9 collections of verified game entries.

- [Game modes](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/modes/): The Hamburger Hill main menu has three ways to play: New Game starts the campaign, Quick Play sets up single battles and Tutorial opens a training range. All three are single-player. Load Game joins the menu once you have a campaign in progress. (3 entries)
- [Weapons](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/weapons/): The Primary slot on the Hamburger Hill Squad Kit screen cycles through 14 weapons in version 0.8.3, from the M16 and M60 to the Long Rifle, Trail Gun and two rocket tubes. The store page describes nine of them. Its list also uses some different names, such as the Zippy 67, which the 0.8.3 kit screen does not show. (14 entries)
- [Soldier roles](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/roles/): Hamburger Hill squads mix six roles: Rifleman, Machine Gunner, Medic, Radio Operator, Engineer and Flamethrower. The first five cost $5,066,885 each to recruit in our campaign and the Flamethrower three times that. The default kits below are the Light loadouts we saw on the Granovian side in Quick Play. (6 entries)
- [Factions](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/factions/): Hamburger Hill has three factions: the U.S., the Granovians and the Warlords. You fight for the U.S. in the campaign, and all three can be picked as your side in Quick Play. Campaign news also reports the GPA fighting the Warlords, and GPA is the name on the Granovian side's standard rifle. (3 entries)
- [Quick Play maps](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/maps/): Quick Play in Hamburger Hill has nine maps: Jungle, Hill 121, Village, Plantation, City, Delta, Highlands, Border and Beach. Hill 121 and Village are fixed maps. Jungle and Beach build random or numbered layouts with your choice of terrain, and the other five offer named layouts plus a seed number. (9 entries)
- [Quick Play settings](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/quick-play-settings/): The Configure screen in Hamburger Hill Quick Play has four tabs: Battle, Map, Army and Rules. You can set the time of day, the weather, eight insertion types, the map, both sides and their troop numbers, the enemy's gear, the difficulty, grenade and ammo limits and a spectator camera. (17 entries)
- [Campaign provinces](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/provinces/): The Hamburger Hill campaign map of Granovia shows 12 provinces, from Smugglers' Cove on the north coast to Port Alrin and Alrin Docks in the south. The first turn offers two ways in, an airborne drop on Riverbend or a beach landing. The notes below are what we saw on turns 1 and 2. (12 entries)
- [Controls](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/controls/): Hamburger Hill moves with W, A, S and D and aims with the mouse, with the left button to fire and the right button to aim down the sights. G throws a grenade, F gives a squad order, V changes the squad mode and E is Use, which also opens your parachute on an airborne drop. Every key can be changed on the Options, Controls tab. (25 entries)
- [Options](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/options/): The Hamburger Hill Options screen has three tabs. System holds five volume sliders, brightness and the display mode. Gameplay sets violence, game speed, hit markers, camera shake and the art style, which can switch from the newer Digitized sprites back to Classic. Controls holds the mouse and stick speed and every key binding. (14 entries)

## How should you use this wiki?

Start with Game modes to compare 3 records or Weapons to compare 14 records. Open a named entry when you need a definition, its key stats or screenshots. This wiki has 2 individual entry pages and 103 records overall. A record without a separate page stays in its collection table. Use the table filter to search a name or fact, and use the source links to check where a value came from. The version badge identifies the build checked for that page. For how Hamburger Hill runs and what it needs, see the run notes on the wiki home page.


## What changed in the latest verified version?

Version 0.8.3 was recorded on November 1, 2026.

- The itch.io files were updated to 0.8.3 for Windows, macOS and Linux, at about 379, 404 and 374 MB. There is no separate release post for it.
- This is the build we played on November 2, 2026. The main menu shows v0.8.3 in the corner.

[Read all version notes](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/versions/)

## Which guides can help you play?

4 guides cover Hamburger Hill. Start with these 3:

- [Hamburger Hill Airborne Drop: How to Open Your Parachute](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/airborne-drop/): On a Hamburger Hill airborne drop you wait for the green light, walk out of the plane and press E when [E] Open Chute appears, or your soldier lands Killed in Action.
- [How to Play Hamburger Hill: Your First Campaign Battle](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/how-to-play/): Hamburger Hill starts a campaign with New Game: read the first newspaper, pick Riverbend or the beaches, check your squad, then fight the battle in first person.
- [Hamburger Hill Download: Free Builds for Windows, Mac and Linux](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/download-and-install/): Hamburger Hill downloads for free from Wesware's itch.io page as a zip for Windows, macOS or Linux of about 375 to 405 MB, and it has no browser version.

[See all guides](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/)


## How was this data collected?

We downloaded the free 0.8.3 Linux build from Wesware's itch.io page on November 2, 2026 and played it with no network access: the main menu, every options tab, every Quick Play setting, the Squad Kit screen, two Quick Play battles, the first two turns of a new campaign and the start of the tutorial. Every list on this wiki is read from those screens. Weapon and faction descriptions in quotes come from the itch.io page, and the update log comes from the game's itch.io devlog. Verified on November 2, 2026 against version 0.8.3.

## Which Hamburger Hill questions come up most often?

### Is Hamburger Hill free?

Yes. The itch.io page uses name your own price, so you can download it for nothing or pay what you like. The game is single-player and has no account or online part that we found.

### Can I play Hamburger Hill in a browser?

No. It is a download for Windows, macOS and Linux only. The [download guide](/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/download-and-install/) covers what you get.

### Why do I die after jumping out of the plane in Hamburger Hill?

You have to open your parachute. Press E when the screen shows [E] Open Chute, or you land as Killed in Action. The [airborne guide](/wiki/hamburger-hill/guides/airborne-drop/) has the full sequence.

[Read the full Hamburger Hill FAQ](https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/faq/)


## Which sources support this page?

Hamburger Hill on Wesware's itch.io page, Hamburger Hill devlog on itch.io and UBG76 play test of the 0.8.3 Linux build support this page, verified against version 0.8.3.

- [Hamburger Hill on Wesware's itch.io page](https://weswaregames.itch.io/hamburger-hill) Store text, platforms, price and file sizes, read on November 2, 2026.
- [Hamburger Hill devlog on itch.io](https://weswaregames.itch.io/hamburger-hill/devlog) Release posts for 0.2.0 to 0.8.0.
- UBG76 play test of the 0.8.3 Linux build Played offline on November 2, 2026.



## Start

- Hamburger Hill Wiki: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/
- Game modes: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/modes/
- Weapons: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/weapons/
- Soldier roles: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/roles/
- Factions: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/factions/
- Quick Play maps: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/maps/
- Quick Play settings: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/quick-play-settings/
- Campaign provinces: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/provinces/
- Controls: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/controls/
- Options: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/hamburger-hill/options/
- Game wikis: https://ubg76.uk/wiki/
- All games: https://ubg76.uk/games/
