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Super Hexagon
Developer Terry Cavanagh
Super Hexagon is an action video game created by independent developer Terry Cavanagh with music composed by Chipzel. Originally released for iOS in September 2012, versions for Windows and macOS were released three months later. Android, BlackBerry and Linux versions followed in early 2013. The game is based on an earlier prototype by Cavanagh, simply titled Hexagon, which was created for a twelve-hour game jam in… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
345 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
93
LovedLoved
217 positive · 17 negative
95% range 89–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 217 | 17 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 40 | 1 | 42 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
16,321 of 16,872 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
94% recommend · 199 yes, 12 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 211 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (24,364 of 25,154 positive).
Players praise Super Hexagon as a timeless, minimalist reflex game with an addictive challenge. [1][2][3] Many describe the intense difficulty and frustration, but find it rewarding and fun. [4][5][6] The soundtrack and flow state are frequently highlighted as key to the experience. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [14]
Not my thing, but I understand why people like it. I only put in enough time to get past 60 seconds on the first two levels, and perhaps it would’ve clicked with additional play time, but as it stands, I don’t find myself wanting to sink any more energy into this one. What I liked: -Very fast pace with constant adrenaline jolts. -Easy to jump in and out of the game quickly. -Music is catchy. My primary gripes, some …
- [1]
I've had this game since 2017, and back then, I remember making a few attempts at the first level and thinking "I'm never gotta beat this thing". Well, flash forward to December 2025, and as I'm looking into my library for games with card drops remaining, my eyes fall upon this game. Rather than simply idling for the cards, I decide to give it another shot, at least to distract myself for a bit. Big mistake. I ended …
- [2]
Super Hexagon is a striking example of how a video game can achieve extraordinary impact through simplicity, precision, and relentless intensity. Developed and published by Terry Cavanagh and released on Steam in 2012, the game stands as one of the most recognizable minimalist arcade experiences in modern indie gaming. At first glance, the game appears deceptively simple: a small triangular cursor rotates around a …
- [6]
After years of owning it and playing it on and off i finally decided enough was enough and went through a pain staking journey to finish the game and now i can finally say i am part of the 6% of people that have finished it. During this journey i have experienced pain, suffering, torment and pain.. if you hate yourself then buy this game 10/10 would recommend therapy
- [3]
This is one of the best games of all time. Extremely simple, yet extremely challenging.
Summarised from 34 of the 300 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Super Hexagon talk about simple yet challenging gameplay; those who didn't talk about can cause frustration and rage. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Super Hexagon has received a positive critical response with a score of 86/100 on review aggregator website Metacritic for the iOS version and 88/100 for the Windows version..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration…
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Reactions
60 of 345 · most liked firstShit this is what I'm doing. My kids are nuts about the niche indie games I play. My son has crazy good skills for Super Meat Boy and Super Hexagon. The other one loves Mario games from the 3DS.
neutral · AI labelView post →Balatro took a lot longer to 100%, but this game (Super Hexagon) and this stupid achievement can go straight to hell
negative · AI labelView post →I covered Focus from Super Hexagon! I've always loved this game, and @chipzel.bsky.social 's soundtrack is so good! I tried something new for me by recording video of the parts and editing them together. I hope you like it! :) @terrycavanaghgames.com #vgm #superhexagon #chipzel #indiegame
positive · AI labelView post →VVVVVV and Super Hexagon designer Terry Cavanagh surprise dropped a new game yesterday: a 3D platformer where you play as an egg. It seems pretty good. www.endlessmode.com/article/terr...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished it years ago. Now I just boot it up occasionally to confirm I've still got it. I do not still got it. See you next year. Edit: I do seem to still got it. See you next year
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've had this game since 2017, and back then, I remember making a few attempts at the first level and thinking "I'm never gotta beat this thing". Well, flash forward to December 2025, and as I'm looking into my library for games with card drops remaining, my eyes fall upon this game. Rather than simply idling for the cards, I decide to give it another shot, at least to distract myself for a bit. Big mistake. I ended up getting the achievement for beating the first level, having finally reached…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some that come to mind: - Half Life 1/2 - L4D 1/2 - Portal (1 for sure, 2 maybe?) - The Stanley Parable - Ultrakill - Super Hexagon (depending on your TV’s latency…) - Mirrors Edge (maybe) - Doom (maybe) - Almost any 2D game
neutral · AI labelView post →271. Super Hexagon Quite possibly the ultimate minimalist twitch reflex game. Perhaps even better than Tetris for getting lost in pure instant reactions. And that music... #365games
positive · AI labelView post →Originally released a decade ago, our limited edition Super Hexagon EP, with its six-sided design, took the video game vinyl world by storm.💥 Now, we’re reissuing this incredible piece of history! Own one of FOUR randomized NEW disc colors. bit.ly/8bit-20th-collection 📌
neutral · AI labelView post →Super Hexagon (60+ seconds on All Hyper Levels). cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29032361 > Steam Recording decided to have hiccups here and there on Hyper Hexagonest.. didn't feel like re-recording lol. > > I modded the first level to use SiIvagunner's rip lol: > [Courtesy (Live Version) - Super Hexagon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpKoT98KScs)
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent the last month diving into Godot for the first time. What better way than making a Super Hexagon inspired score attack game! Godot is amazing though, what a joy to use! Check it out here in your browser: pyrite415.itch.io/black-hole-o... #godot #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Every few years or so, I delete my records and re-earn that ending sequence just to feel something.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Forever-Free Friday] *Tiny Heist*, retro stealth indie.  > Released in the last hour of 2016, I present: Tiny Heist! Scale the tower, avoid patrol bots and reach the rooftop with as many gems as you can find! A little flash game from Terry Cavanagh, creator of Dicey Dungeons, Super Hexagon, and VVVVVV
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m _pretty_ sure I was one of the only people in the world to get Super Hexagon’s final achievement. It was either .01% or .1%. I can’t remember. Edit: I got to a computer and I no longer have that distinction, a full 6% of people have managed to get it in the past ten years.
neutral · AI labelView post →I had such a huge soft spot for Binary Domain back then (and still do) but there's one game from 2012 I still play at least once or twice a week to this day and that's Super Hexagon.
positive · AI labelView post →I love when you enter the flow state in this game and suddenly you can see EVERYTHING. Music is liiit
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Hexagon Begin *awesome music starts to play* Game Over Again Game Over Again Excellent! Game Over Again Excellent! Line Game Over Again Line Game Over Again Game Over Again Line Excellent! Triangle Game Over Again Line Triangle Excellent! Square Game Over Again Line Game Over What a nice game, Clearly the Polybius's good cousin.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks man. Kids seem to end up being interested in doing what they see.....and they see me playing a lot of video games and working at the computer 😆 They're using an 8bitDo Bluetooth controller. They were a bit confused for a while with Nintendo's reversed buttons, but they figured it out pretty quickly themselves. Depends on the child as well. My older one is autistic and an extremely fast learner. He's interested in things and his approach is "get lost, I'll figure this out myself". He…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not very good at this game but I had no issues with it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Hexagon is an addictive puzzle/rhythm game, perfect for zoning out with headphones on a train
positive · AI labelView post →Taking nominees for things I should consider picking up on the Steam summer sale. Games in my Steam library I've loved: Baba is You, Braid, Celeste, Hades I/II, Portal, Stanley Parable. Super Hexagon, Super Meat Boy, Thomas Was Alone, The Witness. I favor interesting game mechanics over plot.
positive · AI labelView post →Haven't beaten it yet, but AntonBlast is definitely going in my "Crack Game" shelf which comprises of this & Ultrakill maybe Super Hexagon too
positive · AI labelView post →This captcha from 2090 will burn your visual cortex down and might cause a minor case of severe brain damage in some people. Epilepsy tells horror stories around the campfire about this game. If you beat all the levels (60 seconds each), you unlock your third eye, sharingan and the parking spot for the disabled. TIP: just turn off the sound and lock in. I'm on the last level and my vision is starting to look like how cocaine smells. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →VVVVVV and Super Hexagon's Terry Cavanagh is back with a joyfully cracked platformer about eggs. Can we offer you a nice indie game in this trying time?
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi #PitchYaGame 👋 I'm making Bat to the Beat, a rhythm-based cricket game where you travel the world and face off against the unique musical grooves of each country. The game is inspired by Rhythm Heaven Fever, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and Super Hexagon
neutral · AI labelView post →I've enjoyed TES: Blades and Fallout Shelter, though I think they both got too micro transactional. RetroArch even with onscreen keys is surprisingly good, if that's your thing. Osmos and Super Hexagon are oldies but goodies, and not pay to play.
positive · AI labelView post →Got a few things in the hopper now I’m in a post Cave Dave state. - Music game (Super Hexagon/Guitar Hero) - Super Hang On type thing - Space Harrier type thing - Dark Alien corridoor thing As yet undecided where the fun is.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re a gamer then I’d strongly recommend you get a playlist of bangers from your favourite games. They tend to be high energy, low on distracting lyrics, and if you’ve played the game any amount then they’ve might have gotten associated with a “locked in” brain state so you feel like whatever task you’re achieving is analogous to gaming. My playlist has tracks from Streets of Rage 2, Golden Sun, Pokémon, Smash Bros and Super Hexagon amongst others.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am very grateful that my kids still fall in my sphere of influence. I'm pleased to say that their favorite games are: Super Hexagon, Super Meat Boy, Ori and the Blind Forest, Super Mario 3D Land, etc. No mention of Roblox, Minecraft or Fortnite in this house.
neutral · AI labelView post →It took me 41 hours to beat the game. 41 hours across just six stages. Each stage is a 60-second survival test. If we assume my average attempt lasted 30 seconds, and I spent — whatever — 5% of the time on loading screens and menus, then I spent, on average, 23,370 seconds (6 hours and 29 minutes) on each stage. That’s 779 attempts per stage. That’s it. 41 hours moving the cursor through repetitive paths in only six stages. I’m a guy pushing middle age, single, no kids. I could have spent my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have looked through the entire list and i can confidently say that the best game here is Super Hexagon 🫡 backloggd.com/games/super-...
positive · AI labelView post →game made me rage so hard but its still super fun. even after dying at 59.34 on hyper hexagonest. longest minute of my life
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very odd feeling to hop back into Super Hexagon and retain a decent amount of my base skill in the game. Set a new record on the first level on my second try. Weird when things just stick with you as latent memories or skill. #blutoid
neutral · AI labelView post →super hexagon makes my head and my tummy hurt and every time I boot it up I want to just give up immediately and never play a video game again it's truly amazing what the human mind and body are capable of
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Hexagon is a striking example of how a video game can achieve extraordinary impact through simplicity, precision, and relentless intensity. Developed and published by Terry Cavanagh and released on Steam in 2012, the game stands as one of the most recognizable minimalist arcade experiences in modern indie gaming. At first glance, the game appears deceptively simple: a small triangular cursor rotates around a central polygon while geometric walls rush inward from all sides. Yet this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game with a Fantastic soundtrack. Really difficult, took me until my twenties to beat all the levels.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is secretly hell 😭
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utterly timeless, I've been playing it since release and I keep on coming back to it a couple of times a year. Just thinking about the game's design makes me feel happy. If you're playing on controller, I recommend mapping the buttons so that one thumb turns left and the other turns right. It feels very natural, and will also carry over your muscle memory if you play on mobile. I've got "left" on left D-pad and "right" on the B button.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Hexagon is *fucking impossible* but an extremely good game
positive · AI labelView post →Originally released a decade ago, our limited edition Super Hexagon EP, with its six-sided design, took the video game vinyl world by storm.💥 Now, we’re reissuing this incredible piece of history! Own one of FOUR randomized NEW disc colors. bit.ly/8bit-20th-co... 📌
neutral · AI labelView post →Indie games trending today 1️⃣ Shiina Taki's Decameron 2️⃣ Word Game: Episode 0 3️⃣ Touhou Luna Nights 4️⃣ Super Hexagon 5️⃣ Mouthwashing #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #games
neutral · AI labelView post →11. Super Hexagon - Perfect video game. So simple in concept and so perfectly executed. Looks great, feels great, sounds great.
positive · AI labelView post →Micro Hexagon (2013) You know Super Hexagon, right? Well, this is Micro Hexagon, a delicious Commodore 64 demake of an even more delicious PC-game from @terrycavanaghgames.com Dodge the walls in tune to the music, fail and try again. And again. Calling it addictive is a bit of an understatement.1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway I won't let AI trash ruin my day. In good news, the AMAZING Super Hexagon is 75% off on @itch.io - you should get it for the gameplay and the sick sicks beats!! terrycavanagh.itch.io/super-hexagon
positive · AI labelView post →This is one of the best games of all time. Extremely simple, yet extremely challenging.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I need to find a copy of the Super Hexagon soundtrack on vinyl. I don't really collect game soundtracks but that's a special one to me.
positive · AI labelView post →I am not sexually attracted to Hexagons. Oh, also this game is beautifully difficult. The music is perfect both in terms of getting in the zone, and also being bearable to listen to thousands of times. The gameplay is challenging, frustrating, and addictive all at the same time, and if you're going to try to beat this game, prepare to bash your head into the nearest wall. Speaking from experience, if you feel the urge to, run toward your bed and headbutt the mattress, you're still going to get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@jacobgeller.com Sektori was an incredible recommendation. Not since Super Hexagon has a game plugged so directly into my adrenal gland.
positive · AI labelView post →playing Super Hexagon and reminded of the times as a kid that my mom used to say she was nervous about games that "reprogram your brain" funny how when it's anything but a video game, that's called "learning skills"
positive · AI labelView post →Super Hexagon It's about as simple as a 'modern' game can be (I read there was even a port of it to Commodore 64.) but it's a finely tuned machine. When you lose - and you will, a lot - it feels like mostly your own fault and not the game's. The difficulty levels very accurately start at Hard for the easiest one. There are 6 total levels, the next 5 difficulties are Harder, Hardest, Hardester, Hardestest, and Hardestestest. With much time and luck I can beat the first level (unlocking…
positive · AI labelView post →Daily Drawing 276, Bon's favorite game is Super Hexagon #art #artsky #oc
neutral · AI labelView post →Super Hexagon is a timeless classic. It's a simple but complete package that appears difficult on the surface but is mostly a game of pattern recognition and muscle memory. The difficulty curve is very gentle, the 6 levels are well designed, and in the end you will be surprised at just how much skill you gained to beat the game. I also really like the minimalist UI and visual style combined with Chipzel's perfectly fitting chiptune soundtrack. Despite the game's age, it has gotten an update in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super Hexagon is the perfect example of a game built around extremely simple concept that become surprisingly challenging. With only six levels and just two controls, it seems accessible at first, but the difficulty increases dramatically. It's the king of game you can lauch at any time for a two-minute session and end up playing for an hour. Extremely addictive. 100% steam achievements Time : 12.3H Completion Difficulty : 3/10 Playthroughs : 6 Successful Missables : None Notable requirements…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After years of owning it and playing it on and off i finally decided enough was enough and went through a pain staking journey to finish the game and now i can finally say i am part of the 6% of people that have finished it. During this journey i have experienced pain, suffering, torment and pain.. if you hate yourself then buy this game 10/10 would recommend therapy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As good as a rhythm game can possibly get. Peak minimalist design with an unmatched scoring dopamine loop, just make sure you won't have an epileptic seizure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not my thing, but I understand why people like it. I only put in enough time to get past 60 seconds on the first two levels, and perhaps it would’ve clicked with additional play time, but as it stands, I don’t find myself wanting to sink any more energy into this one. What I liked: -Very fast pace with constant adrenaline jolts. -Easy to jump in and out of the game quickly. -Music is catchy. My primary gripes, some of which are just related to me not being good at the game:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It hasn’t crossed my mind in a few years, but *dang* is Super Hexagon still an all-time excellent game.
positive · AI labelView post →Arguably the best offline game to play without a mouse! Plus it's intense immediately!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just realised that because of this game i became a huge fun of arcade games and DnB music
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was so excited both my hands fell asleep from screaming I BEAT IT. I BEAT SUPER HEXAGON. ON -EVERY- DIFFICULTY. BEGIN. GAME OVER. BEGIN. GAME OVER. BEGIN. GAME OVER. BEGIN. GAME OVER.
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