Super Hexagon similar games & best alternatives

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Super Hexagon

BlackBerry OS, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2012

Should you play it?

Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

What works

  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Minimalistic controls with high skill ceiling
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Quick restarts encourage repeated play
  • Great value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Can cause eye strain or discomfort
  • Very high difficulty may frustrate some players
  • No story or narrative
  • No cooperative or social gameplay
  • Intense flashing visuals may trigger seizures

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Bing Bong XL

  • Velocibox

  • Slash It 2

  • Project Rhombus

  • Duet

  • Polygoneer

More creative

Games that feels like Super Hexagon but with more room to create and customize

  • Open Hexagon

  • A Dance of Fire and Ice

  • Flywrench

  • Race The Sun

  • 64.0

  • 140

More violent

Games that feels like Super Hexagon but with more combat and destruction

  • APE OUT

  • Space Invaders Extreme

  • Thumper

  • Sektori

  • Swarm

  • Aaero

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Super Hexagon: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Creativity, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026