Super Hexagon (2012)

Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh

Android · BlackBerry OS · Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS

3.54 from 688 ratings

2835 members have it in their collection · 26 playing now · 1172 backlogged · 52 wish listed

How long? · 100% 18h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

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

Developers
Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh
Publishers
Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh
Genres
Arcade, Indie, Music
Themes
Action
Steam
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Release dates

  • Aug 31, 2012 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Nov 27, 2012 (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jan 19, 2013 (Worldwide) Android
  • Feb 16, 2013 (Worldwide) BlackBerry OS
  • Feb 27, 2013 (Worldwide) Linux
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Rating distribution

5 stars
138
4 stars
228
3 stars
224
2 stars
64
1 star
34
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Community All Reviews Statuses

shinespark

Status shinespark Mar 4, 2026

Returned to this for the millennium challenge, and frankly to see if I could still swing it. Surprisingly I got through Hyper Hexagonest in just a couple hours, which is vastly less time than it took me the first go around!

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I've always adored Super Hexagon, but replaying it now I think it might be my single favorite arcade game. …

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Returned to this for the millennium challenge, and frankly to see if I could still swing it. Surprisingly I got through Hyper Hexagonest in just a couple hours, which is vastly less time than it took me the first go around!

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I've always adored Super Hexagon, but replaying it now I think it might be my single favorite arcade game. Visually it's perfect, the music and the announcer are perfect. It demands your complete attention, like many arcade games do. But success requires a strange step further, a total split of your being where your conscious mind and your reflexive fingers are focused on two entirely separate tasks at all times. It's potent flow state stuff, and I find the whole thing intensely meditative.

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SnakeyDave

Review SnakeyDave 5/5 · Apr 3, 2025

Perfect

It's about as pure an experience as video games deliver. Two inputs: right side of the screen for clockwise, left for anti-clockwise. Avoid the walls for as long as you can. An endless runner on an axis. But no other game is able pull me into a flow state instantly like this does. Because you're not just avoiding the walls, …

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It's about as pure an experience as video games deliver. Two inputs: right side of the screen for clockwise, left for anti-clockwise. Avoid the walls for as long as you can. An endless runner on an axis. But no other game is able pull me into a flow state instantly like this does. Because you're not just avoiding the walls, they aren't just randomly flying at you, there are patterns. Those patterns can be learned and responded to with sequences of taps that feel like performing combos, but without losing any fine grain control. Combined with the furious chiptune soundtrack it's thrilling. A mix of pure synesthesic reaction and high-speed pattern recognition and exectution. Perfection.

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112percent

Status 112percent Aug 12, 2022

Completion Status:

Beat Hexagon, Hexagoner, Hexagonest, Hyper Hexagon and Hyper Hexagoner modes.

Missing Hyper Hexagonest mode completion and reaching The Final Hexagon.

Lyrica

Status Lyrica Oct 2, 2021

Weeks of on-and-off grind, but I've finally beaten Hexagonest difficulty. This game is evil. But addictive. Exactly the sort of thing I'd expect from the same guy who made the Super Gravitron in VVVVVV.

I tend to fare very poorly at things requiring very quick reflexes/responses, so it took a lot of work. But it can be fun to push …

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Weeks of on-and-off grind, but I've finally beaten Hexagonest difficulty. This game is evil. But addictive. Exactly the sort of thing I'd expect from the same guy who made the Super Gravitron in VVVVVV.

I tend to fare very poorly at things requiring very quick reflexes/responses, so it took a lot of work. But it can be fun to push yourself to overcome challenges in areas that don't come naturally to you. Sometimes you need that.

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pinkalmond17

Review pinkalmond17 5/5 · Mar 16, 2019

Addicting.

Very hard when you first start but a blast to play when you get used to it.

Bought the game because of my ex-girlfriend AKA Queen. Sad memories. I told myself that I would finally forget her when I completely beat this game. Beat it on 29 November 2016. 12.2 hour mark.

Buy it.

Ferk

Status Ferk Mar 3, 2018

IT GETS FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER AND you get the ideea. Fun Frustrating F.... get it.

Peculiarnewbie

Review Peculiarnewbie 4/5 · Apr 27, 2017

A Perfect Game

I've beaten this game. 72 seconds on the hyper hardest difficulty.

the reason i brought that up is that, the first time i played this thing, i was so proud that i could pass 15 seconds on the easiest difficulty. It took me around 6 months, but i finally beat it.

The game is perfect to me. nothing i want …

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I've beaten this game. 72 seconds on the hyper hardest difficulty.

the reason i brought that up is that, the first time i played this thing, i was so proud that i could pass 15 seconds on the easiest difficulty. It took me around 6 months, but i finally beat it.

The game is perfect to me. nothing i want to change at all from it. everytime i lose, it always feel fair, everytime i get out of a session, i feel like i'm improved. the difficulty jump from each level is perfect, it has just the right amount of variation to be not intimidating but also intriguing.

Yeah, a perfect game.

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Pale

Status Pale Jan 2, 2014

Now I'm officially better than all of you at Super Hexagon. I beat Hexagonest Hyper Mode. Woot.

Pale

Status Pale Jun 12, 2013

I totally just saw the credits on Super Hexagon. I think that makes me better than you. :) Now for the hyper modes. :)

peter

Status peter Dec 25, 2012

I somehow managed to hit 53 seconds on the "Hardester" Hyper Mode difficulty. Such an amazing game.

peter

Status peter Dec 16, 2012

Probably spent 4 hours on the couch with this game today. It might have given me epilepsy, I don't know.