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hexceed

ToastieLabs · 2021-01-15

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2021 (Mac)

A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!

hexceed is a free-to-play Casual, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2021, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 2759 reviews).

21
playing now
90%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 110 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (353 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 29,079 Casual games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31231220212026Week of 2021-01-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

43162026-09-15 02:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 23 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 26 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 27 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 37 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 42 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 33 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32626Jan 2021Aug 2026Jan 2021 — avg 326 · peak 747Mar 2021 — avg 155 · peak 348May 2021 — avg 75 · peak 133Jul 2021 — avg 72 · peak 120Sep 2021 — avg 76 · peak 126Nov 2021 — avg 72 · peak 122Jan 2022 — avg 72 · peak 107Mar 2022 — avg 64 · peak 109May 2022 — avg 64 · peak 117Jul 2022 — avg 60 · peak 109Sep 2022 — avg 62 · peak 129Nov 2022 — avg 58 · peak 107Jan 2023 — avg 61 · peak 92Mar 2023 — avg 52 · peak 81May 2023 — avg 49 · peak 86Jul 2023 — avg 47 · peak 76Sep 2023 — avg 45 · peak 77Nov 2023 — avg 47 · peak 76Jan 2024 — avg 58 · peak 93Mar 2024 — avg 61 · peak 102May 2024 — avg 50 · peak 87Jul 2024 — avg 50 · peak 79Sep 2024 — avg 53 · peak 84Nov 2024 — avg 48 · peak 75Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 95Mar 2025 — avg 51 · peak 94May 2025 — avg 47 · peak 306Jul 2025 — avg 44 · peak 96Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 78Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 96Jan 2026 — avg 44 · peak 78Mar 2026 — avg 35 · peak 65May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 47Jul 2026 — avg 27 · peak 46Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.5%
earned "Milestone 1"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeTouch Only OptionSteam Cloud42 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 42 DLC released, first 2021-01-15, latest 2025-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,3481%250
Switch (Nintendo)1750%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D2.5DCuteRetroArcadeCasualPuzzleColorfulHex GridRelaxing

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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