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Hexcells cover art

Hexcells

Matthew Brown · 2014-02-19

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 12, 2013 (Linux), Sep 12, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 12, 2013 (Mac), May 02, 2016 (iOS)

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

2
playing now
97%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Hexcells is a puzzle video game series developed and published by British designer Matthew Brown. There are three games in the series: Hexcells, Hexcells Plus, and Hexcells Infinite.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 148k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,925 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2015-02-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.892015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.012015-06-22 — best price $2.992015-12-07 — best price $0.892016-01-15 — best price $8.992016-05-02 — best price $0.892016-10-10 — best price $2.992017-02-20 — best price $0.892017-08-21 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $0.892018-05-07 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $0.892019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-04-08 — best price $0.892019-07-29 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $0.892020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.892020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.892021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-07-26 — best price $0.892021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $0.892022-09-19 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $0.892023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-09-25 — best price $0.892023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-02-26 — best price $2.992024-05-23 — best price $0.892024-08-12 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $0.892025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $0.892025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8002026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 80 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
87.7%
earned "World 2"
76.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,15874%6

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicShortCasualPuzzleHex GridRelaxingStrategyDifficult

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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