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Hexcells cover art

Hexcells

Matthew Brown · 2014-02-19

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Hexcells is a 2014 Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 5925 reviews).

5
playing now
97%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Hexcells trailer thumbnail

Hexcells Infinite Release Trailer

≈7,177 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 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 2% of 29,497 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 148k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,937 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 5 of 10 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

1002026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
412Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 15 · peak 65Jun 2014 — avg 10 · peak 76Oct 2014 — avg 8 · peak 58Feb 2015 — avg 27 · peak 317Jun 2015 — avg 15 · peak 49Oct 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2016 — avg 18 · peak 43Jun 2016 — avg 13 · peak 56Oct 2016 — avg 24 · peak 86Feb 2017 — avg 22 · peak 113Jun 2017 — avg 15 · peak 66Oct 2017 — avg 13 · peak 49Feb 2018 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2018 — avg 9 · peak 31Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2019 — avg 7 · peak 27Oct 2019 — avg 15 · peak 110Feb 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 34Oct 2021 — avg 16 · peak 57Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 30Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

4722026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 47 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-10 — 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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicShortCasualPuzzleHex GridRelaxingStrategyDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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