Open Hexagon similar games & best alternatives

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Open Hexagon

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Four buttons, one goal: survive. Are you ready for a real challenge? -- Become the best and climb the leaderboards in Open Hexagon, a fast-paced adrenalinic arcade game that's easy to learn but hard to master!

What works

  • High skill ceiling and challenging gameplay
  • Extensive custom level creation and workshop support
  • Addictive and replayable with many levels
  • Competitive leaderboards and achievements
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of polish in ui and menus
  • Intense flashing visuals can cause discomfort
  • Steep difficulty curve may frustrate new players
  • Solo play only with limited social interaction
  • Some levels have inconsistent or gimmicky mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • A Dance of Fire and Ice

  • Race The Sun

  • Geometry Dash

  • INK

  • 64.0

  • Flywrench

More violent

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

  • Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition

  • APE OUT

  • Sektori

  • Nova Drift

  • SHOOPER NOVA

  • Voids Vigil

Less creative

Games that feels like Open Hexagon but with less focus on creating and customizing

  • Super Hexagon

  • Slash It

  • oO

  • Linea, the Game

  • Polygoneer

  • Boson X

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Open Hexagon. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Open Hexagon. These titles are not in What to play next.

Open Hexagon: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Relaxation, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026