Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Super Hexagon (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Super Hexagon on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: AudioSurf, which both puzzle and relaxing.
- Super Hexagon is tagged Difficult, Great Soundtrack, Indie, Fast-Paced, Arcade, Addictive, Rhythm, Singleplayer by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: VVVVVV.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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AudioSurf
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 12 player tags including Music, Rhythm and Indie; released around the same time (2008).
Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
AudioSurf at a glance Released 2008 Studio Dylan Fitterer Player sentiment 96% positive of 11,100 Price $9.99 MusicRhythmIndieCasualArcadeColorfulScore AttackAddictive
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Mini Metro
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Minimalist and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Mini Metro at a glance Released 2015 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,729 Price $9.99 PuzzleMinimalistIndieCasual2DDifficultGreat SoundtrackAddictive
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Zuma
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle, Arcade and 2D.
Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull.
Zuma at a glance Released 2003 Studio Oberon Media Player sentiment 96% positive of 6,806 Price $4.99 PuzzleArcade2DCasualColorfulReplay ValueIndieDifficult
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndiePuzzle2DAddictiveGreat SoundtrackReplay ValueCasualDifficult
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A Dance of Fire and Ice
Why it matched: both relaxing and difficult; shares 10 player tags including Rhythm, Music and Difficult.
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.
A Dance of Fire and Ice at a glance Released 2019 Studio 7th Beat Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 83,377 Price $4.79 RhythmMusicDifficultIndie2DArcadeColorfulPsychedelic
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One Finger Death Punch
Why it matched: both relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Fast-Paced, Indie and Addictive; released around the same time (2014).
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
One Finger Death Punch at a glance Released 2014 Studio Silver Dollar Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 16,338 Price $4.99 Fast-PacedIndieAddictive2DCasualDifficultArcadeGreat Soundtrack
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Geometry Dash
Why it matched: both relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Difficult, Music and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2013).
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!
Geometry Dash at a glance Released 2013 Studio RobTop Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 637,714 Price $4.99 DifficultMusicGreat Soundtrack2DRhythmColorfulIndieArcade
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Limbo
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2010).
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Limbo at a glance Released 2010 Studio Playdead Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,016 Price $12.49 IndiePuzzle2DDifficultMinimalistCasualController
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SpaceChem
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Difficult and Indie; released around the same time (2011).
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
SpaceChem at a glance Released 2011 Studio Zachtronics Player sentiment 92% positive of 5,085 Price $9.99 PuzzleDifficultIndieGreat Soundtrack2DCasualAddictive
- 10
ibb & obb
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2014).
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
ibb & obb at a glance Released 2014 Studio Sparpweed Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,830 Price $11.99 PuzzleIndie2DDifficultGreat SoundtrackCasualController
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Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2016).
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Defy Gravity Extended at a glance Released 2016 Studio Paul Fisch Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,531 Price $0.55 IndiePuzzle2DDifficultCasualGreat SoundtrackArcade
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Muse Dash
Why it matched: both relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Music, Rhythm and Casual.
Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!
Muse Dash at a glance Released 2019 Studio peropero Player sentiment 91% positive of 122,129 Price $2.99 MusicRhythmCasualGreat Soundtrack2DColorfulIndieDifficult
- 13
VVVVVV
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Terry Cavanagh; both puzzle and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Great Soundtrack and Difficult; released around the same time (2010).
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
VVVVVV at a glance Released 2010 Studio Terry Cavanagh Player sentiment 96% positive of 10,540 Price $4.99 IndieGreat SoundtrackDifficult2DMinimalistPuzzle
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Bejeweled 3
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Addictive; released around the same time (2010).
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bejeweled 3 at a glance Released 2010 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,122 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualAddictiveGreat SoundtrackColorfulIndieArcade2D
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Beat Hazard
Why it matched: both relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rhythm, Music and 2D; released around the same time (2010).
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Beat Hazard at a glance Released 2010 Studio Cold Beam Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 7,449 Price $9.99 RhythmMusic2DIndieArcadeCasualColorfulReplay Value
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Antichamber
Why it matched: both puzzle and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Minimalist; released around the same time (2013).
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Antichamber at a glance Released 2013 Studio Alexander Bruce Player sentiment 95% positive of 17,755 Price $19.99 PuzzleIndieMinimalistDifficultPsychedelicColorfulGreat SoundtrackReplay Value
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Peggle
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Puzzle and Arcade.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
Peggle at a glance Released 2007 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 14,434 Price $4.99 CasualPuzzleArcadeAddictive2DDifficultGreat Soundtrack
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Baba Is You
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Difficult.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieDifficult2DGreat SoundtrackMinimalistCasual
- 19
Puyo PuyoTetris
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Colorful.
Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as global phenomenon Tetris® and SEGA’s famous Puyo Puyo™ combine in a super mash-up of ferocious competition, adorable looks, and addictive puzzle fun!
Puyo PuyoTetris at a glance Released 2018 Studio Sonic Team Player sentiment 85% positive of 5,571 Price $19.99 PuzzleCasualColorfulArcadeGreat Soundtrack2DDifficult
- 20
World of Goo
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2008).
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
World of Goo at a glance Released 2008 Studio 2D Boy Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,589 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndieGreat SoundtrackCasual2DDifficult
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Braid
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2008).
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Braid at a glance Released 2008 Studio Jonathan Blow Player sentiment 93% positive of 9,957 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndie2DGreat SoundtrackDifficultCasual
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Ikaruga
Why it matched: both puzzle and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Arcade, Great Soundtrack and Difficult.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Ikaruga at a glance Released 2001 Studio Treasure Player sentiment 95% positive of 2,364 Price $9.99 ArcadeGreat SoundtrackDifficultIndieAddictive2DControllerPuzzle
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The Witness
Why it matched: both puzzle, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Colorful and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Witness at a glance Released 2016 Studio Thekla, Inc. Player sentiment 84% positive of 21,324 Price $39.99 PuzzleColorfulIndieDifficultCasualGreat Soundtrack
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Tetris Effect: Connected
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Music.
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
Tetris Effect: Connected at a glance Released 2021 Studio Monstars Inc. Player sentiment 94% positive of 9,007 Price $39.99 PuzzleIndieMusicArcadeCasualScore AttackPsychedelicController
Common questions
What game is most like Super Hexagon?
AudioSurf, on the evidence we have. It both puzzle and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Super Hexagon" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Super Hexagon. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Super Hexagon do?
VVVVVV is also from Terry Cavanagh, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.