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The Hex
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“If you loved it and looking for something similiar - Inscryption / there is no game / Pony Island / The Hex / Undertale / OneShot / Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe / Outcore”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“All of this developer's games are innovative and good. This one is basically a bundle of Flash Animation minigames. Most of them are quite fun. It's a short game but you'll probably be surprised by the variety of content. He also builds an ARG into his games, which is both hit…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“very good!!!!!!!!!!!! i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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The Hex 1.153 - Minor Localization Patch
Updated translations for Japanese and Simplified Chinese Slower dialogue speed for Japanese and made the slowest dialogue speed option slower across all languages Fixed: Simplified Chinese localized s
The Hex… now in Simplified Chinese!
It’s always nostalgic for me to revisit The Hex but this time it was made sweeter by working alongside the Hex Hanslation group: a team of ultra-talented fans who brought this localization to life. I
The next game... from Daniel Mullins Games...
Boom. I hope you like what you see! In some ways Panda Circus is more similar to The Hex than Inscryption. Multiple game genres will be explored, mixed, hacked to bits, and then put back together into
The Hex 1.13 - Japanese and Dutch Translations!
It feels a weird to patch this game after all this time but how could I not when fine folks step up offering to translate it into their languages? Thank you so much to @hymg000 , @plcube , and @gyunyu
INSCRYPTION
INSCRYPTION. IS. HERE. If you're here because you played The Hex, thank you so very much. I hope you like this next game! ːstimulationː (Cover art by CarpetCrawler )
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Mystery · Psychological Horror · Pixel Graphics · Dark · Funny · Great Soundtrack · 2D · RPG · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Japanese, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.the-hex.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Memory: 2 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space