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Games like Hextones

  • 16 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Hextones also play

The closest matches to Hextones: Nexus 5X, Filament, Quilts and Cats of Calico, Opus Magnum, and Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Board Game and Tabletop, like Hextones.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2024
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Same relaxing mood as Hextones.

    • $16.99 (Price checked Oct 30)
    • 2020
  1. Rank 04

    Opus Magnum

    Why this: Same hypnotic mood as Hextones.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2017
  2. Rank 06

    Waveform

    Why this: Same contemplative mood as Hextones.

    • $1.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2012
  3. Rank 07

    Osmos

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 30)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Hextones

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Nexus 5X

    Also Board Game and Tabletop, like Hextones.

    • 92% of 717 reviews
  2. 2
    Filament

    Same relaxing mood as Hextones.

    • 84% of 383 reviews
  3. 3
    Quilts and Cats of Calico

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 95% of 277 reviews
  4. 4
    Opus Magnum

    Same hypnotic mood as Hextones.

    • 97% of 3,341 reviews
  5. 5
    Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡

    Also Solitaire and Tabletop, like Hextones.

    • 85% of 82 reviews
  6. 6
    Waveform

    Same contemplative mood as Hextones.

    • 81% of 747 reviews
  7. 7
    Osmos

    Genres: Indie, Casual

    • 89% of 403 reviews
  8. 8
    Tsuro - The Game of The Path

    Also Solitaire and Board Game, like Hextones.

    • 91% of 91 reviews
  9. 9
    SpaceChem

    Genres: Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 1,904 reviews
  10. 10
    Curious Expedition

    Also Hex Grid and Board Game, like Hextones.

    • 87% of 1,280 reviews
  11. 11
    Bionic Bay

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 266 reviews
  12. 12
    Lumines Arise

    Genres: Action, Indie, Casual

    • 95% of 630 reviews
  13. 13
    Kaizen: A Factory Story

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 93% of 457 reviews
  14. 14
    Drop Duchy

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 91% of 1,463 reviews
  15. 15
    Mini Motorways

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Casual

    • 96% of 15,615 reviews
  16. 16
    rymdkapsel

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 81% of 182 reviews
  17. 17
    Sokobond

    Genres: Indie

    • 92% of 280 reviews
  18. 18
    Hexcells

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 97% of 2,917 reviews
  19. 19
    ISLANDERS: New Shores

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 97% of 797 reviews
  20. 20
    As Far As The Eye

    Also Hex Grid and Tabletop, like Hextones.

    • 64% of 509 reviews
  21. 21
    Hive

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual

    • 82% of 173 reviews
  22. 22
    Chaos Reborn

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 73% of 595 reviews
  23. 23
    Oxytone

    Shares combo scoring with Hextones.

    • 98% of 81 reviews
  24. 24
    StarVaders

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 98% of 2,110 reviews
Hextones — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2021
  • Developer: Nukearts Studio
  • Price: $0.99checked Oct 31
  • 86% of 58 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Each tile has six sides with color and symbol matching
  • Global leaderboard tracks total distance traveled in light years
  • Hypnotic soundtrack enhances focus
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative
  • Hypnotic

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About Hextones

The closest matches to Hextones: Nexus 5X, Filament, Quilts and Cats of Calico, Opus Magnum, and Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Hextones is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nexus 5X, Filament and Quilts and Cats of Calico — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and hypnotic, and single out its combo scoring and global leaderboard tracking. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

About Hextones: Connect the Hextones by color or symbol and jump light-years in the Spacetime to be the great cosmic explorer. A challenging matchup puzzle game with a sci-fi mood.

Is Hextones worth buying?

  • 86% of 58 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $0.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Game play is kind of fun for an hour, but there is no sense of progression other than trying to improve your own score. This is a polished and good looking little puzzler and even the the price is okay, but I would have preferred actual…”
1 h played
“The developer decided to be a copyright troll. They somehow got a retroactive trademark registered, bullying other developers into changing names of their games. As this hits indie developers, most won't have the money to fight this. Those…”
1 h played
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People who play it also play: Nexus 5X, Filament, Quilts and Cats of Calico

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Frequently asked about Hextones

Can I run it?

How much does Hextones cost?

Hextones is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Hextones?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hextones are Nexus 5X, Filament, Quilts and Cats of Calico.

Who developed Hextones?

Hextones was developed by Nukearts Studio.