Hexcells overview

Matthew Brown | Feb 19, 2014 | game

Released

5players observed · 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC

Casual Indie Strategy Puzzle Logic Steam Store

Latest observed players5 · 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak37
Units sold (VGI)282,556
Revenue (VGI)$496,939
Review score97% positive

Hexcells dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed players5 · 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak37
Units sold (VGI)282,556
Revenue (VGI)$496,939
Review score97% positive
Total reviews5,874
Release dateFeb 19, 2014
DeveloperMatthew Brown
PublisherMatthew Brown

Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Matthew Brown Publisher: Matthew Brown

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Game overview

Overview

Hexcells comes from Matthew Brown and is published by Matthew Brown. It arrived on Steam on Feb 19, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Hexcells's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 5 players at 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC, with a tracked peak near 37. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 5,874 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hexcells is available in 9 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseKoreanPortuguese - BrazilRussianSimplified Chinese

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	2.0Ghz+	2 GB RAM	Shader Model 2.0+	60 MB available space
macOS	Minimum	OSX 10.5 or later	2.0Ghz+	2 GB RAM	Shader Model 2.0+	60 MB available space
Linux	Minimum	Ubuntu 10.04 or later	2.0Ghz+	2 GB RAM	Shader Model 2.0+	60 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hexcells has sold up to 282,556 units and has 5,089 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $496,939. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Hexcells overview details

Hexcells combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hexcells is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 5 players at 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC, a tracked peak of 37, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Hexcells
Steam App ID	265890
Type	game
Release date	Feb 19, 2014
Developer	Matthew Brown
Publisher	Matthew Brown
Price	$2.99
Platforms	Windows, macOS, and Linux
Genres	Casual, Indie, Strategy
Categories	Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	5 · 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	37
Positive reviews	5,694
Negative reviews	180
Total reviews	5,874
Positive percent	97%
Review type	Overwhelmingly Positive
Recommendations	5,089
Average playtime	324 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Feb 19, 2014
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	19 August 2020 - 16:31:39 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC

Overview tags

Puzzle Casual Indie Logic Singleplayer Minimalist Strategy Relaxing Short 2D Hex Grid Great Soundtrack Touch-Friendly Difficult Mouse only

Highlighted achievements

Achievement	Description
World 2	No description
World 3	No description
World 4	No description
World 5	No description
World 6	No description
Perfectionist	No description

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Not available
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/265890
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/265890/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/265890
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB search	Search IGDB for Hexcells

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Hexcells?

Hexcells's latest SteamPulse observation records 5 players at 3 October 2026 - 23:30:59 UTC, with a tracked peak of 37 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 5 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Hexcells growing or declining recently?

October 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 7 players; the highest observed daily value is 9 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is September 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Hexcells?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (40.5%), Australia (7.6%), Germany (6.3%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (34.6%), Australia (6.4%), Germany (6.2%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (44.6%), Australia (6.1%), Germany (5.9%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.5%), China (7.5%), Germany (6%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Hexcells?

Hexcells currently sits at 97% positive across 5,874 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 5,694 positive reviews and 180 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Overwhelmingly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Hexcells have?

Hexcells currently has about 3K tracked Steam followers as of 25 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Hexcells?

Hexcells is currently listed at $2.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 5,089, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Overwhelmingly Positive

97% positive, 5,694 positive, 180 negative

Price and discount

$2.99

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

Platform releases

Steam 19 February 2014

DLC and packages

Steam bundles

Logic Puzzle PackBundle #3331 - 20% off$4.03

HexcellsBuy Hexcells #34789$0.89 Hexcells Complete PackBuy Hexcells #50074$2.69

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 2.0Ghz+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Shader Model 2.0+ Storage: 60 MB available space

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