Games Like Super Hexagon

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!

Why similar: Difficult 35.6%, Rhythm 28.7%, Arcade 10.2%, Score Attack 8.5%, Minimalist 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest thing on Steam to Super Hexagon’s rotating, minimalist survival formula, with similarly brutal speed, abstract visuals, and music-driven intensity.

Project Rhombus is a rhythm-based casual action game that combines exciting electronic music with stylish flat design. Hold on as long as possible, blocking the oncoming arrows moving to the beat.

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Rhythm 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Fast-Paced 10.9%, Arcade 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another abstract reflex game built around dodging geometric hazards in fast, rhythmic runs that feel directly in Super Hexagon’s lane.

64.0 is a minimal fast-paced arcade game, where you shoot the squares that have the same color as the background.

Why similar: Difficult 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Rhythm 18.1%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Arcade 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon presentation, escalating speed, and twitchy obstacle-dodging make it feel like a distilled descendant of Super Hexagon’s arcade survival loop.

Deftly teleport your way through a cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up!

Why similar: Difficult 32.7%, Fast-Paced 27%, Rhythm 14.4%, Arcade 8.2%, Minimalist 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: JUMPGRID captures the same instant-restart, high-speed, pattern-learning rush, just translated into lane-based movement and score-attack runs.

Elegant and minimal, Duet asks players simply to navigate two orbiting spheres past an increasingly complex maze of falling obstacles. As the difficulty increases, the tension mounts, and a peculiar narrative unfolds.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.5%, Difficult 38.8%, Minimalist 8%, Indie 7.9%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Super Hexagon, Duet is a minimalist survival game about staying calm under extreme pressure while rotating around incoming hazards to a moody soundtrack.

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.

Why similar: Rhythm 29.7%, Difficult 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Music 11.5%, Arcade 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps dodging for exact timing, but the appeal is almost identical: minimalist presentation, punishing patterns, and total concentration synced to music.

Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Why similar: Difficult 25.2%, Rhythm 23.2%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Music 11.9%, Arcade 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its core appeal is surviving dense patterns in sync with music, making it a natural fit if you love Super Hexagon’s rhythmic evasive intensity.

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Why similar: Rhythm 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Difficult 20%, Fast-Paced 13.1%, Music 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Though more on-rails, Thumper delivers the same oppressive speed, sensory overload, and rhythm-action brutality that makes Super Hexagon so gripping.

"oO" is a hardcore minimal arcade game.

Why similar: Difficult 29.9%, Fast-Paced 22.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Music 9.1%, Arcade 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: oO offers the same kind of abstract, fast-failing, precision-heavy arcade challenge where survival depends on reading patterns at high speed.

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Difficult 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Rhythm 20.1%, Music 10.4%, Arcade 3%

Why You'll Like It: It trades rotation for jumping, but its brutal memorization, rhythmic pacing, and addictive instant-retry structure strongly echo Super Hexagon’s appeal.

140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Why similar: Rhythm 31%, Great Soundtrack 24.3%, Difficult 19.9%, Music 10.7%, Minimalist 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: 140 has a similarly stripped-down audiovisual style and rhythm-driven challenge, even if its precision comes through platforming rather than survival spinning.

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.4%, Difficult 24.4%, Rhythm 23.1%, Music 10%, Fast-Paced 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want geometric visuals and survival gameplay tightly married to music, this bullet-hell rhythm hybrid is an excellent next step.

Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.2%, Difficult 24.2%, Arcade 14.2%, Psychedelic 9.8%, Minimalist 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Boson X shares the same abstract, high-speed, soundtrack-fueled focus on split-second reactions and flow-state mastery.

Righty Tighty XL is a fast-paced, minimalist arcade score chaser with simple one-button controls. Turn right, collect points, and return them to the goal zone while dodging obstacles. An addictive ‘just-one-more-round’ challenge, perfect for quick sessions or while waiting in queue!

Why similar: Difficult 40.9%, Fast-Paced 16.6%, Arcade 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Score Attack 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its rotating movement, compact score-attack runs, and twitchy one-more-try structure make it feel very close in spirit to Super Hexagon.

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.5%, Difficult 34.7%, Rhythm 7.9%, Music 7.9%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its pounding soundtrack, neon minimalism, and punishing precision make it a strong match for players chasing Super Hexagon’s intense sensory rhythm.

A fast-paced, neon-infused arcade game with simple one-button controls! Addictive, easy to learn, and perfect for quick sessions. Challenge yourself to beat your high score while waiting in queue for another game!

Why similar: Difficult 42.1%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Score Attack 8%, Psychedelic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a tiny, ultra-replayable reflex game with minimalist visuals and fierce score-chasing energy that scratches a very similar itch.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.9%, Difficult 42.2%, Indie 6.3%, Minimalist 1.9%, 2D 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is less rhythm-focused, but the same minimalist style, unforgiving challenge, and Terry Cavanagh design sensibility make it highly relevant.

Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.

Why similar: Rhythm 25.7%, Difficult 17%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Music 11.8%, Addictive 9.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its relentless momentum, music-synced obstacle timing, and trial-and-error mastery give it some of the same addictive hard-arcade pull.

Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.6%, Difficult 22.1%, Rhythm 21.8%, Music 9.7%, Score Attack 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its music-driven obstacle design and neon minimalist style make it a good fit if you like rhythm-inflected challenge with arcade intensity.

The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.

Why similar: Difficult 34.8%, Great Soundtrack 34.2%, Addictive 16.9% ★, Music 8%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Super Hexagon, it is all about mastering short, punishing patterns through repetition, timing, and a refusal to quit after a hundred failures.

Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Why similar: Rhythm 31.7%, Great Soundtrack 30%, Difficult 14.1%, Music 13.3%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its freeform neon aesthetic and music-led challenge capture some of the same stripped-down, beat-driven energy, though in a lighter platforming format.

You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

Why similar: Difficult 76.3%, Arcade 21.3%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Race The Sun nails the same fast, minimalist, score-attack feeling of threading through danger in a trance-like state for just a little longer.

BIT.TRIP VOID is the third installment in the retro-arcade BIT.TRIP saga.BIT.TRIP VOID is a synesthetic exploration of rhythm and music as they pertain to our everyday lives and moods. In a control scheme brand new to the series, yet wholly familiar to gamers, the player is given complete freedom to move about the screen wherever they...

Why similar: Rhythm 51.3%, Music 24.8%, Indie 17.4%, Action 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This abstract arcade game combines minimalist visuals, reactive movement, and music-synced pressure in a way that feels very adjacent to Super Hexagon.

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.8%, Fast-Paced 24%, Music 12.6%, Difficult 9.4%, Score Attack 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more shooter-oriented, it offers the same kind of fast, soundtrack-powered, score-chasing intensity that can appeal to Super Hexagon players.

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Rhythm 26%, Music 12.4%, Arcade 8.9%, Psychedelic 6%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist rhythm-arcade game shares Super Hexagon’s abstract presentation and hypnotic focus, even if its mechanics are paddle-based.

Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!

Why similar: Rhythm 26.9%, Difficult 25.3%, Fast-Paced 21.1%, Music 11.9%, Arcade 7.1%

Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.9%, Fast-Paced 23%, Arcade 9.6%, Minimalist 6.9%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person runner delivers a comparable sense of abstract speed, flow, and clean visual design built around momentum and precision.

Exception is a game about AI programming. During the game, the player assists the units to defeat their enemies in the virtual world. However, the player needs to control the units by programming instead of controlling them directly.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: Exception channels a similar neon, soundtrack-heavy intensity with difficult, fast-reacting movement that rewards pattern recognition and composure.

Step into rhythmic bliss with Runner2! Best Indie Game winner, Guinness World Record holder, and narrated by Charles Martinet. Unleash vibrant moves and beats in 120 levels!

Why similar: Difficult 43.8%, Rhythm 34.9%, Arcade 12.3%, Indie 4.2%, Colorful 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Runner2 keeps the same rhythmic precision and high-speed restart loop, just in a more colorful platforming form.

Intralism - fast and hard rhythm game. Listen to music and match arcs to the beat. Master all beatmaps or create your own and challenge friends in the online multiplayer. But remember: wrong button - failed try.

Why similar: Rhythm 30.8%, Music 22.9%, Difficult 19.2%, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Arcade 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Intralism is built around dodging geometric obstacles to music, making it a good lower-tier match for the audiovisual and reflex appeal here.

The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

Why similar: Rhythm 47.8%, Difficult 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Music 8.4%, Arcade 5.1%

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.

Why similar: Rhythm 33.5%, Music 24.6%, Addictive 16.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Fast-Paced 5%

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.

Why similar: Rhythm 55.6%, Music 25.6%, Arcade 7.5%, Indie 4.9%, 2D 2.3%

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.5%, Fast-Paced 18.8%, Difficult 15.7%, Addictive 12.8% ★, Psychedelic 4.1%

Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Rhythm 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Music 10.7%, Arcade 7.3%

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Rhythm 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 33.8%, Difficult 21.3%, Music 6.5%, Indie 2.7%

Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.

Why similar: Rhythm 40.8%, Music 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Indie 5.2%, Arcade 4.8%

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.

Why similar: Difficult 37.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Indie 18.4%, Minimalist 7.6%, Psychedelic 7.6%

Super reaKtor is a bullet hell focused on difficulty with a twist: original controls and 2 differents weak points to manage. Collect green energy pellets, and avoid or absorb the various threats.

Why similar: Difficult 40.8%, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Score Attack 10.4%, Minimalist 6.5%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Difficult 48.6%, Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Fast-Paced 17.7%, Indie 5.2%, 2D 1.6%

Klang 2 is a psychedelic rhythm-action game, blindly pursuing full immersion with dance music through high-speed combat.

Why similar: Rhythm 33.2%, Difficult 19.8%, Music 15.5%, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Psychedelic 4.8%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35%, Difficult 19.2%, Minimalist 16.1%, Indie 15.6%, Puzzle 5.1%

Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.

Why similar: Rhythm 49.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Music 10.9%, Difficult 7.5%, Indie 6.1%

Paradise of parkour & rhythm game ★★★ — Muse Dash!!

Why similar: Rhythm 38.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Music 20%, Difficult 12%, Arcade 2.7%

Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!

Why similar: Difficult 30.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.7%, Rhythm 16.2%, Music 9.8%, Arcade 9.1%

Neon Warp is a simple yet very unique puzzle game.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Difficult 25.4%, Arcade 15.3%, Indie 9.1%, Minimalist 5.8%

THE BEAT REVOLVES AROUND YOU in Beatblock, the headspinning rhythm-action game! Move your paddle and block to the beat in simple yet deviously bombastic levels, each complete with their own unique theming and visuals.

Why similar: Difficult 30.5%, Rhythm 28%, Music 12.8%, Arcade 9.6%, Score Attack 6.7%

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.8%, Difficult 26.4%, Indie 14.6%, Arcade 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33%, Fast-Paced 22.6%, Arcade 15.9%, Score Attack 11.2%, Psychedelic 9.8%

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 53.9%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Arcade 12.8%, Rhythm 6.8%, Indie 5.9%

Element4l is an immersive and experimental indie platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by Mind Tree.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 54.2%, Difficult 28.5%, Indie 12.8%, Action 2.8%, Puzzle 0.7%

Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.

Why similar: Difficult 40.4%, Great Soundtrack 39.2%, Indie 7.7%, Minimalist 5.9%, Action 3.3%

Dance to the rhythm with your mouse!

Why similar: Rhythm 40.2%, Difficult 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Arcade 13.3%, Indie 3.6%

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.3%, Difficult 37%, Fast-Paced 6.7%, Indie 5.1%, Score Attack 2.2%

WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.

Why similar: Difficult 37.8%, Music 15.4%, Indie 10.2%, Score Attack 9.5%, Arcade 9.5%

Intake is the new retro-futuristic drugstep arcade shooter from Cipher Prime. In this polychromatic love child of Dr. Mario and Ikaruga, you battle a never-ending barrage of pills, pushing your skill and reflexes to the limit to avoid a lethal dosage.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Addictive 20.1% ★, Fast-Paced 12.7%, Difficult 11.4%, Arcade 8.1%

Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.1%, Arcade 33.2%, Score Attack 13.1%, Colorful 6.8%, Action 3.2%

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

Why similar: Difficult 45.9%, Minimalist 23%, Indie 16.8%, Puzzle 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%