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Guide updated November 2026 · Runs via WebAssembly (native port)
Hextris is a fast puzzle game built around a hexagon. Coloured blocks fall towards it from all six sides; you rotate the hexagon so they land where you want them. Join three or more of the same colour and they clear. Four students wrote it in 2014 and released it as open source, and it runs right here.
Controls — what does what
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse / touch |
|---|---|---|
| Rotate the hexagon | Left / Right arrows | Tap the left or right side of the screen |
| Speed the blocks up | Down arrow | — |
| Pause | P | Pause button |
| Start / restart | Enter | Click the hexagon |
FREE This is the complete game, free. Open source under the GNU GPL version 3: the complete game.
Hextris is by Logan Engstrom, Garrett Finucane, Noah Moroze and Michael Yang, used under the GNU GPL v3. Advertising and analytics code was removed; the changes are listed in NOTICE.md.
How to play
Press the left and right arrow keys to rotate the hexagon, or tap the left and right sides of the screen. Holding the down arrow speeds the blocks up. Blocks clear when three or more of one colour touch, and clearing several groups in a row builds a combo. The game ends when a stack on any side grows past the grey outer hexagon.
Lasting longer
Keep the six stacks level instead of clearing one side at a time: a tall stack is what ends the game. Look at the colour of the next block before you rotate, and when two blocks are falling at once, deal with the nearer one first.
Why it is free
Hextris is published under the GNU General Public License, version 3, which allows anyone to copy and host it. The copy here has had its advertising and analytics code removed, so the game makes no requests to any other site; the changes are listed in the notice file. Your high score is stored in your own browser.
Frequently asked questions
Is Hextris free?
Yes. It is open-source software under the GPL version 3. This is the complete game.
Is Hextris unblocked here?
The game is a few small files served from this site, with nothing to install, and the game itself contacts no other site. Whether a particular school or office network allows this site is up to that network.
Does it save my high score?
Yes. High scores are kept in your browser's local storage.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes. Tap the left or right side of the screen to rotate the hexagon.
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Want a game like this on your own site?
Hextris isn't ours to give away — we host it, we didn't write it. But eleven of the games here we did write from scratch, and those are free for anyone to put on their own page: one line of HTML, no account, no permission, no attribution beyond a credit line.