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Hexologic
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 36% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 1,373
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 4h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- Only 36% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,391 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 0.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (35.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (11)
- Hex Master Complete 90 basic levels 100%
- Ocean Master Complete underwater special levels 97%
- Jungle Master Complete jungle special levels 84%
- Desert Master Complete desert special levels 81%
- Sky Master Complete sky special levels 74%
- Space Master Complete cosmic special levels 70%
- Forbidden Planet Master Complete special levels of Forbidden Planet 68%
- Secret Master Complete all secret sky levels 67%
- Hex Emperor Complete 90 basic and 21 special levels 65%
- Hard Mode Master Complete 90 basic levels in hard mode 54%
- Hard Mode Totems Master Complete 90 basic and 21 special levels in hard mode 51%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.