About Hextris
Hextris is the celebrated open-source arcade sensation that transforms traditional falling-block puzzle geometry into a dizzying 360-degree radial arena. Vivid red, blue, green, and yellow bars accelerate straight inward from six outer lanes toward a spinning central hexagon.
Instead of moving falling pieces horizontally, you spin the central hexagon itself in crisp 60-degree snaps! Group three or more blocks of matching colors touching along any face or corner to vaporize them and pull stacked outer bars inward for blazing combo timers.
Running natively from our self-hosted GPL-3.0 open-source build with zero external ad overlays, Hextris delivers instantaneous frame-accurate input and persistent Top-3 local high-score tracking.
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How to Play Hextris & Controls
- 1Click the central Play triangle and rotate the center hexagon Left (A / Left Arrow) or Right (D / Right Arrow) to catch incoming colored bars.
- 2Stack three or more identical-color bars adjacent to each other on one edge or across neighboring hexagon corners to trigger a burst clear.
- 3Hold Down Arrow or S whenever clear lanes align to pull blocks inward rapidly for extra bonus speed points.
- 4Keep every stack inside the outer gray danger hexagon—exceeding that boundary on any of the six faces ends the run!
Hextris Tips, Tricks & Strategy
- Keep all six faces evenly balanced early on rather than letting one lonely red spike grow dangerously close to the outer rim.
- Notice that matching blocks also connect DIAGONALLY around shared hexagon corners—use that trick to clear stubborn colors trapped on adjacent lanes!
- Wait until two matching bars land before clearing a combo window: an active Combo Multiplier ring surrounds the hexagon and boosts consecutive clears.
- Use brief S/Down acceleration bursts only when you have clean visibility across all six incoming lanes.