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A free hexagon color-matching puzzle in the browser tab: rotate the center hexagon so 3 or more same-colored blocks touch and clear before a stack reaches the middle. Keyboard, mouse, or touch - no install, no account, nothing uploaded.

HEX PUZZLE BLOCKS

A hexagon color-matching puzzle game. About 1.1 MB downloads once from this site when you press Play, then the browser caches it.

Arrow keys (or A / D) rotate the hexagon. Works with mouse clicks or taps too - no gamepad.

Press Play to load the game.
Click the ? icon in-game to see the controls again.

Hex Puzzle Blocks


Press Play and colored blocks start falling toward a hexagon sitting in the middle of the screen. Rotate the hexagon so a falling block lands next to two or more blocks of the same color - once 3 or more matching blocks touch, they clear and add to your score. Blocks keep arriving from all six sides in shifting patterns, and the pace speeds up gradually the longer you last, so the puzzle is part quick color-matching and part staying ahead of the incoming waves.

Controls at a glance:

ActionInput
Rotate hexagonLeft / Right arrow, A / D, or click / tap either half of the screen
Speed up temporarilyDown arrow or S (hold)
Pause / resumeP, Space, or the pause icon
RestartEnter, or the restart icon

Clearing a match within a short window of a previous one builds a combo multiplier, shown as colored lines running around the outer hexagon that drain away as the window closes. Chaining matches before the lines empty keeps the multiplier - and the points per clear - climbing. A run ends when blocks pile up past the hexagon's edge on any one of its six sides without clearing.

Progress mid-game and your top 3 scores are kept in this browser's local storage, so closing the tab and coming back later can resume where you left off; nothing is sent to a server or tied to an account, and progress does not follow you to a different browser or device.

The game is about 1.1 MB - a 2D canvas puzzle engine plus a small UI icon set and font, downloaded once from this site and then cached; it runs in any modern browser, including touchscreens, with no WebGL requirement. It runs on Hextris, an open-source puzzle game originally released by Logan Engstrom and Garrett Finucane under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - the license file ships next to the game files.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hex Puzzle Blocks do?

It is a hexagon color-matching puzzle that runs entirely in the browser tab: rotate the center hexagon with the arrow keys, A / D, or clicks/taps so 3 or more same-colored blocks touch and clear before a stack reaches the middle on any side. It runs on the open-source Hextris engine.

Does it work on a phone or tablet?

Yes. Tapping the left or right half of the screen rotates the hexagon, so it plays on touchscreens as well as desktop browsers with a keyboard or mouse.

Is my progress or high score saved?

Yes, but only in this browser: the current run and your top 3 scores are kept in local storage on this device, so returning to the page can resume where you left off. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no cross-device sync, leaderboard, or account.

Is there multiplayer or an online leaderboard?

No. Hex Puzzle Blocks is single-player only, with no online leaderboard, matchmaking, or account system.