Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.

Super Hexagon

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Super Hexagon
Super Hexagon cover
Developers
Terry Cavanagh
Linux Ethan Lee
Release dates
Windows November 27, 2012
macOS (OS X) November 27, 2012
Linux February 26, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 88
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Arcade
Art styles Abstract
Super Hexagon on HowLongToBeat
Super Hexagon on IGDB
Super Hexagon on MobyGames
Super Hexagon on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Guide covering all the patterns found in game

Availability

A free flash demo is available here.

Essential improvements

SuperHexagonOptimize

The game has a high render latency and causes lags on hign-end computers. This tool can solve these problems.
Fix blurry, lags and latency.
Install the mod
  1. Download archive and extract it into <path-to-game>.
  2. Just run game as usual.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\settings.dat[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/SuperHexagon/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperHexagon/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/221640/remote/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\scores.dat[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\data\suphex.dat[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/SuperHexagon/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperHexagon/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/221640/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Anamorphic 16:10.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Always 1920-1080
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Keep "Fullscreen Optimization" on to get borderless, or turn off in compability to get exclusive fullscreen
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS.[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Left click is up, right click is down, clicking both at the same time counts as select.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
May not be fully functional with some controllers.
Controller sensitivity
Digital only.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Default bindings for Xbox 360 controller out of the box.
PlayStation controllers
Because of default bindings, results unusable menus.
Start the game with controller unplugged, from joypad settings, select Customize controls, then Disable joypad. Start the game with controller inserted, Enable joypad and immediately bind the buttons properly.
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Keyboard prompts used.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official Steam Controller bindings only.
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
[2]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 MB
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 MB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Frame rate cap :: Super Hexagon General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  2. games-action/super-hexagon - last accessed on 2021-10-10