Super Hexagon

General information

Steam Guide covering all the patterns found in game

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Steam		Requires Steam client to launch ^[1]

A free flash demo is available here.

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
Download archive and extract it into `<path-to-game>`. Just run game as usual.

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.

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/

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

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.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	4

↑ ^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).