The Hex

Released: Oct 16, 2018
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 08 Sep 2026, 06:11 GMT

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07 Oct 2025Developer post
The Hex 1.153 - Minor Localization Patch
Updated translations for Japanese and Simplified Chinese Slower dialogue speed for Japanese and made the slowest dialogue speed option slower across all languages Fixed: Simplified Chinese localized sprite in Lazarus' flashback was appearing while the game's language was set to E
Updated translations for Japanese and Simplified Chinese
Slower dialogue speed for Japanese and made the slowest dialogue speed option slower across all languages
Fixed: Simplified Chinese localized sprite in Lazarus' flashback was appearing while the game's language was set to English
Huge thanks to the localization team for continuing to edit and fine tune the translation!
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19 Mar 2024Developer post
The Hex… now in Simplified Chinese!
It’s always nostalgic for me to revisit The Hex but this time it was made sweeter by working alongside the Hex Hanslation group: a team of ultra-talented fans who brought this localization to life. I can’t thank them enough for their hard work. The team includes: LemonBomb, Meow_
08 Dec 2023Developer post
The next game... from Daniel Mullins Games...
Boom. I hope you like what you see! In some ways Panda Circus is more similar to The Hex than Inscryption. Multiple game genres will be explored, mixed, hacked to bits, and then put back together into a Frankenstein's Monster. If you want to be notified when the game comes out yo
02 May 2022Developer post
The Hex 1.13 - Japanese and Dutch Translations!
It feels a weird to patch this game after all this time but how could I not when fine folks step up offering to translate it into their languages? Thank you so much to @hymg000 , @plcube , and @gyunyu_5959 for their work in translating the many lines of text in The Hex to Japanes
19 Oct 2021Developer post
INSCRYPTION
INSCRYPTION. IS. HERE. If you're here because you played The Hex, thank you so very much. I hope you like this next game! ːstimulationː (Cover art by CarpetCrawler )
14 Aug 2020Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Pony Island developer's horror deck-builder Inscryption plays a new trailer
Spooky deck-builder Inscryption has drawn and played another trailer to tease you into its weird mashup of card, critters, escape rooms, and like five other genres probably. Brewing up a genre stew is apparently something of a thing for developer Daniel Mullins Games who you may
11 Aug 2020Developer post
Inscryption - Trailer Out Now!
Feast your eyes... The Steam page is up and you can wishlist Inscryption here! Thank you very much for your support and for playing The Hex. I believe Inscryption will provide a similarly bizarre and surprising journey.
08 Feb 2020Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Inscryption is a grim card game from the creator of Pony Island, arriving next year
Looking at that header, Inscryption ( official site ) seems predictable enough. A decent deck-building dungeon crawler, not too dissimilar to Slay The Spire, eh? It’s even got some of that extremely-online black humour going on. But this is developer Daniel Mullins we’re talking
20 Aug 2019Developer post
The Hex - Now in Polish and Brazilian Portuguese!
Thanks to the excellent work of @StdBlueBowling (represented by Michelle "Mitty" Finholdt and Jefferson "Jereffer" Santos) The Hex is now playable in Brazilian Portuguese. Thank you to Kamila Makowska for the fantastic Polish localization. See you in The Six Pint.
09 Jul 2019Developer post
Russian localization for The Hex is live!
You can now play The Hex in Russian. Enjoy! Thanks again to Farhad Alishov for his excellent translation work as well as for his work in adding cyrillic characters to the many fonts of the game. I can't overstate how much work is involved in localizing this crazy game. If you’d l
28 Jun 2019Developer post
Russian localization coming soon!
Thank you for being so patient. The Russian localization for The Hex is nearly complete and will be released shortly after the Summer Sale.
10 Apr 2019Developer post
The first localization patch is live! French, Italian, Turkish, German, and Spanish!
It was a huge undertaking that spanned months, but I am happy to announce that The Hex is now playable in French, Italian, Turkish, German and Spanish. I can’t be more thankful to the localization team. They dealt with over 3500 lines of text including riddles, poems, cryptic mes
02 Jan 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Best PC games of 2018
The doors have been opened, the games inside have been devoured, and now it’s time to recycle the cardboard. Below you’ll find all of our picks for the best PC games of 2018, gathered together in a single post for easy reading. (more…)
26 Dec 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
We asked developers: what would you gift the games industry?
We ask the tough questions here at RPS. We re like Jeremy Paxman but in a very long bear costume. We once asked 15 developers what they d do if they were stuck in a room with a clone of themselves . This is important stuff. Today, we ask another question: What would you gift the
13 Dec 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Podcast: The year 2018 is sinking and only 3 games can be saved
Look out. The year 2018 is going down in a storm. There are hundreds of games aboard, running, jumping, trying their best to survive the maelstrom. But there s only one tiny lifeboat, and only enough room for three games. It falls on the sorry shoulders of the RPS podcast, the El
26 Nov 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Hex s deepest, darkest secret hides in another game entirely
If there was ever a tale for Cyber Monday, this is it – the kind of stuff that magazines would spread rumours about, now made real. The Hex , if you missed John’s cheery review , is the genre-hopping successor to Daniel Mullins’ Pony Island, and a clever little thing you should p
14 Nov 2018Developer post
Patch #8
Getting close to one month after launch! Whew! The pace of these patches is slowing down as the bugs are becoming less severe/urgent. Added small EXP bars in Chandrelle's flashback to show how close a character is to the next level. Fixed: Tarot cards getting erased when using ch
Getting close to one month after launch! Whew! The pace of these patches is slowing down as the bugs are becoming less severe/urgent.

Added small EXP bars in Chandrelle's flashback to show how close a character is to the next level.
Fixed: Tarot cards getting erased when using chapter select. Now you can have "The Inn" card read without hacking the save.
Fixed: It was possible to screw up your save file by killing all the pixel raiders in Rust's flashback with the secret cheats.
Fixed: Some older dialogue from Chandrelle in the Six Pint that gave the wrong directions to her guest room.
Fixed: An issue in Lazarus' chapter in the scene where Super Weasel Kid is beneath the surface.
Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
Thanks for playing!
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06 Nov 2018Developer post
Patch #7
Patch #7 Added another extra chapter select button for Lazarus' flashback. Fixed: "Ice Cold" achievement not unlocking after using chapter select. Fixed: When ending Rust's chapter with the headlamp equipped, it was supposed to return to the wardrobe in Chandrelle's room. This wa
Patch #7

Added another extra chapter select button for Lazarus' flashback.
Fixed: "Ice Cold" achievement not unlocking after using chapter select.
Fixed: When ending Rust's chapter with the headlamp equipped, it was supposed to return to the wardrobe in Chandrelle's room. This was broken until now.
Fixed: Removed a debug command that made its way into the game.
Fixed: It was possible to replace more than one of your abilities with Jack's "Ankh Storm" spell.
Rather than Jack simply not appearing in the R&D department if you gave him 100% real ankhs, he now appears to thank you before letting you past unharmed.
Minor bug fixes.
Thanks again to everyone who has posted on the forums and emailed me regarding bugs!
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31 Oct 2018Developer post
Patch #6
Added a couple extra chapter select buttons to make secret/achievement hunting a bit less tedious. I will probably end up adding a few more next patch. Upon request, I added a speedrun timer. You can turn it on by pressing Shift+R at any time. Fixed: After Jay's death in Lazarus'
Added a couple extra chapter select buttons to make secret/achievement hunting a bit less tedious. I will probably end up adding a few more next patch.
Upon request, I added a speedrun timer. You can turn it on by pressing Shift+R at any time.
Fixed: After Jay's death in Lazarus' flashback, re-entering the shotgun or sniper levels would cause issues.
I was getting a lot of comments from people who thought that Hardcore Mode in Rust's flashback was impossible with the wrong upgrades. So I made a certain glowing skull a bit more conspicuous.
Minor bug fixes.
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26 Oct 2018Developer post
Patch #5
Just another patch here. As usual thanks to the bug finders! The state of coins, vending machines, and secret slots in The Six Pint persist across chapter selecting. You can use your actual keyboard when entering your name in Secrets of Legendaria... Not that Chandrelle really wa
Just another patch here. As usual thanks to the bug finders!

The state of coins, vending machines, and secret slots in The Six Pint persist across chapter selecting.
You can use your actual keyboard when entering your name in Secrets of Legendaria... Not that Chandrelle really wants to hear it.
Fixed: It was possible to kill The Vurm early and mess up the scene with a well placed Chain Shot.
Fixed: If Irving starts hitting Bryce in Cooking Granny, his chef's jacket would magically reappear.
Changed a phone number...
Minor bug fixes.
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