Hexters
Draconus Entertainment Ltd · 2017 · City Builder, Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
PC
Positive87% · 23
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About Hexters
Explore Cyberscape
"Welcome to Cyberscape, User!"
You've already spent a lot of time on your computer. It's time for you to learn what really goes on inside!
In this bizarre, yet somehow familiar environment live small digital life-forms called Hexters. It is your role to assist these little guys and learn about bits, bytes, polygons and hexadecimals (it's all nonsense by the way).
Meet some helpful programs
Interesting and quirky programs will help you to unlock the secrets of the Cyberscape.
Build and expand
Start from a meager Hub - the center of your operations - and plan your expansion. Everything must be connected to your node network for power to flow.
Power is life
Nothing works in this world without power, and there are only so many computational cycles available. Make sure you always have enough of them to power up your buildings, otherwise bear the consequences of inefficiency.
Extract, collect, refine and improve
Find all the resources available to you and build refineries, extractors, polysmiths and other buildings to improve them.
Day & Night cycle
Even inside a computer it can get scary when it's dark. Hexters prefer to stay inside the base perimeter during the night, and move slowly outside with their flashlights while figuratively pooping their pants (which incidentally has no visual nor mechanical representation whatsoever). Hope you generate enough power as you need to recharge your illumination probe for night to end.
Oh, by the way: During the night... There be dragons.
Fight back
There's all kinds of problems inside a computer, like viruses and glitches. And those things wants you GONE, permanently. You will need to come up with some creative ways to stand your ground and survive.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players appreciate Hexters as a fun, charming strategy hybrid with an interesting digital-themed setting and engaging gameplay that blends city building with resource management, drawing favorable comparisons to Darwinia. However, opinions are sharply divided, with some praising its approachable yet challenging mechanics and developer support, while others criticize it for poor execution, buggy gameplay, and a sense of abandonment despite its ambitious concept.
Fun game Cross between Perimeter 1 & Darwinia Couple of bugs, but playable2 found this helpful
Steaming pile of arse. Store page looks like it has potential, but no, it does not. Its like automated lego with a bad script built, written and animated by a 4yr old. Abandoned for years on and off by the developer who probably has bigger priorities in their day job as a giraffe enclosure cleaner. Seriously, just give $5 to a homeless person and punch yourself in the nuts, it's more rewarding.1 found this helpful
Very good game, if you liked Darwinia you will probably like this. Current version contains numerous levels and has an enjoyable storyline1 found this helpful
Hexters is an ambitious hybrid strategy experience that attempts to merge city building, resource management, and light action into a single cohesive framework set inside a stylized digital universe. Rather than presenting a conventional fantasy or historical setting, the game frames its world as the interior of a computer system, where the player assumes the role of a “User” overseeing a population of small digital beings known as Hexters. This conceptual foundation immediately gives the game a distinctive identity, grounding its mechanics in the idea of data flow, power networks, and system stability rather than traditional economics or territory control. The core gameplay loop revolves around building and expanding a networked settlement within the Cyberscape. Players begin with a central hub and gradually extend outward by placing structures that must remain connected to the wider system in order to function. Power, represented as computational cycles, becomes the backbone of all activity, dictating whether buildings operate efficiently and whether Hexters can safely move beyond protected areas. This emphasis on connectivity gives the game a strong logistical focus, where thou…
Fun game that is simple and has charming style! Easy to pick up and play, but hard to master! https://youtu.be/Msj2wGxzVgc
Neat concept of a game, Fun and challenging. really friendly devs and they have been given this love over the years as they work to develop it out.
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