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The Hex

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App ID 510420
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Daniel Mullins Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30221646
Last Record Update 24 July 2025 – 07:10:31 UTC ()
Release Date 16 October 2018 – 16:55:29 UTC ()
😍 90.77%
5k reviews
8
In-Game
📚 Story Rich 🕴 Psychological Horror 🤫 Mystery 👾 Pixel Graphics 😨 Dark

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Additional Information

Developer Daniel Mullins Games
metacritic_name The Hex
metacritic_score 81
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-hex?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Daniel Mullins Games
Store Release Date 16 October 2018 – 16:55:35 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/DMullinsGames
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 16 October 2018 – 16:55:29 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 9 March 2024 – 22:33:25 UTC () (1710023605)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 94
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5477959
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 1 August 2016 – 18:36:51 UTC (), in changelist #2142618

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 👤 Singleplayer 📚 Story Rich 🕴 Psychological Horror 🤫 Mystery 👾 Pixel Graphics 😨 Dark 🎶 Great Soundtrack 😃 Funny 🏽 2D 🎲 RPG 🧩 Puzzle 🔚 Multiple Endings 🤣 Memes 🗺️ Adventure 🔄 Replay Value 🏗️ Platformer 🧞 Choices Matter 😱 Horror 🌫 Atmospheric

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp19 March 2024 – 15:35:04 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 976.56 KiB (1000000)
maxnumfiles 1
savefiles
0 ↴
rootgameinstall
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1 ↴
rootMacAppSupport
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platforms/1MacOS
recursive1
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platforms/1Linux
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
Windows [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/The Hex/SaveData *.hexsave
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/Daniel Mullins Games/The Hex/SaveData *.hexsave
Linux [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/The Hex/SaveData *.hexsave
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