Hex Stack
Drag blocks onto a hex grid to fill radial lines that explode outward; clear the board to advance a level.
Each turn, drag 3 polygonal blocks onto a hex board; any radial line of 6 cells filled explodes outward; the board shape forces new packing decisions than a square grid.
One-thumb tap-and-drag to place each block.
Hex-grid woodoku (rides both Blocky Blast and the broader hex-puzzle trend).
Combines Poki's #18 trending mechanic with the ongoing hex-puzzle curiosity sparked by games like Hexa sort and the new itch.io UFOTOFU: HEX update.
Hexa Sort by Lion Studios formalized a hex-puzzle sub-segment and UFOTOFU: HEX shows ongoing indie curiosity, but radial-line-on-hex is unproven as a stand-alone hook.Hexa Sort sub-segment described as promising but small ↗UFOTOFU: HEX shows niche indie hex-grid interest ↗
Hexa Sort reportedly hit 1M installs in 4 days via a single TikTok creator partnership, proving hex puzzles can break on short-form video, though block-placement clips are less inherently visual than sorting ASMR.TikTok creator overperformed 14x for Hexa Sort ↗Hexa Sort pulling 100k monthly downloads ↗
Drag-block-onto-grid is a known hypercasual pattern, but fitting polygonal pieces to a hex grid with radial-line-clear conditions adds cognitive and UI work compared to Woodoku/Block Blast square grids.
Hexa Sort generates ~$300k/month on 100k downloads (~$3 ARPU) and block-puzzle genre has well-established rewarded-interstitial + IAP patterns that translate directly.$300k monthly revenue on 100k downloads signals strong LTV ↗Block-puzzle genre confirmed commercial ↗
Block-puzzle placement is one of the most cloned hypercasual categories (Poki's Blocky Blast trending reflects saturation), and a hex variant competes against an already crowded sort-hex niche led by a category-defining hit.Hexa Sort sub-segment formalized and attracting imitators ↗Category leader Hexa Sort already dominates discovery ↗