Claim hex cells to forge an unbroken chain between your two sides, but the tide keeps flooding the board, so connect before the sea cuts you off.
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How to play
Hex Tide is the classic connection game played on a rhombic grid of hexagons, with a twist: a rising tide. Two sides take turns claiming a single empty cell. You win by completing one continuous chain of your cells linking your two edges of the board. Every few moves the sea floods a cell, telegraphed by a pulse, turning it into impassable water and shrinking the routes you can use.
Red connects top to bottom; Blue connects left to right; cells link through their six neighbours.
Take turns claiming one empty cell each; the first to bridge their two sides wins.
The pulsing cell floods next, becoming impassable water, plan around it.
If the tide walls out both sides before either connects, the game is a draw.
Game modes
Vs CPU: play the computer on Easy, Medium, or Hard.
2-Player: hot-seat play on one device as Red and Blue.
Online: create an invite, join with a code, or quick-match a remote opponent.
Controls
Desktop: click an empty cell to claim it.
Phone & tablet: tap an empty cell to claim it.
Tips & strategy
Build flexible bridges, two cells with two ways to connect, so a single flood can't sever your chain.
Track the next flood: route through cells the tide can't reach soon, and block your opponent's shortest line when you can.
About Hex Tide
Hex Tide is an original, free browser build that adds a flooding-tide mechanic to the classic two-sided connection game, with three CPU levels, local two-player, and online matches. No download or sign-up required.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
