Hexa sort game online: play Hexa Nest free in your browser

How do you play a hexa sort game?

Each level gives you a goal, such as hatch 190 tiles, shown at the top next to Coach OvO. A tray under the board offers three stacks at a time. Each stack has two to eight tiles in one to three colours, and only the colour on top matters.

1. 1Step 1: Drag a stack from the tray onto any empty cell of the honeycomb. On a computer you can also click a stack and then a cell, or use the keys 1 to 3, the arrows and Enter. When all three tray stacks are placed, three new ones arrive.
2. 2Step 2: Watch the tiles flow. If the stack you placed touches a stack with the same top colour, those tiles slide across one by one. A stack that touches two or more matches pulls them all in, and every change can set off another match, so one move can chain into a combo.
3. 3Step 3: Hatch ten of a colour. When ten or more tiles of one colour sit on top of a stack, they burst and an OvO of that colour pops out and flies to the goal counter. Fill the goal to win. If the board has no empty cell left after a move, the level is lost.

Tips for harder levels and running out of space

Space is the whole game, so keep at least two cells free whenever you can. When only two or fewer are left, the empty cells pulse red as a warning. Place a stack next to the neighbour whose top colour it shares instead of in the first open gap. Before a drop, look at the colour under the top group: once the top flows away, that second colour should have a partner nearby, which is how chains start. Stacks with a gold count badge have eight or nine tiles of one colour on top and only need one or two more, so feed them first. Keep tall mixed stacks away from the middle of the board, where they block the most neighbours. From level 14 padlocked cells open after a set number of tiles hatch, and from level 22 sleepy stacks marked z z only wake when a neighbour hatches. When you are stuck, the Hammer smashes one stack, New tray swaps the tray for three new stacks and Hint shows the best move. Restart is always free.

Is Hexa Nest free, and do you need to download it?

Hexa Nest is free to play in the web browser with nothing to install. There are 200 levels, and the first 40 are free for everyone, plus a daily puzzle and challenges. The optional OvO Pass unlocks every level. You do not need an account to start; if you sign in, your progress follows you from one device to another. The same game is in the OvO apps for iPhone and Android. Because it is an ordinary web page, it runs on Chromebooks and school laptops too, though whether a school or office network lets you open game sites is up to that network.

More sorting puzzles to try after Hexa Nest

If you like hexa sort, the other OvO sorting puzzles use the same calm colour logic in different ways. Chick Sort is a branch sort: tap a branch, then another, and the OvOs at the tip hop across; four of one colour on a branch cheer and fly away. Nest Express is a bus jam: tap an OvO with a clear path and it walks to the vehicle of its colour, while wrong colours wait on a bench. Screw Crew is a 3D screw puzzle where you spin screws out into boxes of their colour. All three play free in the browser, with the first 40 levels open to everyone.

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