Vex 7

Vex 7 looks like a simple stickman platformer from the first screenshot, but it plays like a game that expects you to die dozens of times before it lets you past the first Act. The stick figure you control has no health bar and no armor, which means every spike, saw, and dart you misjudge ends the run on the spot and drops you right back to your last checkpoint.

Vex 7’s Nine Acts and the Vexation Stage That Closes Each One

Vex 7 splits its levels into Acts, and each one ends with a harder capstone stage called Vexation that stitches together the traps you just learned into one unbroken sequence. Reaching Vexation without dying at least once in earlier attempts is rare even for experienced players, since it deliberately reuses the timing tricks from the Act at a faster pace.

Each Act also hides three optional star tasks, and clearing all three unlocks a noticeably harder version of that same Act, which is where a lot of the game’s replay value actually lives once the main path is finished.

Wall Jumps, Traps, and Reading a Level Before You Commit

Spikes, rotating saws, darts, electrified floors, and platforms that collapse the instant you land on them make up the core danger set, and later Acts start combining two or three of these in the same jump. Wall jumps, trampolines, ziplines, and grapple points give you the tools to cross them, but only if you use them at the exact moment the level expects.

• Spikes and saw blades that kill on the lightest touch
• Collapsing or moving platforms that punish hesitation
• Darts and lasers timed to specific movement windows
• Wall-jump chains that require momentum from the jump before

New players consistently make the same mistake early on: treating Vex 7 like a normal runner and jumping on reaction instead of memorizing the pattern first. The double jump potion and invisibility serum, both earned through play, exist specifically to get past sections where reaction speed alone isn’t enough, and knowing when to save one for a Vexation stage rather than burning it early is a skill in itself.

Checkpoints That Turn Red Flags Green

Progress is saved through flags planted along each Act. A flag stays red and inactive until your stickman physically passes through it, at which point it turns green and becomes your new respawn point on death. It’s a small visual cue, but the moment a flag flips green after a brutal stretch of saws and collapsing platforms is one of the most recognizable feelings in the whole series, and it’s usually the only relief a level gives you before throwing the next trap at you immediately after.

This is also where the game divides players. Some treat the constant death-and-restart loop as the entire appeal, the same way a rage game earns its name, while others find Vex 7’s later Acts punishing to the point of feeling unfair, especially when a checkpoint flag sits just before an unavoidable blind jump.

Coins and Outfits in Vex 7’s Shop

Coins collected across Acts, daily challenges, and high-score runs feed into a shop stocked with dozens of unlockable outfits for your stickman. None of them change how obstacles behave, but they give completionist players a reason to replay finished Acts instead of stopping the moment the story path ends.

Whether you’re fighting through your first Vexation stage or going back to clear every star task for a harder remix of an early Act, Vex 7 keeps asking the same thing it did in the opening seconds: commit to the jump, or watch your stickman get cut down by the nearest saw blade.