About Vex 4
Water joins the obstacle course in Vex 4. Running, jumping and sliding are all still here, but your stickman also has to swim through flooded sections, which changes how you approach hazards and timing. The amount of content grows too, with nine acts to clear, a hard mode for each of them, a stage called Vexation and a separate Challenge Room for anyone who wants even more punishment.
A quick restart key makes repeated attempts painless, which matters because you'll be making a lot of them. The game rewards learning: each failure shows you a little more about how a trap behaves, and the moment everything finally clicks is genuinely satisfying. If you've finished Vex 3 and want a longer, more varied challenge, this sequel gives you plenty of tightly designed obstacle courses to master.
How to play Vex 4
- Steer your stickman through each act using WASD or the arrow keys.
- Run, jump, slide and swim past obstacles to reach the end of every level.
- Press R to restart a level whenever you want a fresh attempt.
- Clear all nine acts, then tackle the hard modes, Vexation and the Challenge Room.
Vex 4 controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Left / Right or A / D | Run |
| Up or W | Jump |
| Down or S | Slide |
| R | Restart the level |
Tips and tricks
- Approach underwater sections more slowly than land; swimming handles differently, so give yourself room to correct.
- Finish an act on normal before trying its hard mode so you already know the layout.
- Watch the rhythm of moving traps and go right after one passes rather than racing it.
- Use R when a level has gone badly off track instead of struggling on with a messy run.
