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Very Positive · 435 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Chris Johnson · Minimalist · Oct 1, 2015

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$5.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio5 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Expand?

Buy it if you like
  • Audio: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 90 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 435 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise13% are divided12% are complaints
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The world can feel seamless as the unfamiliar space revolves around the player with no distinct loading breaks and this unfamiliarity is heightened by the soundtrack that cues off animations to the note."
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
90 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game then opens up into, hilariously, a kind of open world.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The fluid motion of your character works extremely well with the maneuverability of a joystick, and since that is the only input that matter in the entire game, I would heavily avoid against using anything but a controller.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This is echoed in the soundtrack where core melodies create a slow emotional anticipation and, in combination with the minimalist art style, it allowed us to explore and evoke different moods without the constraints of a pre-defined genre or story."
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This combination of bold, minimal design and smooth, effortless animation quality creates an ease for new players to understand the game, but also a method of raising the skill ceiling for more advanced puzzles.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
So that’s great, you can’t really get that in any other game which is cool but there’s something else that this game does -- and this is the section of the review that I feel might ruin your experience of the game so just be warned about that -- the game has a surprisingly good story.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Audio97 reviews
Gameplay90 reviews
Controls35 reviews
Graphics34 reviews
Difficulty31 reviews
Story17 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
64% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$5.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $5.99

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