Fit check
Is HAAK worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want exploration across a ruined world
- Platforming players who enjoy combining hook movement, dashes, and attacks
- Puzzle seekers who like searching for hidden rooms and secrets
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a tightly linear experience may find the emphasis on exploration and choosing paths less suitable.
- Players who prefer action without puzzles or hidden-room searches may find those activities interrupt the combat and traversal.
- Players seeking a multiplayer game may prefer a title built around group play.
Our take on HAAK
The defining movement setup combines a hook, dashes, and charged slashes for crossing the wasteland, alongside action-platforming and exploration.
What is HAAK?
HAAK is a pixel-art action platformer with Metroidvania exploration, set in a disaster-scarred world.
As Haak, a traveler heading south from a northern town, explore ruined cities and metro areas while searching for a lost brother. Use a hook, dashes, and charged slashes to move through the landscape and fight. Hidden rooms and secrets are scattered across the world, and tools can be used to solve puzzles and master its mechanics. The game also lets players choose a path and affect characters’ fates, with several possible endings. Its difficulty can be adjusted, including for boss encounters.
How HAAK plays
- 01Traversal tools
- A hook, dashes, and charged slashes support movement through the wasteland.
- 02Adjustable difficulty
- Difficulty settings include options for players who find the hardest bosses challenging.
- 03Branching endings
- Choices about paths and characters’ fates lead to several possible endings.
HAAK compared to similar games
HAAK combines Metroidvania exploration, action-platforming, puzzles, and hidden-room searches, while Jusant focuses on climbing a tower, managing stamina, and exploring different routes. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also described as a Metroidvania, but its supplied description emphasizes a definitive edition with previous updates and a new update.
HAAK: platforms & release
Is HAAK worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want exploration across a ruined world. Skip it if: players looking for a tightly linear experience may find the emphasis on exploration and choosing paths less suitable.
Where can I download HAAK?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens HAAK's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is HAAK on?
Windows only.
