Fit check
Is Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want retro-style underground exploration
- Players who prefer sparse storytelling over dialogue-heavy narratives
- Action-adventure players who enjoy collecting upgrades and fighting bosses
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a large, highly open-ended world may find the semi-open structure limited
- Players wanting extensive narrative detail may find the story too minimal
- Players looking for multiplayer action will not find a multiplayer focus here
Our take on Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition
The edition emphasizes added content but does not explain what was added or how much it changes the original game. The page gives clearer detail about exploration, upgrades, bosses, and the soundtrack than about the expansion itself.
What is Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition?
Explore a hostile underground world as Nakawak, a skeleton made from assorted bones who has gained a sense of self.
The game has a semi-open structure with interconnected areas, winding tunnels, and a simple map for navigation. Progress involves finding nearly 20 upgrades and powerups while facing a range of creatures. Nakawak’s objective is to defeat three bosses so the Seal opens a route to the surface. The story is told through sparse text and set pieces. The soundtrack uses simple, GameBoy-style chiptune music. The Expanded Color Edition adds content intended to extend playtime.
How Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition plays
- 01Interconnected underground world
- The semi-open setting links areas through narrow, winding passages.
- 02Navigation map
- A basic in-game map supports route correction without revealing every surprise.
- 03Upgrade-driven progression
- Nearly 20 upgrades and powerups can be collected during exploration.
- 04Three major bosses
- The bosses become progressively more challenging as Nakawak advances.
- 05Sparse environmental story
- The narrative uses limited wording alongside memorable set pieces.
- 06Quadruped movement
- Nakawak’s four-legged form can crawl through tight tunnels.
Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition compared to similar games
Nakawak is a retro-style Metroidvania built around underground exploration, upgrades, and three bosses. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also described as a Metroidvania, but its listing emphasizes a definitive edition containing earlier updates and a new content update rather than Nakawak’s sparse story and GameBoy-style chiptune soundtrack.
Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition: platforms & release
Is Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want retro-style underground exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a large, highly open-ended world may find the semi-open structure limited.
Where can I download Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition on?
Windows only.
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