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Hakoniwa Explorer Plus

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Get ready for a voxel art action game featuring an unprecedented level of freedom! A whole range of cute girl monsters are waiting to punch, kick, wrap you up, suck your blood, and eat you right up.

What works
  • Unique voxel pixel art style
  • Humorous and quirky writing
  • Engaging exploration and achievement system
  • Catchy and fitting soundtrack
  • Good value for price
Things to keep in mind
  • Clunky and simple combat mechanics
  • Limited inventory space and management issues
  • Minimal story and character development
  • Some frustrating enemy mechanics (stunlock, grabs)
  • Lack of controller support and ui polish

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Oblivion Override

  • Bleak Faith: Forsaken

  • ANNO: Mutationem

  • Afterimage

  • Death's Door

  • Blue Fire

  • KAKU: Ancient Seal

  • AI LIMIT

  • Wild West and Wizards
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Wild West and Wizards

  • Mirror of Heaven

  • Ittle Dew 2+
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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Hakoniwa Explorer Plus: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Strategy, Leadership.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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