A hero swinging on a grappling hook through a ruined world, and already hard to hold onto.

No gut-pick ranking, so let's look at the detail, keeping in mind that everything rests on very few votes. Connection hits the hardest, toward the bottom, ahead of barely 2% of games on four votes. Art style follows, right at the bottom too. Fun and the controller feel climb a little, without passing the middle, and that is a single vote, so to be confirmed. The overall picture is of a game that struggles to leave a trace in players' memory, even when the act lands.

Against indie Metroidvanias, the genre overflows with gems carrying a strong visual identity. On this early data, Haak seems to struggle to impose its own, where others leave a mark from the very first screen.

So, for who? For you if you love to explore, grapple, dig through a post-apocalyptic world without worrying about the rest. Much less if you want a game that grips you emotionally and stays with you for a long time.