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Expand is a meditative video game in which you explore a circular labyrinth that constantly twists, stretches and expands underneath you.

75 30 September 2015

Expand is an adventure developed by Chris Johnson, released 30 September 2015 on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Expand is

Expand is an adventure game developed by Chris Johnson and released in 2015. It was published by Ukiyo Publishing. It is available on PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Expand holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM and GeForce 8800 or Radeon® HD4800 series, 512 MB of memory. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Expand launched on 30 September 2015, within three weeks of Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone and Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series.

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Quick answers

Expand — frequently asked questions

When did Expand come out?
Expand was released on 30 September 2015 for PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Expand?
At minimum, Expand needs 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, GeForce 8800 or Radeon® HD4800 series, 512 MB of memory graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Expand?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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