Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Godmaster - Take your place amongst the Gods. New Characters and Quest. New Boss Fights. Available Now!
Lifeblood - A Kingdom Upgraded! New Boss. Upgraded Bosses. Tweaks and Refinements across the whole game.
The Grimm Troupe - Light the Nightmare Lantern. Summon the Troupe. New Major Quest. New Boss Fights. New Charms. New Enemies. New Friends.
Hidden Dreams - Mighty new foes emerge! New Boss fights. New Upgrades. New Music.
Beneath the fading town of Dirtmouth sleeps an ancient, ruined kingdom. Many are drawn below the surface, searching for riches, or glory, or answers to old secrets.
Hollow Knight is a classically styled 2D action adventure across a vast interconnected world. Explore twisting caverns, ancient cities and deadly wastes; battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs; and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom's heart.
Classic side-scrolling action, with all the modern trimmings.
Tightly tuned 2D controls. Dodge, dash and slash your way through even the most deadly adversaries.
Explore a vast interconnected world of forgotten highways, overgrown wilds and ruined cities.
Forge your own path! The world of Hallownest is expansive and open. Choose which paths you take, which enemies you face and find your own way forward.
Evolve with powerful new skills and abilities! Gain spells, strength and speed. Leap to new heights on ethereal wings. Dash forward in a blazing flash. Blast foes with fiery Soul!
Equip Charms! Ancient relics that offer bizarre new powers and abilities. Choose your favourites and make your journey unique!
An enormous cast of cute and creepy characters all brought to life with traditional 2D frame-by-frame animation.
Over 130 enemies! 30 epic bosses! Face ferocious beasts and vanquish ancient knights on your quest through the kingdom. Track down every last twisted foe and add them to your Hunter's Journal!
Leap into minds with the Dream Nail. Uncover a whole other side to the characters you meet and the enemies you face.
Beautiful painted landscapes, with extravagant parallax, give a unique sense of depth to a side-on world.
Chart your journey with extensive mapping tools. Buy compasses, quills, maps and pins to enhance your understanding of Hollow Knight’s many twisting landscapes.
A haunting, intimate score accompanies the player on their journey, composed by Christopher Larkin. The score echoes the majesty and sadness of a civilisation brought to ruin.
Complete Hollow Knight to unlock Steel Soul Mode, the ultimate challenge!
The world of Hollow Knight is brought to life in vivid, moody detail, its caverns alive with bizarre and terrifying creatures, each animated by hand in a traditional 2D style.
Every new area you’ll discover is beautifully unique and strange, teeming with new creatures and characters. Take in the sights and uncover new wonders hidden off of the beaten path.
If you like classic gameplay, cute but creepy characters, epic adventure and beautiful, gothic worlds, then Hollow Knight awaits!
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Korean*, Simplified Chinese*, Italian*, Portuguese - Brazil*, Russian*, Japanese*, Traditional Chinese**languages with full audio support
Updates
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Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 940 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 936 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
greatest game ever
Beautiful art, amazing soundtrack, smooth gameplay that is purely skill based. HOLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ITS HARD.
진짜 메트로바니아에서 갓겜이라고 할줄은 몰랐다... 아트나 ost도 굉장히 좋은데 그냥 게임 자체가 존나 재밌음 스토리 이해는 깊게 들어가면 굉장히 빡세지만, 거대한 메인스토리 줄기 자체는 쉽게 알려줌 근데 만신전은 진짜 뭐냐...개어렵네
I do not even know what to say the game is peak.
прошел на 100 процентов, игра стоит своих денег, те кто не любят ходить туда сюда игра наверно не понравиться
Quick note for people who said game is hard the game is so normal difficulty same for silksong the only challenge is in god home so many people only play well known games those are the ones who say this game is hard same for people who only play 1 hour per week ofcourse they will get lost i saw that a lot in my school this game learned me something i did play it before pirated when i was a kid i tried it for like 10 minutes and stopped later i saw that the game so famous so i said i had to try it again and now its one of my favorite i learned that i should give time to some games and the hard work that is put in this game i did try unity engine everything is perfect ART MUSIC STORY GAMEPLAY it did deserve all the popularity it got
Beautiful game. How such a massive game costs this little will always baffle me.
Jogo cinema puta que pariu, historia foda pra caralho, personagens bem trabalhados
Hollow knight is a good game if you like a challenge but it is like hell trying to beat the game
GOTY
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Engagement
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