Hollow Knight
2017 • Team Cherry • ESRB E10+
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A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their combat abilities and movement arsenal by fighting bosses and accessing out-of-the-way areas.
- Critics8 critic reviews
- Players2,237 IGDB players
- To finish the story
- 36h
- Your rating
Should You Play It?
Great fit if you want
Precise jumping that asks for practice
A story that leads you somewhere
Something smaller and stranger
A game to play by yourself
- Main journey
- 36h
- Completionist
- 73h
Long. Several weeks of evenings.
No gameplay here yet. Fetch it below.
Rated
ESRB E10+PEGI 7USK 12ACB PGCERO BGRAC 12+ClassInd 10
ESRB: Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood
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How Long It Takes
- Rushing it
- 17 hours
- Normally
- 36 hours
- Completionist
- 73 hours
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Collector's Edition
2019
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their combat abilities and movement arsenal by fighting bosses and accessing out-of-the-way areas. The Collector’s Edition includes a metal brooch with display stand, a wall hook, a dual-pronged fastener, a 14-page Quirrel comic book, a gift-box-style case with gold-foil filigree and a clear printed sleeve, a Switch-exclusive bonus cleaning cloth, a gold-foil art print set by Ari Gibson and a physical copy of the game including all DLC: Hidden Dreams, The Grimm Troupe, Lifeblood, and Godmaster.
PS4PCSwitchStory
Beneath the fading town of Dirtmouth sleeps a vast, ancient kingdom. Many are drawn beneath the surface, searching for riches, or glory, or answers to old secrets.
As the enigmatic Knight, you’ll traverse the depths, unravel its mysteries and conquer its evils.
Details
- Release date
- 24 February 2017
- Developer
- Team Cherry
- Engine
- Unity
- Game modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- Series X|S, PS4, Linux, Switch 2, PC, PS5, Mac, WiiU, XONE, Switch
- Critic score
- Player score
- Combined score
- Series
- Hollow Knight
- Anticipated by
- 3 people before release
- Type
- Main Game
- Rated for (ESRB)
- Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood
- Rated for (PEGI)
- Violence
- Rated for (CERO)
- Violence
- Rated for (GRAC)
- Violence
- Rated for (ClassInd)
- Violência (Violence)
- Official titles
- 할로우 나이트 (Korea), ホロウナイト (Japan)
- Companies
- Team Cherry (Developer, Publisher)
- Also known as
- Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition, hollow_knight.exe
Release Dates
- Switch
- Jun 12, 2018
- WiiU
- 2017
- Linux
- Feb 24, 2017
- XONE
- Sep 25, 2018
- Mac
- Apr 11, 2017
- PS4
- Sep 25, 2018
- PC
- Feb 24, 2017
- Switch 2
- Feb 05, 2026
- PS5
- Feb 05, 2026
- Series X|S
- Feb 05, 2026
Platforms and Makers
Xbox Series X|S • gen 9
PlayStation 4 • gen 8
Linux
Nintendo Switch 2 • gen 9
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5 • gen 9
Mac
Wii U • gen 8
Xbox One • gen 8
Nintendo Switch • gen 8
Unity
Team Cherry • Developer, Publisher
Engine
Unity
Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows to create interactive 3D and 2D content; easy multiplatform publishing; thousands of quality, ready-made assets in the Asset Store and a knowledge-sharing community.
Popularity
- Visits
- 0.000
- Global Top Sellers
- 0.000
- Playing
- 0.003
- Want to Play
- 0.001
- Total Reviews
- 0.003
- Played
- 0.002
- 24hr Peak Players
- 0.001
- Postitive Reviews
- 0.003
- Negative Reviews
- 0.001
- 24hr Hours Watched
- 0.000
Languages
- Subtitles
- French, English, Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), German, Korean, Spanish (Spain), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional)
- Audio
- English, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), French, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Chinese (Traditional)
- Interface
- French, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, English, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Portugal), Chinese (Traditional)
Tags
darkswordskill-based2dmetroidvaniainsectsaction-adventuresteamachievementssteam trading cardsexplorable worldatmospheric
Characters
1 characters IGDB has catalogued for Hollow Knight.
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