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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.

Hollow Knight is a metroidvania, souls-like and platformer game developed and published by Team Cherry.
Released on February 24th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Japanese.

It has received 415,946 reviews of which 403,641 were positive and 12,305 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.73€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Hollow Knight into these genres:

Metroidvania Souls-like Platformer Great Soundtrack 2D Difficult Indie Singleplayer Atmospheric Exploration Adventure Story Rich Hand-drawn Multiple Endings Action Dark Fantasy Open World Cute Controller Side Scroller

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E5200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 9800GTX+ (1GB)
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 9 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS 10.13 (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 470
  • Storage: 9 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E5200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 9800GTX+ (1GB)
  • Storage: 9 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
A game full of bugs. Real bugs🐛🐞🐝🦗🦋 Bought the game because of its reputation, it lived up to that reputation implied. I was lost at first because the game doesn't tell you where to go or what to do, no map at the initial stage. Was super confused so I just jumped around, fought a few bugs, collected badges, learnt a new skill, next time I noticed the clock was 2am. What's wrong with me. If you explore the game thoroughly you can sink hundreds of hours into it. Lots of secrets, NPCs, badges, skills and enemies to collect and discover (I love that). You can see the devs have put a lot of effort into making this game by its astonishing content. It's a steal even buying it at full price💲. I feel sorry (well not that sorry) I bought it at 50% off. PS. Parkour in this game is freaking hard, imo harder than boss fight. PPS. 🎉Heard that Silksong is coming in 2025. Hype me up.🥂 Edit: Just 100%-ed the game today. What a pleasant journey. Thank you Team 🍒
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April 2025
I like to believe that all the events in the lore are a realistic documentation of what happened under some Austrialian's backyard over the course of a week.
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March 2025
Finishing this game had me feelin some type of way. Like when you have the uncontrollable need to read every wiki-page available and watch every YouTube video in existence. The best feeling.
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Dec. 2024
One of the best games I've ever played. The storytelling, the graphic, the music, the gameplay, all perfect. I've only one question left...: WHERE IS SILKSONG??????
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Oct. 2024
Hollow Knight and I have an interesting history. I started off feeling very "meh" about it. The boss fights were incredibly long without a health bar to know how close I was getting, several bosses were difficult because of ads or environmental hazards rather than the actual boss being hard, and so many bosses were were optional that I missed a vast amount of content in my first playthrough. I "beat" the game on my first playthrough and thought that was pretty much it, put the game down and moved on to the next thing. It wasn't until at least a year later that I watched a random youtube playthrough of Hollow Knight that I realized I didn't just miss one or two bosses, but I missed entire regions, abilities, and amazing charms. I am also someone who is normally quite thorough in exploration. I decided to get back into the game and I played Hollow Knight the way it was actually intended. Having the basics down, I experimented with spells, charms combinations, and different strategies. The experience was night and day. Boss fights became much faster, and were no longer tedious now that I was doing consistent damage at close and long range. I explored every inch of the map (looking for Silk Song), found every boss, and took on the Pantheon. Even as a souls veteran who is used to challenge, the Pantheon was the hardest challenge I've faced yet taking me over 8 hours to finish P5 alone. If you stick to it, it is also extremely rewarding once you've climbed that mountain. Hollow Knight is one of those rare gems that depends on what you put into it. If you only explore the surface level, you'll have a nice experience that likely won't be anything special. The caves are vast and you'll enjoy the sense of exploration and being lost. However, if you invest time to explore, master mechanics, and take on all of its challenges, you will quickly find Hollow Knight rising to the top of your list of favorite games. it will also make you sad that Silk Song isn't out yet.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Hollow Knight is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

Hollow Knight is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Hollow Knight received 403,641 positive votes out of a total of 415,946 achieving an impressive rating of 9.61.
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Hollow Knight was developed and published by Team Cherry.

Hollow Knight is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hollow Knight is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Hollow Knight is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Hollow Knight is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Hollow Knight. Explore additional content available for Hollow Knight on Steam.

Hollow Knight does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Hollow Knight supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Hollow Knight is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Hollow Knight.

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Hollow Knight
14.79€ -62% 14.79€ 5.73€ -41% 14.79€ 8.86€
9.6
403,641
12,305
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Online players
5,918
Developer
Team Cherry
Publisher
Team Cherry
Release 24 Feb 2017
Platforms
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