Hollow Knight

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.

Developer: Team Cherry
Publisher: Team Cherry
Franchise: Hollow Knight
Release date: Feb 24, 2017
Store page updated: Apr 14, 2026
Price: $14.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

93.0/ 100

Based on 413 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 4,107

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 561,696

“probably the best game ever made, everything is absolute perfection”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+2.31

Difficulty +2.46 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“finally winning is insanely satisfying after brutal 42-boss marathon challenge” (48)

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Story & World

+3.96

World +4.43 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“beautiful atmosphere and interesting world” (67)

Отличная игра с красивой атмосферой, сложными боссами и интересным миром. Очень рекомендую!

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Content Volume

+3.35

Volume +4.16 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+4.52

Audio +4.58 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting

“one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a while” (34)

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Multiplayer

+3.38

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.80 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

+2.31

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +3.59 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

+2.58

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Stability +1.70 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.