Hollow Knight

Details

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.

Genres

Platform · Adventure · Indie

Developer

Team Cherry

Released

24 February 2017

• P

  @player_69hkms

  The best thing I played all year.

  1w

• P

  @player_nbecsx

  The best thing I played all year.

  2w

• L

  @liminalsave

  Hallownest is beautiful because every safe bench feels borrowed from something older and sadder.

  • + beautiful
  • + great soundtrack
  • − too hard

  7 Sep

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