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Hollow Knight cover art

Hollow Knight

Team Cherry · 2017-02-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 12, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), 2017 (Wii U), Feb 24, 2017 (Linux), Sep 25, 2018 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2017 (Mac), Sep 25, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

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 an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 561943 reviews).

5,227
playing now
97%
positive of 565k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
186
twitch viewers (latest)
6.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
91/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
92/100
IGDB user rating (2221 ratings)
141
Nexus mods (1.0M downloads)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (102,871 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 97% recommend · from 74 critics
36h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 73h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

5,227 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian independent development studio Team Cherry. The player controls a nameless insectoid warrior in exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a supernatural disease. The game is set in diverse subterranean locations, featuring friendly and hostile insectoid characters and numerous bosses. Players have the opportunity to unlock abilities as they explore, along with pieces of lore and flavour text that are spread throughout the kingdom.

Trailer

Hollow Knight trailer thumbnail

Hollow Knight - Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 5,227 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41,718 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,215/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,911 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→cooling (Sep 17), cooling→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→cooling (Sep 16), cooling→thriving (Sep 16), unknown→cooling (Aug 28)

Estimated sales: 14M–34M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 565,166 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.09 at GOG (2020-11-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 72 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30k30k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,003 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,188 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,569 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4,846 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,381 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3,315 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,894 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 772 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,770 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,345 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,643 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,259 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,399 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,960 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5,015 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,955 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5,812 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4,844 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,334 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,075 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,735 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5,823 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6,267 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4,150 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,443 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,204 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,057 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4,734 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7,060 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7,120 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4,254 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,871 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6,880 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6,602 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6,876 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,753 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5,248 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,972 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7,263 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5,620 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6,344 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4,313 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,215 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,450 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6,837 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6,049 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6,757 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,245 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,548 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,863 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,402 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6,940 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4,396 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,630 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,625 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,852 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,183 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,680 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,830 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5,041 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,349 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,869 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,371 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,863 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,424 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,621 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,522 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,231 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6,190 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7,332 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4,384 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5,147 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5,512 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,744 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4,675 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6,426 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10,854 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 572 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29,850 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,872 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15,223 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 619 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12,156 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 498 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9,226 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9,120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 462 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6,171 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,393 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,504 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4,276 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4,577 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6,382 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4,830 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 3,751 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,071 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 59 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.6k02026-09-15 11:00 — 5,772 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 5,191 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 5,409 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 5,006 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 4,758 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3,953 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4,638 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 6,584 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 7,939 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 7,149 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 6,872 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6,225 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 5,399 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 5,965 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 7,617 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 6,542 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 4,968 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 7,049 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 5,092 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 5,651 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 9,587 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 5,993 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3,870 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 8,122 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 5,007 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 5,886 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 9,571 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 5,536 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 4,381 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 6,021 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 7,470 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 6,841 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 5,163 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 7,086 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 5,227 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51k1Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2017 — avg 1,126 · peak 2,027Jun 2017 — avg 1,471 · peak 6,027Sep 2017 — avg 890 · peak 1,644Dec 2017 — avg 1,728 · peak 3,780Mar 2018 — avg 1,119 · peak 2,221Jun 2018 — avg 1,565 · peak 4,665Sep 2018 — avg 2,986 · peak 7,361Dec 2018 — avg 2,198 · peak 4,094Mar 2019 — avg 2,385 · peak 4,843Jun 2019 — avg 2,161 · peak 6,236Sep 2019 — avg 1,820 · peak 3,228Dec 2019 — avg 2,855 · peak 7,297Mar 2020 — avg 3,972 · peak 5,911Jun 2020 — avg 3,736 · peak 7,525Sep 2020 — avg 3,608 · peak 6,134Dec 2020 — avg 5,034 · peak 9,573Mar 2021 — avg 3,825 · peak 6,070Jun 2021 — avg 4,471 · peak 10,582Sep 2021 — avg 4,830 · peak 8,588Dec 2021 — avg 6,510 · peak 12,422Mar 2022 — avg 5,917 · peak 11,349Jun 2022 — avg 6,571 · peak 10,778Sep 2022 — avg 4,064 · peak 6,950Dec 2022 — avg 6,415 · peak 11,142Mar 2023 — avg 5,185 · peak 10,564Jun 2023 — avg 4,329 · peak 7,538Sep 2023 — avg 4,323 · peak 7,494Dec 2023 — avg 5,829 · peak 10,852Mar 2024 — avg 5,899 · peak 12,349Jun 2024 — avg 5,233 · peak 10,752Sep 2024 — avg 4,880 · peak 8,738Dec 2024 — avg 7,169 · peak 12,515Mar 2025 — avg 6,582 · peak 12,752Jun 2025 — avg 6,441 · peak 12,010Sep 2025 — avg 50,742 · peak 95,428Dec 2025 — avg 11,911 · peak 21,655Mar 2026 — avg 7,325 · peak 14,556Jun 2026 — avg 6,731 · peak 12,984Aug 2026 — avg 7,573 · peak 11,063
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#80#802026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #802026-09-16 — #802026-09-17 — #80
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2682682026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 93 new positive2026-09-16: 4 new negative2026-09-17: 94 new positive2026-09-17: 4 new negative2026-09-18: 98 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 128 new positive2026-09-19: 6 new negative2026-09-20: 148 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-21: 112 new positive2026-09-21: 9 new negative2026-09-22: 97 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 82 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 107 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 136 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 144 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 237 new positive2026-09-29: 15 new negative2026-09-30: 97 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 85 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 107 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 146 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-04: 144 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 142 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 129 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 127 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 105 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 110 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 119 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 158 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 268 new positive2026-10-12: 9 new negative2026-10-13: 116 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 98 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.00$0.002015-11-282026-10-152015-11-28 — best price $15.002017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $9.892018-01-11 — best price $9.892018-03-22 — best price $14.992018-07-02 — best price $9.892018-10-01 — best price $9.892018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-01-25 — best price $9.892019-04-30 — best price $14.992019-07-22 — best price $14.992019-11-28 — best price $7.492020-01-31 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $7.492020-09-10 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-03-25 — best price $7.492021-08-07 — best price $7.492021-11-19 — best price $7.492022-01-10 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $7.492022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-01-16 — best price $15.002023-04-20 — best price $14.992023-08-25 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $7.492025-01-23 — best price $7.492025-07-18 — best price $14.992026-01-02 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k9892026-05-30 — 1,290 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,455 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,259 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,218 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,461 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,078 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,182 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,085 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,028 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,138 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,188 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,163 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,068 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,613 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,170 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,185 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,047 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,109 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,532 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,313 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,379 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,078 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,452 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,260 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,199 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,235 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,363 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,374 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1,205 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,233 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,318 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1,451 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,279 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1,339 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.4k1072026-10-01 10:34 — 351 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 782 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 578 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 419 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 489 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 316 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 931 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 573 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 1,113 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 500 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 262 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 680 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 366 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 494 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 424 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 1,350 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 288 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 340 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 647 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 460 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 482 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 443 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 490 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 224 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 678 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 479 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 537 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 250 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 344 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 613 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 328 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 370 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 854 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 186 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76.8%
earned "Charmed"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-02-24, latest 2018-08-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)118,8107%63
PS4 (PlayStation)73,83514%35
PS4 (PlayStation)58,92315%35
Switch (Nintendo)7,8810%0
PS5 (PlayStation)5,64614%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventureDifficultHand-drawnPlatformerSouls-likeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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