Hollow Knight

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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 2078 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 125 out of 2078
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  1. zach_grech
    May 2, 2022
    9
    This game is an achievement in itself. A intriguing and excellently designed world with a great combat system. Excellently executed world progression. Only criticism is some areas were too short and felt unfinished.
  2. DonCheatle
    May 3, 2022
    10
    Sadly this game is too much like dark souls, so it goes from a 10/10 masterpiece- to dog water.
    Very pleased, its the most graphics video game ever.

    0/10
  3. MerryHaddock961
    May 19, 2022
    10
    For a long time I had been wanting to play this game, and when I finally bought and played I was at first not completely satisfied. But I kept playing and, boy am I glad I did. Hollow knight is one of the best video games ever made, if not the best. With great graphics, music and controls this game looks and plays amazingly. The story of the game is also perfect, it’s not too deep nor isFor a long time I had been wanting to play this game, and when I finally bought and played I was at first not completely satisfied. But I kept playing and, boy am I glad I did. Hollow knight is one of the best video games ever made, if not the best. With great graphics, music and controls this game looks and plays amazingly. The story of the game is also perfect, it’s not too deep nor is it too shallow but it also lets you use your imagination to fill in the gaps. This game really is just a perfect game and the cherry on top is the exploration and the ease of travel with the stag stations. The game is not for those thinking it’s easy because it is not, but the game also isn’t impossible. Overall this is a fantastic game and I highly recommend it. 10/10… Expand
  4. Deenji
    May 22, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sin duda uno de los mejores juegos que eh jugado

    Su ambientacion, su dificultad, su jugabilidad todo me gusta de este maldito juego lo amo simplemente lo recomiendo mucho para pasar el rato y estresarse un poco kdsdk    … Expand
  5. Squaredash
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    I played this game for 200 hours, and not one second of it felt wasted. The gameplay is a blast, the atmosphere is the best I’ve ever seen, this metroidvania is a must-play for anyone with the means to do so.
  6. FedeXd
    May 26, 2022
    9
    Great game, can't wait for Silksong. It sometimes gives me BOTW vibes, you get lost very easily, and I love that. You can sometimes struggle with bosses, but that just makes it more addicting. Highly recommend.
  7. marshmallow_op
    Jun 10, 2022
    9
    A casual 2D souls like game with fast mechanics. The story is very long and engaging, it do got some repetitiveness over time, but trust me when I say this game is one of the best of its 2D souls like genre.
  8. NinjaJim6969
    Jun 10, 2022
    10
    An incredibly beautiful and fun game at a great price. I've put 116 hours into this game and still haven't explored it in it's entirety. Music, environments, and boss fights all get a 10/10 from me. Especially the Nightmare King Grimm fight. It took me 140 tries and every time the music started I got hyped.
  9. OnlyKeKo
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Hayatımda bayaa oyun oynadım ama en iyisi buydu.Müzkler,görsel tararım,hikaye aşşırı iyi.En iyi yönü bu diyemem her yönü çok iyi.Hikayesi çok derin*
  10. Pozzu
    Jun 17, 2022
    10
    This game is intresting. At first I really didn't know what was happening or what to do. But when playing it forward I really started to like it. New abilities are so cool and the player movement is very satisfying. The environment is so mysterious and there is always something new to find. Music is awesome and boss fights fun and challenging. Story is good but I would not have understoodThis game is intresting. At first I really didn't know what was happening or what to do. But when playing it forward I really started to like it. New abilities are so cool and the player movement is very satisfying. The environment is so mysterious and there is always something new to find. Music is awesome and boss fights fun and challenging. Story is good but I would not have understood anything of it without Mossbag.… Expand
  11. stupidopinion
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    Just incredible. Off the bat I'll say I haven't played many metroidvania games, namely Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid, but of these I would say HK is the king. Its brilliant combat system, gorgeous art and music, and engrossing world will suck you in like no other game can. I've never experienced a game where I was so utterly captivated by the worldbuildingJust incredible. Off the bat I'll say I haven't played many metroidvania games, namely Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Metroid Dread, and Super Metroid, but of these I would say HK is the king. Its brilliant combat system, gorgeous art and music, and engrossing world will suck you in like no other game can. I've never experienced a game where I was so utterly captivated by the worldbuilding and story, to the point that I wanted to continue exploring every nook and cranny just for the smallest piece of lore to better explain the complex world it develops. Every question Hallownest poses has an answer if your willing to dig, and no other game out there will provide such a high quality experience for such a cheap price. The game is quite difficult and can be quite punishing, so I understand why this may not be for everyone, but to me this is firmly placed as my 2nd favorite game of all time. If Team Cherry can make a game this good on their first try I can't wait for what's in store for SilkSong.

    70 hours in the game    … Expand
  12. MATOUTOU
    Jun 23, 2022
    9
    9.7 out of 10 for me. I absolutely loved this game once I started making progress. However if i ever find those damn watcher knights on the streets ill be forced to throw hands. they are by far the dumbest and most terrible boss in this game and if i had the power to personally rip their heads off and drink their blood and feed their remains to their children i most definitely would. plus9.7 out of 10 for me. I absolutely loved this game once I started making progress. However if i ever find those damn watcher knights on the streets ill be forced to throw hands. they are by far the dumbest and most terrible boss in this game and if i had the power to personally rip their heads off and drink their blood and feed their remains to their children i most definitely would. plus they are fat and i am fatphobic.… Expand
  13. grandmaslayer
    Jun 22, 2022
    10
    This game is incredible. Specially if you have it on a portable platform like switch, since you don't want to stop playing it once you start making progress.
  14. Triggerma
    Jun 23, 2022
    10
    It's one of those games that you can't forget a single thing about, nothing, and i mean nothing is this game is out of place, unfair or just "bad" in general. The soundtrack, the game-play and the lore are terrific, and i can't see why anybody should dislike this game, truly a masterpiece.
  15. AnnaLynxy33
    Jun 27, 2022
    10
    Such a masterpiece. Everything in the game is made with an idea. Background, music, gameplay - everything. You can even see how many videos on YouTube with titles like "X secrets of HK you didn't know". So you can play for hundred of hours and still find something you haven't noticed. It's such a rare case in gamedev industry when developers contribute to things that most of the playersSuch a masterpiece. Everything in the game is made with an idea. Background, music, gameplay - everything. You can even see how many videos on YouTube with titles like "X secrets of HK you didn't know". So you can play for hundred of hours and still find something you haven't noticed. It's such a rare case in gamedev industry when developers contribute to things that most of the players even won't notice. But all these small details make this game so rich, that you believe that it's not a bunch of pixels, but a world with its own rules and history.… Expand
  16. ZangBang
    Oct 24, 2022
    8
    82/100
    Hollow Knight throws its players in a whispering, obscure, mesmerizing subterranean world, Hallownest, that perpetually captivates both technically and thematically. It is a massive, sprawling mosaic of deeply distinct biomes that neatly and naturally fit together like puzzle pieces, each distinctly varied from the others. The layout of this world continuously morphs and surprises    82/100
    Hollow Knight throws its players in a whispering, obscure, mesmerizing subterranean world, Hallownest, that perpetually captivates both technically and thematically. It is a massive, sprawling mosaic of deeply distinct biomes that neatly and naturally fit together like puzzle pieces, each distinctly varied from the others. The layout of this world continuously morphs and surprises not only visually but also technically as every area offers a new level design structure, platforming mechanics, environmental hazards and unique hostile creatures to slay within, all of which perfectly fit and expand on the game's deep lore. This makes for an exceptionally heterogeneous and varied experience, beautifully accompanied by the game's subdued tracks, enveloping the adventure in an elegantly enigmatic, unsettlingly melancholic aura. Progressively, the world opens up more and more whenever a new ability is acquired, and the explorative freedom of the player gets exponentially increased with an impressive multitude of possible progression paths. Even with a couple of faster means of traversal, the nature of this progression system leads to some extremely tedious backtracking, but it's a bearable price to pay for this amazingly interconnected map. Each area bleeds into the nearby ones in a maze-like tangle that hides an absurd amount of secrets, characters and treasures. The sane explorers of this kingdom are few, but it is possible to find, resuce and befriend many of them, leading to immersive interactions that expands on the world, providing new content or merely moments of levity, furthering the power of the player's agency. Combat is definitely the less impressive side of the game: disappointingly simple and static throughout the journey, with not many active options. Bosses, for the most part, present the same issue: although pleasantly challenging, they're pretty simplistic with repeated attack patterns and a lack of true depth in their movesets, only rarely with meaningfully different phases. This, however, can be partially excused thanks to their impressive quantity and variety, just as the combat is greatly enhanced by many passive abilities unlockable and an amazing healing system that requires strategic timing and rewards good play with stronger offensive options.    … Expand
  17. Eoek
    Jun 30, 2022
    10
    Hollow knight literally changed my life.The game is awesome, the colors, difficulty, everything!!
  18. Joschi_030108
    Jul 8, 2022
    10
    For me personally the best game ever made, it's perfect and I love it. I'd recommend it to everyone who likes hard and frustrating games.
  19. Tomsy664
    Feb 26, 2023
    9
    El juego cuenta con un gran libro de arte, banda sonara 10/10, jefes que al principio te pueden parecer un pequeño problema, pero después de varios intentos ya se t hacen fáciles. Lo que me más me agrada es la capacidad de speedrun y NO-HIT que tiene. El único defecto sería ciertas mecánicas de esquive.
  20. Kinkaka
    Aug 7, 2022
    10
    áaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaáaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaáaa
  21. TheChalous
    Jul 23, 2022
    10
    Simplemente espectacular, todo es maravilloso, ambientación, banda sonora, jugabilidad, historia, todo es increíble y muy hermoso.
  22. supdude80
    Jul 26, 2022
    9
    going into this game I wasn't expecting much, since I've had bad experiences with indie games hyped on social media, but I was pleasantly surprised by how amazing this game was. only reason it misses out on a 10 is due to the lack of engaging story but I just fell in love with the challenge, world, and gameplay, and it's one of the most fun experiences I've ever had with a video game, evengoing into this game I wasn't expecting much, since I've had bad experiences with indie games hyped on social media, but I was pleasantly surprised by how amazing this game was. only reason it misses out on a 10 is due to the lack of engaging story but I just fell in love with the challenge, world, and gameplay, and it's one of the most fun experiences I've ever had with a video game, even if I wasn't sure about it at the start of my playthrough.… Expand
  23. Silverfish003
    Aug 13, 2022
    3
    The only thing that saves this game from its coffin is the scenery and graphics. It really looks stunning.

    However, this game suffers from one huge issue: the game does not tell you where to go. At all. It is bad if you give way too many instructions to the player, but it is also bad if you give none.
  24. BetaPlayer
    Jul 31, 2022
    8
    It's an incredible game, just not the best thing, the opening is a little bit boring, but once you're finished with it, the game becomes way more enjoyable, the music is mind blowing and the artstyle, i love it, i just hoped it cautivated me from the first minutes of the gameplay.
  25. Ceok17
    Aug 16, 2022
    10
    Hollow Knight is as close as you can get to a perfect "Metroidvania", purely satisfying to discover new parts of the map and new Npc´s, beautiful design and scenario, awesome movement, it feels like you are always in control of the knight, every pixel it moves. If you like a beautiful challenge, this is your game.
  26. sassomagico
    Aug 24, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A **** masterpiece! I beat the game a month ago and I want to re-play it again… Expand
  27. oLonely
    Sep 11, 2022
    10
    Radiance is annoying, Apart from that 10/10 game, one of the best i've ever played
  28. Nurax
    Sep 14, 2022
    10
    Hollow Knight is an amazing metroidvania and one of the best games i have ever played. It has a great world, lore, gameplay, characters, enemies and so much more. Truly a masterpiece.
  29. ELYS1UM
    Sep 20, 2022
    10
    This game was made by 3 people, and yet I have spent longer in the world of Hallownest than I have in many others. The gameplay is impeccable, the music is incredible, the story is engaging, the world building is next level. I love the feeling of natural progression, as on top of upgrading your skills and weapon, you can feel yourself improving as time passes. Bosses like False Knight thatThis game was made by 3 people, and yet I have spent longer in the world of Hallownest than I have in many others. The gameplay is impeccable, the music is incredible, the story is engaging, the world building is next level. I love the feeling of natural progression, as on top of upgrading your skills and weapon, you can feel yourself improving as time passes. Bosses like False Knight that may have once felt lake an impassable wall become nothing more than a warmup as time passes. The movement is silky smooth, and the game is incredible at creating atmosphere. Deepnest was genuinely terrifying, but City of Tears was beautiful and serene. Each location is so memorable in track and design I can't even begin to stress how great they are. The bosses are so much fun and so creative. Never before have I had favourite bosses in games based on gameplay, but Mantis Lords and Nightmare King Grimm always come to mind as fun and challenging fights that I may never forget conquering. And the world and its residents just OOZE this crazy amount of character. Of course, you don't meet many people in this deserted world, but the few you do run into are unforgettable. This game is truly a standout. Please, play Hollow Knight. Any amount of popularity it has now is not enough.… Expand
  30. KianKTheFirst
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's great, its amazing, its my perfect game. the start of the game starts off really slow and is kind of a snore fest for most, but when you find the next area, its hard to put the screen down. you have to Earn abilities to basically show you have the guts to play the game. would it be fun if it was easy? sure, its frustrating at the start, but once you get more and more things, you're hooked! I couldn't stop exploring after I beat hornet in greenpath. its absolutely amazing, but its pretty slow at the start and not many people know that. I ended up uninstalling the game because of this, but i gave it another shot, found the next area, and now I'm at 100% completion with 60 hours on the clock of the game. its a great game. I hope people figure that out themselves. especially for 15 bucks.… Expand
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#8 Best Switch Game of 2018
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#3 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2018
15
#15 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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90

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Pocket Tactics
    Oct 20, 2023
    90
    Hollow Knight is an incredible achievement that combines smart game design, a rich world, and sharp combat, with an enthralling insectoid world and a story just begging for you to find it. Team Cherry’s title is a high watermark for Metroidvanias, as the satisfying abilities and countless collectibles add variety and meaning to exploration, rewarding every discovery. Yet, while the challenge is a rewarding part of the process, I do wish that the title made some concessions and shone a bit of light in the darkness for those first fledgling steps.
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  2. Universo Nintendo
    Sep 10, 2018
    90
    A very fun game and full of interesting characters is what await players in this incredible adventure. If you like Metroid style games, Hollow Knight will leave you satisfied.
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  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Sep 5, 2018
    100
    There's never a low point. Only the desire for more. [Issue #35 – September/October 2018, p. 17]
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