About the Game
Hollow Knight Expands with Free Content
Godmaster - Take your place amongst the Gods. New Characters and Quest. New Boss Fights. Available Now!
Lifeblood - A Kingdom Upgraded! New Boss. Upgraded Bosses. Tweaks and Refinements across the whole game.
The Grimm Troupe - Light the Nightmare Lantern. Summon the Troupe. New Major Quest. New Boss Fights. New Charms. New Enemies. New Friends.
Hidden Dreams - Mighty new foes emerge! New Boss fights. New Upgrades. New Music.
Brave the Depths of a Forgotten Kingdom
Beneath the fading town of Dirtmouth sleeps an ancient, ruined kingdom. Many are drawn below the surface, searching for riches, or glory, or answers to old secrets.Hollow Knight is a classically styled 2D action adventure across a vast interconnected world. Explore twisting caverns, ancient cities and deadly wastes; battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs; and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom's heart.
Game Features
- Classic side-scrolling action, with all the modern trimmings.
- Tightly tuned 2D controls. Dodge, dash and slash your way through even the most deadly adversaries.
- Explore a vast interconnected world of forgotten highways, overgrown wilds and ruined cities.
- Forge your own path! The world of Hallownest is expansive and open. Choose which paths you take, which enemies you face and find your own way forward.
- Evolve with powerful new skills and abilities! Gain spells, strength and speed. Leap to new heights on ethereal wings. Dash forward in a blazing flash. Blast foes with fiery Soul!
- Equip Charms! Ancient relics that offer bizarre new powers and abilities. Choose your favourites and make your journey unique!
- An enormous cast of cute and creepy characters all brought to life with traditional 2D frame-by-frame animation.
- Over 130 enemies! 30 epic bosses! Face ferocious beasts and vanquish ancient knights on your quest through the kingdom. Track down every last twisted foe and add them to your Hunter's Journal!
- Leap into minds with the Dream Nail. Uncover a whole other side to the characters you meet and the enemies you face.
- Beautiful painted landscapes, with extravagant parallax, give a unique sense of depth to a side-on world.
- Chart your journey with extensive mapping tools. Buy compasses, quills, maps and pins to enhance your understanding of Hollow Knight’s many twisting landscapes.
- A haunting, intimate score accompanies the player on their journey, composed by Christopher Larkin. The score echoes the majesty and sadness of a civilisation brought to ruin.
- Complete Hollow Knight to unlock Steel Soul Mode, the ultimate challenge!
An Evocative Hand-Crafted World
The world of Hollow Knight is brought to life in vivid, moody detail, its caverns alive with bizarre and terrifying creatures, each animated by hand in a traditional 2D style.Every new area you’ll discover is beautifully unique and strange, teeming with new creatures and characters. Take in the sights and uncover new wonders hidden off of the beaten path.
If you like classic gameplay, cute but creepy characters, epic adventure and beautiful, gothic worlds, then Hollow Knight awaits!
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Patch Notes
Added Traditional Chinese translation
Fixed low audio volume when navigating the inventory.
Fixed alignment for text to not overlap when a wide square key (shift/space/etc) is bound to an action.
Fixed overcharmed notches being unintentionally removed in a specific instance.
Fixed Radiance's orb attack hitbox lingering slightly longer than intended if the orb expires in the air.
Fixed Mawlurks being pushable by Infected Balloons.
Fixed Mantis Traitors being damagable while underground.
Fixed Journal notification icons sometimes not appearing, and occasionally displaying the incorrect icon.
Fixed various instances of the 'New Journal Entry' pop-up not displaying.
Fixed minor instances of Hunter's note kills not being awarded as intended.
Fixed an instance of Baldur Shell sometimes lingering longer than intended.
Fixed double damage to play the correct audio clip (Previously playing single damage sfx).
Fixed Heavy Fool's dash attack sometimes not travelling its full distance.
Various performance improvements.
Various small fixes.
Patch Notes
Added support for 21:9 & 16:10 resolutions.
Game now pauses while in inventory menus.
Upgraded to Unity Input System for broader controller support (original input system is still available, if preferred, via Options>Controller>Advanced Settings)
Added dithering effect, and dithering options, to reduce colour banding.
Fixed a softlock in City of Tears Grub room.
Reduced Grey Prince Zote's stagger bounce height.
Updated Sly's Great Slash collider to closer match visual.
Salubra's Blessing now deactivates after reaching max Soul.
Map panning is now smoother.
Various performance improvements.
Various smaller fixes and tweaks.
- Fixed door in a city house staying locked sometimes after defeating the enemy
- Fixed brightness resetting on quit to menu if set to minimum value
- Fixed some camera shakes ignoring config value
- Fixed getting damaged by spikes while on a lift and ending up inside the ground
- Fixed background blur for Low and Medium options when using a screen resolution that is taller than 16:9
- Fixed Low and Medium background blur to have the same vibrancy as High
- Fixed language setting not saving when changed within game
- Fixed nail art damage
- Fixed missing effects when slashing lift spikes
- Re-added native input option (on by default)
- Updated InControl plugin to latest version
- Added ControllerRumbleMultiplier and CameraShakeMultiplier to Config.ini
- Crystal Guardian will now wake up when damaged by Dreamshield and Grimmchild
- Fixed controller screen showing Xbox 360 controller if none plugged in
- Fixed Troupe Master Grimm's flame balls to now spawn from behind him
- Fixed camera shake not working during hit pauses
- 64-bit is now required (For players with 32-bit computers the previous version (1.4.3.2) can still be accessed as a beta)
- Vulkan is now the default graphics API for Linux
- Enabled controller rumble (only supported for certain configurations, e.g. Xbox One controller on Windows)
- Hopefully less hitching, and less memory usage on startup (enabled incremental GC, removed heap size increase method)
- Reduced screen tearing during screen shakes
- Fixed uncollected Grubfather rewards being miss-able
- Fixed the Soul Tyrant battle in pantheons getting stuck after being defeated sometimes
- Fixed death loop if moving too high during Absolute Radiance phase 2
- Fixed Elderbug's Greenpath hint dialogue
- Grimm chest reward is now left on the ground if you banish him without collecting it
- Fixed issues with binding mouse buttons
- Fixed multi damage sometimes taking too much health with lifeblood
- Fixed Absolute Radiance music change triggering too early if moving too high in phase 2
- Fixed Glowing Womb charm becoming inaccessible
- Sideways dash is now preferred when Dashmaster is equipped (less accidental down dashing!)
- Fixed issue where Watcher Knight's back roll was not happening
- Crystal Guardian will now wake up when damaged by area attacks (Spore Shroom, etc)
- Fixed damage inconsistency with area attacks on Radiance, Absolute Radiance, and Pure Vessel
- Fixed settings changed in pause menu being reset when quitting to menu
- Fixed damage sometimes not being applied correctly to Nail Arts when using the Fury of the Fallen charm
- Fixed dialogue box getting stuck when talking to Cloth in Queen's Gardens
- Fixed issue where closing the brightness menu in-game would in some cases restart the game
- Various minor map fixes
- Various minor translation fixes
- Other minor fixes
Current Release
Not available
System Requirements
How to Install
setup.exe
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
1.5 GB
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