Hollow Knight: Steam reviews, players & page score
View on Steam ↗Capsule 85Page copy 81Screenshots 94Setup 86checked 2026-11-12
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Feedback on my Steam page? Hollow Knight Hi all! I'm working on Hollow Knight and would love honest feedback on the Steam page before I push more traffic to it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/ I ran it through a page checker and it scored 86/100 (Standout). The weakest parts were links & community (50), short description (70), capsule visibility (85), so I'd especially like your take on: 1. Is there anything you'd want to check (Discord, devlog, socials) before wishlisting? 2. After reading only the short description, can you tell what you'd actually do in the game? 3. Can you read the title on the capsule at the small size (search results / wishlist)? What genre do you think it is from the capsule alone? Full breakdown if you're curious: https://www.steampagechecker.com/report/hollow-knight Thanks, and happy to return the favour on your page!
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Hollow Knight at a glance
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.
- Price
- $14.99
- Release
- Feb 24, 2017
- Steam reviews
- 508,963 reviews, 95% positive recently
- Playing now
- 4,595 players
- Followers
- 466,880
- Demo
- No
- Developer
- Team Cherry
- Languages
- 11 (English, French, German, Spanish - Spain…)
Games like Hollow Knight
Similar games: screenshots 67/255 · 2 trailers · 14 languages
Hollow KnightTeam Cherry · 20 tags · 15 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Platformer & Metroidvania
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Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 2 ISSUES
highFirst sentence never names the genre+2 pts
It opens: "Forge your own path in Hollow Knight!"
Name the genre in the first sentence, the part shoppers read on hover.
lowNo Discord link+2 pts
No Discord link found on the store page.
Add your Discord so interested players have somewhere to go.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 89/255, contrast 57, colorfulness 67, 28% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 98
Short description · 232 / 300Forge 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.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "Forge your own path in Hollow Knight!"
🔒 3 rewrites of your short description + more notesA rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45). Measurements for screenshots 3–15 and your best new order are in the full report.
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- ok5 trailers.
- ok95% positive recent reviews.
- 🔒 5 more in the full report
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 13 GIFs or clips in the description
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- ✓ Measured screenshots
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- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ All 2 fixes, ranked
- ✓ 3 short description rewrites
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YouTubers & streamers who play Hollow Knight
12 YouTube channels named Hollow Knight in a video title in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- Gungnir YouTube · 523K subscribers“I 112%'d Hollow Knight Steel Soul. It was ROUGH...” · Oct 16, 2026
- WendyJr_ YouTube · 521K subscribers“Fazendo 112% de Hollow Knight pela PRIMEIRA VEZ! | #01” · Nov 8, 2026
- BlueSR YouTube · 273K subscribers“Hollow Knight 112% Speedruns for TOP 15? (let's get a good run!)” · Nov 11, 2026
- Violin Guy YouTube · 204K subscribers“When Hollow Knight asked me to play his song #shorts #violin #funny” · Oct 29, 2026
- Niramar YouTube · 161K subscribers“Hollow Knight: Dad's Glory Days #hollowknight #silksong #hornet #paleking #comics” · Nov 10, 2026
- Mangetsuu YouTube · 152K subscribers“ZAKOŃCZENIE GRY jako BESTIA w Hollow Knight Silksong?” · Nov 11, 2026
- Khyo YouTube · 145K subscribers“NO WAY THE WHITE LADY SAYS THIS TO YOU IN HOLLOW KNIGHT!?” · Nov 3, 2026
- MR.9001 YouTube · 138K subscribers“When Your Walking Down A Hallway II [Hollow Knight] #hollowknight #backrooms #briangriffin #knight” · Oct 28, 2026
- SoulScape YouTube · 70K subscribers“Hollow Knight Rizz 😩 #hollowknight #relatable #funny” · Nov 6, 2026
- Courtney2 YouTube · 49K subscribers“I Played Hollow Knight as my First Metroidvania. It was a nightmare.” · Oct 23, 2026
- Envy YounGBlooD YouTube · 47K subscribers“HUMANS EXIST In Hollow Knight...” · Nov 9, 2026
- Benguin YouTube · 15K subscribers“Why Was the Hive Next to Deepnest in Hollow Knight?” · Nov 9, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Hollow Knight: common questions
Is Hollow Knight on Steam?
Yes. Hollow Knight is on Steam (app ID 367520) at store.steampowered.com/app/367520.
When did Hollow Knight come out?
Hollow Knight was released on Steam on Feb 24, 2017.
How much does Hollow Knight cost on Steam?
Hollow Knight costs $14.99 on Steam in the US. Regional prices differ.
Are Hollow Knight's Steam reviews good?
Hollow Knight has 508,963 Steam reviews and 95% of recent reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Does Hollow Knight have a demo?
There was no demo on Hollow Knight's Steam page when we last checked.
Who made Hollow Knight?
Hollow Knight is made by Team Cherry.
What kind of game is Hollow Knight?
Steam players tag it Metroidvania, Platformer, Souls-like, Difficult, Great Soundtrack. 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.
Which YouTubers and streamers play Hollow Knight?
Recent Hollow Knight videos and streams include Gungnir (YouTube), WendyJr_ (YouTube), BlueSR (YouTube), Violin Guy (YouTube), Niramar (YouTube). StoreCheck lists 12 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Hollow Knight video.
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.