80
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition is an eventually great game. It requires a ton of patience to see through, so even though it’s on Game Pass you need to make sure you’re willing to commit that much time because boy does it both start slow and make some head-scratching decisions when it comes to the map and exploration.
90
A beautiful, challenging and enchanting game that shouldn't be missed. [Christmas 2018, p.86]
90
Hollow Knight will stick with me for a while. It blends a Metroidvania and Dark Souls in near-perfect fashion. Its tight gameplay as well as its fantastic look and music immersed me into caring about a mysterious civilization of bugs. If Soulsvainia is a new sub-genre, then count me in. Also, count me in for the next thing that Team Cherry releases.
10
This game is pure art. Team cherry really engaged in making a wonderful story with a simple but addictive gameplay.
10
This game can be a bit tough and confusing at the start, but if you commit, you will get to experience one of, if not the best gameplay ever. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a good time.
7
Hollow knight is about as it is named: Hollow. This game looks neat, smells neat, has a demonically loyal fan base, yet doesn’t play all that well. The combat feels very broken and unfinished, and the most frustrating Metroidvania in existence. I could understand why most people enjoy, but I just don’t like it.
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
Released On:
Sep 25, 2018
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Generally Favorable
89
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Universal Acclaim
9.0
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Oct 5, 2018
100
Hollow Knight isn’t just a Metroidvania game, it goes above and beyond that, taking the genre into the modern age. The visuals, sound design and level layouts are absolutely gorgeous, the variety of enemies and customisation is astounding and the difficulty level just makes you want to go back again and again.
Dec 18, 2018
90
A beautiful, challenging and enchanting game that shouldn't be missed. [Christmas 2018, p.86]
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Mar 12, 2026
10
This game is pure art. Team cherry really engaged in making a wonderful story with a simple but addictive gameplay.
Mar 12, 2026
10
This game can be a bit tough and confusing at the start, but if you commit, you will get to experience one of, if not the best gameplay ever. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a good time.
Oct 24, 2018
90
Hollow Knight will stick with me for a while. It blends a Metroidvania and Dark Souls in near-perfect fashion. Its tight gameplay as well as its fantastic look and music immersed me into caring about a mysterious civilization of bugs. If Soulsvainia is a new sub-genre, then count me in. Also, count me in for the next thing that Team Cherry releases.
Oct 16, 2018
88
Hollow Knight knows well how to blend it's main influences. On one side the classic 2D Metroid and Castlevania games, and the Souls franchise, with their over the top difficulty low key frustrating.
Oct 2, 2018
88
Hollow Knight brings us metroidvania genre back, with all of its best features: exploration, wide world, combat and platforms. Despite its lack of innovation and some gameplay issues, Hollow Knight is a must for all kind of gamers.
Oct 7, 2018
86
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition superbly covers all the bases for the perfect metroidvania game, adding a stellar artistic production to the package and delivering ten of hours of platforming pleasure. A must have for any lover of the genre.
Jul 4, 2022
80
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition is an eventually great game. It requires a ton of patience to see through, so even though it’s on Game Pass you need to make sure you’re willing to commit that much time because boy does it both start slow and make some head-scratching decisions when it comes to the map and exploration.
Feb 17, 2026
10
Owns a place in my top 3 games of all time easily. This soulslike metroidvania is the strongest in its genre. Hollow Knight offers a great gameplay loop with great characters, upgrades, and best of all its bosses. Hollow Knight has some of the hardest yet best crafted bosses of any game, its difficulty only being rivaled by the giants of soulslikes such as Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Overall Hollow Knight is a great game and 100% worth playing If you can handle the difficulty.
Feb 19, 2026
7
Hollow knight is about as it is named: Hollow. This game looks neat, smells neat, has a demonically loyal fan base, yet doesn’t play all that well. The combat feels very broken and unfinished, and the most frustrating Metroidvania in existence. I could understand why most people enjoy, but I just don’t like it.
Dec 13, 2025
7
Started of great 10/10 but went downhill from there for me. At hour 18 I couldn't continue because of the repetitive backtracking, no clear objective and the same dark areas over and over again with no new themes. Don't get me wrong, the art style is just.. wow but the theme was too repetitive for me.
Jan 28, 2024
1
Wow. just WOW. This "game" does nothing new or innovative or anything to push this genre forward. The only point for this "game" existing is for the devs to say that they can copy other peoples work. Everything single thing in this "game", from the ost to the art style has all been done before and done better. Now the devs are using the Silksong hype to sell more copies of this "game". Silksong is never going to happen but they dont want you to know the ugly truth.
SummaryDescend into the world of Hollow Knight, the award-winning action adventure of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, ancient cities and deadly wastes. Battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs.
Rated E +10for Everyone +10
