Hollow Knight
Last updated: 2025-12-19
- Tight and precise combat mechanics
- Masterful environmental storytelling with art
- Challenging but fair difficulty curve
- Memorable and emotionally impactful characters
- Boss difficulty frustrates many players
- Platforming sections feel unfair at times
Emotions
Frustration19%Satisfaction12%Excitement8%Admiration8%Awe6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 507,734
- Positive
- 492,15796.9%
- Negative
- 15,5773.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 35,707,747
- Estimated revenue
- $535,259,128
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 70.04%
- Estimated copies lost
- 492
- Estimated revenue lost
- $7,375
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 70% Avg playtime 1.4h | 1040.6% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2611.6% Avg playtime 54.2h | 16,21797.8% Avg playtime 76.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 5.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 75.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 33.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,216.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
16,589 total
Organic purchasers14,94990.1%
Voted up: 98%
Key activations1,6409.89%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
16,589 total
First impression0-2h2331.40%
Voted up: 97%
Mid game2-10h2,55115.4%
Voted up: 97%
Late game10-20h2,09912.7%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+11,70670.6%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
97.4%
Global baseline 98.4%
383 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 507,734 total.