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Is Hollow Island worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Open-world RPG players who want several gathering and crafting activities alongside combat
- Exploration-focused players who enjoy discovering areas with limited guidance
- Players interested in managing a settlement with settlers and farm animals
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want step-by-step direction, since progress relies on trial and error
- Players seeking a tightly focused story campaign rather than an open-ended mix of activities
- Players looking for a game without farming, crafting, or resource gathering
Our take on Hollow Island
The activity list is broad, but the listing gives little sense of how these systems connect or how much settlement management involves. Its clearest expectation-setting is about exploration: guidance is limited, and learning comes through trial and error.
What is Hollow Island?
Arrive on Hollow Island and choose how to spend time there: explore regions, mine underground, fish, grow crops, cook, craft, and brew potions to sell.
Build camps, expand property, and manage a settlement with settlers and farm animals. Combat uses action RPG elements with different fighting styles, and the world includes randomly generated dungeons. The game lists 23 regions, each with dungeons, mines, and challenges, along with over 60 enemies and bosses and over 500 items. Exploration is a central part of play, with little guidance; progress involves learning through trial and error. The soundtrack runs for more than an hour, and the game includes 36 Steam achievements.
How Hollow Island plays
- 01Settlement Management
- Settlers and farm animals can be managed as part of a settlement.
- 02Regional Exploration
- The 23 regions each contain dungeons, mines, and challenges.
- 03Generated Dungeons
- Dungeons are randomly generated.
- 04Item Collection
- The game includes over 500 items to find or use.
- 05Enemy Variety
- Combat encounters include over 60 enemies and bosses.
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Hollow Island: platforms & release
Is Hollow Island worth it?
It is worth it if: open-world RPG players who want several gathering and crafting activities alongside combat. Skip it if: players who want step-by-step direction, since progress relies on trial and error.
Where can I download Hollow Island?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hollow Island's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hollow Island on?
Windows only.
