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Hollow Knight

Team Cherry · 2017

Hollow Knight

PlatformAdventureIndieIGDB 92Steam 97%

Suggested age

8+

A visually dark bug-kingdom action game with frequent sword combat and unsettling imagery, but no blood, sex, or profanity.

PEGI 7ESRB E10+
AI-assisted
Official rating
  • Player character stabs and slashes insect enemies with a nail (sword); enemies burst into orange goo-like fluid instead of blood.
    AI
  • Boss battles involve large, aggressive creatures that must be repeatedly struck until defeated, often with dramatic death animations.
    AI
  • Player character can die repeatedly, dropping collected currency at the death location marked by a ghostly shade enemy.
    AI
  • Some cutscenes and environments show corpses, skeletal remains, and dead husks of insect characters littering the ground.
    AI
  • A few characters discuss or reference torture, infection-driven madness, and mercy killings of afflicted creatures.
    AI
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