Genre PlatformerReleased Feb 24, 2017

Hollow Knight

Developed and published by Team Cherry
Estimated lifetime revenue
$55.35M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$41.28M
After Steam's 25% cut
Units sold
7.06M
≈ 13 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 565,121 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
565,121
Overwhelmingly Positive97% positive
Playing now
5,445
29-day peak 6,809 · low 5,128
New reviews, last 29 days
+3,872
≈ 134 a day since Sep 15

History

Sep 15 – Oct 14

565.4K563.9K562.4K560.9K
Sep 15Sep 29Oct 14

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Platformer →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Platformer games on Steam

Outearns 95% of them — in the top 10% of the group.

Median
$4.26M
28,852 reviews
Top 10% start at
$27.20M
This game
$55.35M
98th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
Team Cherry
Publisher
Team Cherry
Genre
Platformer
Released
Feb 24, 2017
Steam app ID
367520
Data updated
Oct 14, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.