Grimm's Hollow similar games & best alternatives

Grimm's Hollow

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

What works
  • Emotional and meaningful story
  • Beautiful art and music
  • Engaging combat and skill system
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Free to play
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Some combat mechanics can be confusing or unbalanced
  • Lack of auto-save feature
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Limited character customization

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Grimm's Hollow: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

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