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Hollowbody

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.

What works
  • Excellent atmosphere and sound design
  • Strong nostalgic homage to ps2 survival horror
  • Multiple control and camera options
  • Good voice acting and storytelling
  • Replayability with new game plus and multiple endings
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited enemy variety and combat depth
  • Some bugs and minor technical issues
  • Short overall playtime
  • Clunky melee combat and occasional awkward controls
  • Sparse open areas with occasional backtracking

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Crow Country

  • Homebody

  • Post Trauma

  • Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel

  • In Sound Mind

  • Evil Tonight

  • Mad Father

  • The Sexy Brutale

  • 港詭實錄ParanormalHK
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Homebody

  • Post Trauma

  • Evil Tonight
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Fantasy

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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).

Hollowbody: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence, Continuation.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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