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Hollow Knight

Released Feb 24, 2017 · Steam app 367520

Prices from €7.37

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 01:55 UTC

Playing now

4,760

at 01:55 UTC

24-hour peak

7,841

All-time peak

95,428

monthly peak, Sep 2025

24h change

-10%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

491

live on Twitch

Best price

€7.37

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 4,760 players
Peak · 48h: 7,841 players
Average · 48h: 5,742 players
Lowest · 48h: 3,472 players

Oct 28, 2026, 1:55 AM: 4,760 players

What stands out

+9%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
10Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
7,841Today’s peak was 65% above the current count.

All-time peak

95,428

Highest monthly peak on record, in Sep 2025. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 7,841.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026	5,567	-15%-970	7,841
September	6,537	-14%-1,036	11,121
August	7,573	-16%-1,432	11,063
July	9,005	+34%+2,274	14,416
June	6,731	+9.3%+570	12,984
May	6,161	-9.3%-629	9,968
April	6,790	-7.3%-535	12,547
March	7,325	-13%-1,101	14,556
February	8,426	-32%-3,973	13,585
January	12,399	+4.1%+488	21,104
2025
December	11,911	-31%-5,309	21,655
November	17,220	-28%-6,533	37,861

Show all 119 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	23,753	-53%-26,989	48,878
Septemberbest month	50,742	+227%+35,203	95,428
August	15,539	+91%+7,410	69,675
July	8,129	+26%+1,688	12,982
June	6,441	-7.3%-504	12,010
May	6,945	-16%-1,280	11,510
April	8,225	+25%+1,643	14,339
March	6,582	+0.6%+40	12,752
February	6,542	-28%-2,507	10,716
January	9,049	+26%+1,880	14,759
2024
December	7,169	+9.9%+646	12,515
November	6,523	+40%+1,877	13,842
October	4,646	-4.8%-234	10,711
September	4,880	-10%-546	8,738
August	5,426	-26%-1,918	7,994
July	7,344	+40%+2,111	11,245
June	5,233	+9.2%+439	10,752
May	4,794	-16%-911	8,613
April	5,705	-3.3%-194	9,692
March	5,899	+16%+803	12,349
February	5,096	-22%-1,425	8,144
January	6,521	+12%+692	11,032
2023
December	5,829	+1.4%+81	10,852
November	5,748	+31%+1,369	12,391
October	4,379	+1.3%+56	10,949
September	4,323	-9.2%-438	7,494
August	4,761	-33%-2,293	7,084
July	7,054	+63%+2,725	10,943
June	4,329	+8.1%+325	7,538
May	4,004	-16%-777	6,890
April	4,781	-7.8%-404	9,126
March	5,185	-2.8%-149	10,564
February	5,334	-27%-1,971	8,374
January	7,305	+14%+890	11,394
2022
December	6,415	+11%+635	11,142
November	5,780	+33%+1,422	10,917
October	4,358	+7.2%+294	11,617
September	4,064	-19%-960	6,950
August	5,024	-32%-2,353	7,547
July	7,377	+12%+806	11,936
June	6,571	-23%-1,912	10,778
May	8,483	+70%+3,499	20,169
April	4,984	-16%-933	8,631
March	5,917	-14%-945	11,349
February	6,862	-7.2%-535	13,699
January	7,397	+14%+887	12,236
2021
December	6,510	+21%+1,122	12,422
November	5,388	+34%+1,364	10,685
October	4,024	-17%-806	10,520
September	4,830	-31%-2,121	8,588
August	6,951	-0.2%-11	12,781
July	6,962	+56%+2,491	11,768
June	4,471	+39%+1,251	10,582
May	3,220	-8.7%-306	5,092
April	3,526	-7.8%-299	5,649
March	3,825	-18%-862	6,070
February	4,687	-26%-1,604	6,538
January	6,291	+25%+1,257	9,879
2020
December	5,034	+28%+1,093	9,573
November	3,941	+27%+841	8,364
October	3,100	-14%-508	6,077
September	3,608	-28%-1,421	6,134
August	5,029	-8.3%-453	9,029
July	5,482	+47%+1,746	8,904
June	3,736	-27%-1,356	7,525
May	5,092	+24%+976	11,437
April	4,116	+3.6%+144	10,709
March	3,972	-1.7%-70	5,911
February	4,042	+0.4%+15	6,945
January	4,027	+41%+1,172	7,036
2019
December	2,855	+6.5%+173	7,297
November	2,682	+51%+909	6,605
October	1,773	-2.6%-47	5,226
September	1,820	-21%-484	3,228
August	2,304	-40%-1,516	3,592
July	3,820	+77%+1,659	6,665
June	2,161	+39%+610	6,236
May	1,551	-2.2%-35	2,663
April	1,586	-34%-799	2,830
March	2,385	-24%-742	4,843
February	3,127	+11%+308	5,667
January	2,819	+28%+621	4,599
2018
December	2,198	+3.9%+83	4,094
November	2,115	+5.6%+112	4,037
October	2,003	-33%-983	3,544
September	2,986	+7.4%+206	7,361
August	2,780	+2.6%+71	10,029
July	2,709	+73%+1,144	4,776
June	1,565	+40%+444	4,665
May	1,121	-29%-453	1,901
April	1,574	+41%+455	2,875
March	1,119	-21%-293	2,221
February	1,412	-33%-686	2,615
January	2,098	+21%+370	4,009
2017
December	1,728	+14%+208	3,780
November	1,520	+45%+473	3,035
October	1,047	+18%+157	3,050
September	890	-51%-944	1,644
August	1,834	-26%-648	4,702
July	2,482	+69%+1,011	5,635
June	1,471	+82%+661	6,027
May	810	+11%+81	1,995
April	729	-35%-397	1,305
March	1,126	+486%+934	2,027
February	192	+9,500%+190	2,077
January	2	+100%+1	6
2016
December	1	—	4

Players since 2016

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 50,742 players on average; September 2025
All-time peak: 95,428 players at once; September 2025
Last 12 months: -9.3%; 10,319 players on average, against 11,378 the year before

September 2026: 6,537 players on average, peak 11,121 · Point at a bar for its numbers.