Moving, tearjerking story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the ending made me sob like a child because I had a really close family member pass a year before I played the game”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Grimm's Hollow
Worth buying? What 271 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 271 Steam reviews actually say.
Not enough reviewsNot enough reviewsghosthunter2019Turn-Based Combat · RPG · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A short, free, emotional RPG Maker tale about death and siblings with lovely art and music. Skip it if you can't stand real-time-ish combat with awkward dodge controls.
Great for
Story-driven players who want a short, cozy-spooky, emotional Undertale-like RPG for free
Main risk
Pseudo-turn-based combat where enemies attack while you're in menus and dodges feel unreliable
What players love
Charming art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I loved how amazingly detailed each pixel was taken to make this game”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Fun, fresh combat with skill tree
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Enemies can attack without waiting for their turn, but you always get a chance to dodge. That makes battles more dynamic and tense.”
Steam review · translated · 4 h played ↗
Amazing value for a free game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It feels wrong to have such a great game for free.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Great music and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The music also absolutely rocks and this game is an overal 10/10.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Multiple endings and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Managed to get all the endings (there's four, I think) and they all made me cry in different ways!”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Combat isn't truly turn-based
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the enemy attack you have to actively press a button to avoid can pop up WHILE you are trying to pick an attack of your own.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the game just errors out and crashes to an error that says "not implemented"”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Unreliable dodge and attack timing
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The evade manuver doesn't work even when I hit the down arrow at the right time”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Awkward controls, no remapping or controller
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Who would decide that the down key should be used to attack when z is used for all other interactivity?”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Balance problems: too easy or impossible
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Just dump everything into defence early on and you become impervious to most attacks in the whole game.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Short, shallow story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“You just don't have time to get used to the characters, everything ends too quickly.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable350 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10
ProcessorIntel® Pentium®4 1.5GHz.
Memory2 GB RAM
Storage350 MB available space
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10
ProcessorIntel® Pentium®4 1.5GHz.
Memory2 GB RAM
Storage350 MB available space
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