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Hollow Knight vs Phasmophobia

Reviews on Steam

Phasmophobia

1.4× more reviews

Critical reception

Hollow Knight

2.4pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Hollow Knight

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Phasmophobia

1.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Phasmophobia

3 years apart

A

Hollow Knight

2017 · Action

Team Cherry · Team Cherry

Reviews
487,097
Positive
97%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
43.8M
Net rev
$375.4M
B

Phasmophobia

2020 · Action

Kinetic Games · Kinetic Games

Reviews
676,875
Positive
95%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
50.8M
Net rev
$579.7M

Tag overlap

15% shared , 3 shared tags, 17 only on Hollow Knight, 17 only on Phasmophobia.

Only Hollow Knight

MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformerGreat Soundtrack2DDifficultAtmosphericExplorationAdventureStory RichHand-drawnMultiple EndingsDark FantasyOpen WorldCuteControllerSide Scroller

Shared

IndieSingleplayerAction

Only Phasmophobia

HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSupernaturalVRFirst-PersonInvestigationDarkDemonsDetectiveMysteryThriller3DEarly AccessTactical

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

26.3M to 61.4M

units (median: 43.8M)

≈ $225.2M to $525.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

26.3Mmedian61.4M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

30.5M to 71.1M

units (median: 50.8M)

≈ $347.8M to $811.5M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

30.5Mmedian71.1M

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