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Hollow Survivors: Prologue

2024

Should you play it?

The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades, new weapons, and save the Tower.

What works
  • Engaging combat and build experimentation
  • Polished and fluid gameplay
  • Strong meta-progression system
  • Atmospheric pixel art and sound design
  • Free prologue with good content
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited enemy and environment variety
  • Slow movement speed and contact damage frustration
  • Some difficulty spikes and bugs
  • Minimal narrative and exploration
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Braves

  • Heroes Wanted

  • Touhou Endless Dream

  • Sol-Rui -after mini-

  • Fearless Fantasy

  • Sodaman

  • Metal Hunter

  • Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial

  • Deep Dungeons of Doom
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Heroes Wanted

  • Sol-Rui -after mini-

  • Sodaman
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Continuation

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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).

Hollow Survivors: Prologue: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Leadership, Story.

Why this game works

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

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  • Escapism

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Intimacy

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  • Story

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