Hollowbody

About

Hollowbody drops you into the ruins of a forgotten city where survival hinges on scavenging, solving puzzles, and fending off threats. Play as Mica, a black-market transporter navigating a toxic exclusion zone to track down a vanished partner. The crumbling urban landscape is both a maze and a weapon, you’ll ration supplies, repair gear, and use the environment to bypass obstacles or dispatch foes. Combat is tense and scarce, forcing you to weigh risk against limited ammo. The story unfolds through sparse dialogue and decaying surroundings, with every broken building and cryptic message hinting at the collapse that sealed this place off. The game’s strength lies in its oppressive atmosphere and resource-driven tension. A 12-day survival clock adds urgency without feeling contrived, while environmental storytelling pieces together the city’s downfall through scattered wreckage and audio logs. Early reviews praise its tight pacing and moody visuals, though the 8-hour runtime leaves some wanting more. What Hollowbody lacks in scale it makes up for in atmosphere, a gritty, no-frills horror experience that keeps you guessing until the final escape sequence.

Storyline

It’s been 12 days since Sasha left. You talked about it, you argued about it and you even laughed about it. Anybody in their right mind knew going to that place was a death wish, a one-way trip to the end of the line. But Sasha wasn’t one to scare easily, she wanted answers and there was only one place those answers held any truth. Her mind was already made up, you just didn’t expect her to do it without you. Twelve sleepless nights later and you finally get the call. Tax has found someone, A border security suit looking to make some extra credits on the down-low. He can get you clearance, a two hour window to fly into the zone, find Sasha and get the hell out of there. You make your way across the exclusion zone but something’s wrong. The nav's running in circles and you're losing altitude. Before you know it a blinding white fills the sky. The dash goes dark and your hover drops out of the air like a lead balloon, slamming into the paved streets below. You wake to the acrid smell of an electrical fire, rain pounding on the cracked windshield. You're surrounded by the crumbling remains of what were once considered homes. You need to find a way out. Call for evac, scale the walls. Something. Anything. Survive.