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Bold Hole
In active Early Access development: unfinished and evolving. Grow a black hole, swallow towers, freeze bullets and chase a fleeing president. Planned to launch at Steam's minimum base-price tier, with price increases as content improves.

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Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
Profile Features Limited 
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔
Simplified Chinese ✔

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The core swallowing, combat, build system and two-chapter progression are implemented. We want player feedback to guide improvements to early progression, attack readability, upgrade choices and performance, making each run smoother and more varied.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect Early Access to last 6–12 months. The timeframe may change based on development progress and player feedback. We will share progress through update announcements.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to refine the existing two chapters, balance abilities, improve usability and performance, and address issues reported by players. Specific changes will be guided by feedback; a third planet is not currently promised.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current version includes Earth and the Iron Fortress, upgrade choices and ability variants, evolutions and mutations, the Singularity Workshop, Free Mode, the two left-hand black-hole appearances and Photo Mode. The two right-hand appearances are currently development-only. The free demo covers the first part of Earth up to level 16 with the fiery accretion-disk style; the base game adds the leftmost appearance, Free Mode and the Workshop. The game is unfinished and remains in active development.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to launch at Steam's minimum base-price tier and gradually increase the price as content improves. We have not committed to a fixed final price. Existing owners will receive the full-release update without buying the base game again.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We plan to gather issues and suggestions through Steam Community discussions and explain changes in update announcements. Feedback on swallowing feel, difficulty, ability combinations and performance is welcome.”
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About This Game

Early Access development: this game is unfinished

The game is still in active development. Content, balance and performance will continue to change. We plan to launch at Steam's minimum base-price tier (US$0.99 in the US, with the corresponding minimum tier in other regions) and gradually increase the price as content improves. Please decide based on the content currently offered.

Start with a pebble. Make the whole planet your next bite.

Swallow towers, traffic and the people on the rooftops

Guide a growing black hole across a tiny 3D planet. Start with rocks and streetlights, then move on to cars, skyscrapers and defense headquarters. Buildings topple, collide and sink into the well while people tumble from rooftops or open parachutes and glide away. Bigger meals bring stronger resistance.

Turn your pursuers into food

Helicopters and tanks keep firing as you move. Knock aircraft down with a shockwave, pull nearby people, vehicles and buildings into your well with a gravity surge, or freeze them in a time-stasis field. Bullets fired from outside the field stop as they enter. Read the nuclear warning and dash away while the expanding blast throws objects behind you into the air.

Hunt the president. Disrupt the city

The president appears with bodyguards and decoys, then tries to escape by limousine, helicopter or rocket. Find the real target and intercept the convoy. Swallow a dam to reveal fish and submerged cars, or knock out power stations to plunge a town into darkness. Your appetite can trigger panic and evacuations.

Build a different black hole each run

Choose one of three upgrades as you level up. Combine dash and shock variants with gravity, swallowing combos, fission, evolutions and mutations. Spend earned dark matter in the Singularity Workshop on permanent growth, ability variants and starting cores. Powerful cores have unlock challenges; a new save starts without one.

From Earth to the Iron Fortress

The base game includes two chapters, an enemy-free Free Mode, two selectable black-hole styles (the two on the left; the right-hand styles are not available yet), Photo Mode and an adjustable miniature-cartoon look. Play with keyboard and mouse in English or Simplified Chinese.

Free demo scope

Play the first part of Earth up to level 16, followed by an ending preview. The demo includes the fiery accretion-disk style; the base game additionally offers the leftmost style, Free Mode and the Singularity Workshop; the two right-hand styles are not available yet. Demo and full-game saves are separate.

The base game is planned for Early Access. See the Early Access section for the current scope and future direction.

The trailer includes development-only appearances. The two right-hand styles are not available in the current release.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some code, images, text, and audio were created with the assistance of generative AI.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8192 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570
    • Storage: 1024 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system