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The Hollowing
An incremental first-person voxel mining game about tearing an entire mountain apart, one layer at a time. Cut rock with a laser drill, sell the ore, and upgrade everything — wider drills, longer batteries, a fleet of drones that keep digging while you're away.

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Features
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Family Sharing
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Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔
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Planned Release Date: Mar 10, 2027

This game plans to unlock in approximately 3 months

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About This Game

You start as a printed clone with a laser drill, a limited pack, and a battery that doesn't last forever. In front of you: an entire mountain.

The Hollowing is a first-person voxel mining game built around one simple, weirdly satisfying idea — you can actually level the whole thing. Cut through rock layer by layer, haul the ore back to base, sell it, and pour the credits into a wider drill, a longer-lasting battery, or a fleet of drones that keep digging while you go do something else.

As you dig deeper, the mountain visibly shrinks. What starts as a peak towering over your base ends as a hole in the ground — and there's something waiting at the bottom of it.

KEY FEATURES

  • Level an entire mountain, layer by layer — progress carries across deaths, sessions, and saves

  • A 59-node upgrade tree: wider drills, longer battery life, faster movement

  • Automate the grind with a fleet of up to 24 mining drones

  • Sprint, jetpack, hover thrusters, and a dash that instantly clears anything in its path

  • Something is buried under the mountain

  • Full keyboard, mouse, and controller support

This is a solo project, and the current build already carries dozens of small fixes that came straight from players testing the free demo — upgrade names, controls, bugs, balance. If you've got thoughts once you've played, I want to hear them.

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AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

The store capsule artwork was edited with a generative AI tool and an AI coding assistant was used during development

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core with SSE4.2, e.g. Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, e.g. Intel UHD 620 / GeForce GT 730 / Radeon R7 240
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 / Radeon RX 560 or better
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 11 Big Sur (Intel) / macOS 13 Ventura (Apple Silicon)
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 (2015+) or Apple M1
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel Iris / Apple M1 integrated
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 13 or newer
    • Processor: Apple M1 or better
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 or better
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: 64-bit, e.g. Ubuntu 22.04 / SteamOS 3
    • Processor: Quad-core with SSE4.2, e.g. Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, Mesa 22+ or proprietary driver
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 24.04 or equivalent
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 / Radeon RX 560 or better
    • Storage: 500 MB available space