Drake Hollow
Welcome to The Hollow, a blighted and dying place, and home to the Drakes. Drakes are the vegetable folk native to these parts, and they need your help. They’re hungry, thirsty, and need a place to sleep. They can literally die of boredom. It’s on you to save them. Build gardens to provide them with food, wells for water, and yoga balls and puppet shows to keep them entertained. Even treadmills and solar panels to generate power for Tesla coils and electric fences, as you will quickly see they need some protecting… The Drakes aren’t the only residents of The Hollow – The Feral have overrun the land, looking to shred anything happy or good. Battle them one-on-one with a wide array of weapons ranging from tennis rackets to nail guns, bring your friends to lend a hand, and build your defenses so you can take them out without lifting a finger. Travel from region to region, season to season, taking the Drakes and their village with you. Each region is over a square mile of territory to explore, dynamically generated and populated with each passing season. You must balance your time carefully. What supplies are most crucial at any given moment? What does your village need? Metal from the supply caches to build your defenses, or crystals from the blighted regions to grow your Drakes? Prove that you’ve got what it takes to help the Drakes and take back The Hollow.
Game Discussion
Steam User 9
This is a fun game, my son and I loved playing it together, but I'm disappointed that the developer let it die. There could have been more patches, additions and DLCs or expansions sold for the game. Once my son and I finished it we put it down and haven't touched this in over a year. The funny thing is we both remember it and we keep coming back hoping that maybe there's a DLC or an update. So yes I recommend this game, but I don't recommend you pay full price, make sure it's on sale if you pick it up because there's been no updates since 2021.
Steam User 8
after playing this game for like 20 hours and finishing it, I can say that I was overall really satisfied with it.
the mechanics were really easy to learn, the combat is decent and gathering resources is fun (that was probably my favorite part of the game).
as for the graphics, they were quite good, i really liked the theme of the game.
and lastly, the story. it was quite good but soon it became boring due to being soooo long.
overall I had an amazing experience playing this game and I think it definetly deserves more attention!
Steam User 5
Decent game. Grab on sale. All the negative reviews are justified tbh but the game is relatively fun playing co-op. If you could only buy one game and you had multiple choices, probably better off with the other option.
Steam User 3
I played this back on xbox when it was still on game pass. Drake Hollow... Where to start?
I want to start with the cons, I think.
The story feels... Kind of bland. Repetitive. Once you've done one location, you've done them all. Every thing that there is to do, becomes a wash, rinse, repeat of the last time you did it. The character customisation is generally good, but there are a lot of places it could be improved(which is more personal preference than anything.)
However. When you play this with friends, and you get to make a sanctuary for the drakes... It's just... really, really fun. The music is amazing, the art is incredibly impressive, and it's generally just a really good game. If you want to play a combative game, but you don't want the stress or pressure of one, Drake Hollow is a great one.
Steam User 3
It is a fun game and I'm glad that I got it while it was on sale. It has some really cool and unique ideas such as the connecting of the waypoints as both a supply pipeline and a fast travel of sorts. The drakes are also super cute. My biggest complaint is that there is a ton of repetition. Once I completed the first area and moved on to the second I was really hoping for new enemies and a new environment but it pretty much ended up being more of the same. The raids also become tiring because it becomes a rinse and repeat of the same enemies, just higher level and more of them, defend your base, repair, every 30 minutes. It went from "Oh no! An incoming raid!" to *eyeroll* " an incoming raid" whenever I was out and about.
Overall I have enjoyed the game. It has flaws and I don't think I would have paid full price for it but if you can catch it on a sale I would say it is definitely worth it.
Steam User 3
Very fun game I didn't think I would enjoy as much as I have. I love the art style and the physics are very nice (being thrown across the camp by the spinning things is both fun and an excellent way to get to raiding enemies quickly on the other side of the camp). Wish you could unlock skills like double jumping or more dashes in a row (preferably not as Drake Abilities). I like to ZOOM and I can not zoom as much as I would like (I'm blaming my ADHD).
As frustrating as the enemies can be at times, it was mostly due to my lack of skill in the combat area, making me over-rely on healing and – more often than I care to admit – screaming "PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST DIE ALREADY" as I flee for my life from a massive herd of demons that spawned from a black, spiky, bloated blemish of the earth. The Blunderbuss and the proximity mines are your best friends.
Wish campaign mode had the world setting adjustments that sandbox mode does; I like exploring the world but having to come back to camp every 10 minutes to feed/heal my drakes so they don't die was more distracting than fun (even if they are super cute little guys who are always happy to see you and bring you gifts).
Multiplayer is nice but you have to buy the game from the same store or you can't play together. My friend bought it on GOG.com and even though we both unlocked multiplayer, couldn't play together because we'd bought it from different online stores. She is still waiting on her refund to repurchase it from steam so we can play.
All around very good game! I genuinely enjoy it a lot and it's become my morning chill game. Drakes are adorable and helpful, and their little noises are very cute. 9/10
Steam User 1
This game is very fun. Plenty to do and sandbox and story mode. Also plenty of options to customize your game.