Grow through four seasons
Spring blossom, summer gold, autumn leaves, snow on the roofs. Every season changes the land and what's worth planting.
Coming soon · A farming & survival game
Hollowstead
A farm. A dog. A lantern to keep lit. Someone left you a farm at the edge of a quiet valley, with one condition: never let the lanterns go out. Grow through four seasons by day. By night, the Hollowed come out of the trees.
Farming & survival
Four seasons
An endless mine
A story that remembers
No ads
iPhone & iPad
See it in action
A year on the farm, a night at the fence, the Deep and Fort Callow, straight from the game.
A year on the farm
Every day starts in the fields and ends at the fence line. In between, the valley is yours.
Fort Callow
A walled town of people starting again, guarded by old steam-men. Help them, keep their secrets, fall for one of them. They remember.
Trade and cook
Sell what you grow, buy what you can't, and cook proper meals to keep you going through the long days.
A dog that comes back for you
A scruffy dog finds you every time you fall and drags you home. It smells trouble before you see it.
When the light goes
The Hollowed are the dead who got up again. By night they test your fences, and later in the year they stop waiting for dark.
Build defences
Put up fences and walls where they come through, and mend what they break before the next visit.
Set traps
Lay traps along the paths they take, so fewer of them ever reach the house.
Light lanterns
Light pushes the dark back. Keep the lanterns burning and you'll see them coming.
The Callow Deep
Under the old town lies a mine with no bottom anyone has found. It's never the same twice.
New floors every visit
The Deep shifts between trips, so every descent is a new one.
Better ore the deeper you go
The further down you dare, the richer the ore for your tools and your defences.
The Lanternkeepers' pages
Twelve pages lie sealed in glowing seams down the mine. Each tells a little more of what happened below.
Your first year, your story
The story runs across your first year in five chapters, and the choices you make change who stands with you when it counts. Or play Casual: no story, just the farm and the people.
Casual
No story. Just the farm, the seasons and the people of the valley.
Survival
The full story, with the Hollowed at your fences. The way Hollowstead is meant to be played.
Hardcore
Survival with real stakes. One fall can cost you the farm.
Try it, then keep it
Chapter 1 is free to play. If you want the rest of the year, a single one-time purchase unlocks the full game, for good. No ads and no subscription.
Your farm stays yours
No adsNothing interrupts the season.
No accounts, no trackingThe whole game runs on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
iPhone & iPadPlay on the phone in your pocket or on the bigger screen.
Frequently asked questions
When can I play Hollowstead?
Hollowstead is in development and coming to the App Store for iPhone and iPad. We'll link it here as soon as it's live.
Is Hollowstead free?
Chapter 1 is free to play, with no ads. A single one-time purchase unlocks the full game. There is no subscription.
Who are the Hollowed?
The dead who got up again after the Blight. They test your fences at night, and later by day too. Defences, traps and lanterns keep them out.
Can I just farm?
Yes. Casual has no story: just the farm, the seasons and the people. Survival and Hardcore bring the full story and the Hollowed.
What is the Callow Deep?
An endless mine under the old town, with new floors on every visit, better ore the deeper you go, and the Lanternkeepers' pages to find. Every fifth floor has a quick way home.
Are there ads or tracking?
No. There are no ads and no tracking, and the whole game runs on your device.