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Hollowtaper

Hollowtaper is a hand-painted gothic survivors-like where light is territory: kindle lanterns to hold ground through the night, face the Rival armed with the cards you refused and the ghost of your last night, alone or in co-op.

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About the game

The parishes of Hollowmere have gone dark, and you carry the last lantern.

Hollowtaper is a survivors-like where light is territory: every lantern you kindle holds its ground all night, every card you refuse arms your Rival, and the night you lost comes back as a ghost. Alone, or with a friend on one screen or online.

Key features

  1. Light is territory

    Your kills leave hallowed ground that holds you up. Iron lanterns stand unlit across every parish; kindle one and that ground stays lit all night. Beacons, caches and shrines wait where the dark is deepest.

  2. The night remembers you

    The Hollow Wick, your Rival, comes at midnight armed with the cards you refused. Your last night returns as an Echo: a ghost with your old build if you fell, an ally from first light if you made it.

  3. Four parishes and the Last Lamp

    Hollowmere Moor, the Drowned Chapel, Midnight Belfry, Blood Moon Barrens and the Last Lamp, each with its own rule, its own creatures and three crowns to take. Two Omens roll every night; a night code replays any night.

  4. Seventeen wick-bearers

    Each with a trait, a Wick Surge and a deed that wakes them. Twelve weapons with two Kindling Rites each, unions, elemental reactions and Dark Offers that trade power for curses.

  5. Carry a wick together

    Local co-op on one screen, online co-op by room code.

  6. Painted, scored, saved

    Gothic hand-painted art, music that follows the fight, and saves that never break: slots, export codes, resumable nights.

Trailer

Download the trailer (MP4, 1080p) · 21.4 MB. A high-bitrate master for broadcast or editing is available on request.

Screenshots

1920 × 1080, captured from the current development build. Click one to download it.

  • Gameplay: a lantern flares to life on Hollowmere Moor, rings of light spreading over the creatures around it.
  • Gameplay: a bearer fights the Clockwork Abbot on the clock floor of the Midnight Belfry.
  • Gameplay: the Hollow Wick's name card appears as he arrives on the moor.
  • Gameplay: Brother Aldous holds a ring of light on the flooded chapel stones.
  • Gameplay: Mireille fights a crowd among bone candles on the Blood Moon Barrens.
  • Gameplay: Ferris sends a beam of light across the Belfry floor.
  • Gameplay: Sister Vesper among floating stone in the Outer Dark.
  • A level-up choice of three cards: a new passive, a new weapon and a weapon upgrade.
  • The Wick-House: a candle-lit room where the Order, the Board and the Vigil wait between nights.

Logos and key art

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The wick-bearers

  • Portrait of WrenWrenthe Lamplighter
  • Portrait of Brother AldousBrother Aldousthe Chandler
  • Portrait of MireilleMireillethe Bellringer
  • Portrait of CorvinCorvinthe Ashwarden
  • Portrait of IsoldeIsoldethe Moth-Witch
  • Portrait of BrigidBrigidthe Pyre-Keeper
  • Portrait of TobiasTobiasthe Tinker
  • Portrait of Sister VesperSister Vesperthe Pale Nun
  • Portrait of GrimsbyGrimsbythe Rat-Catcher
  • Portrait of OswinOswinthe Glassblower
  • Portrait of Mother HollisMother Hollisthe Herbalist
  • Portrait of EmberEmberthe Lantern Hound
  • Portrait of Ser UlricSer Ulricthe Bell-Knight
  • Portrait of SilasSilasthe Gambler
  • Portrait of FerrisFerristhe Ferryman
  • Portrait of LumenLumenthe Child of Dawn
  • Portrait of The Hollow WickThe Hollow Wickthe Rival

About Tapermoth

Tapermoth is the independent studio behind Hollowtaper.

Contact

For review keys, interviews and assets, write to [email protected].