From Press Release:
Berlin, October 14, 2026 – Ukrainian independent studio Twigames and German independent publisher Crunchy Leaf Games have announced that their upcoming narrative survival RPG Hollow Home (Steam) will be launching on Steam and self-published on Xbox this January 27. Inspired by Disco Elysium and This War of Mine, Hollow Home puts the player in the role of Maksym, a 14-year-old boy alone in a city under siege, trying to survive.
In Hollow Home, there are no weapons, no battles, no combat. Instead, Maksym faces impossible choices and challenges no teenager should face. The weight of a life dismantled, the impact of war on those living in it and the moral cost of every small choice. Relationships are key. The people Maksym meets can help him get through each day, and every conversation can change what happens next. Maksym will have to make choices and learn to live with the consequences.
The game is inspired by real events of the russian invasion and the siege of Mariupol. Maksym’s journey begins on the last normal day he will remember, 24 hours before the invasion. The city is still whole. When he wakes up the next morning, everything has changed.
“We started working on Hollow Home in the spring of 2022, a few weeks after the full-scale invasion began. At first it was our way to deal with what was happening around us. Making a game about the war while you are still living through it is hard, and there were weeks when it was hard to think about anything else. We kept going because we want people around the world to see what this war means for ordinary families who stay in their city and try to get through one more day. Hollow Home was funded on Kickstarter in August 2026, where 558 backers took the campaign to 140% of its goal, we thank all of them.” – Valerii Minenko, founder of Twigames
Main Features
- Deep dialogue and branching questlines that shape a story with multiple endings. Every character has a story, every conversation is a choice that may carry a heavy weight, shaping the world and yourself. You will have to prioritise, sacrifice and decide what and who matters most.
- A city that changes with each passing day. Three explorable districts, shaped by the siege.
- No weapons, no battles. Your biggest challenges are moral decisions based on human connections with the characters you meet along your journey.
- Made in Ukraine. Developed by Twigames in Kyiv, a team living through the same war and researching the stories of those who survived the siege.
A free demo is available on Steam now. You can follow the news about Hollow Home here and the publisher Crunchy Leaf Games here.
About Twigames
Twigames is an independent game studio founded in 2015 and based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Hollow Home is its first original game. Development started in 2022, and the team has kept working on it through the full-scale war. Founder Valerii Minenko also started the Kyiv Indies Meetup in 2017.
About Crunchy Leaf Games
Crunchy Leaf Games is an independent game developer and publisher based in Berlin, Germany, led by founder Max Dohme. The studio made Galactic Glitch and Crystal Clash, and publishes Hollow Home.
