Ling and the Corrupted Hollow

Ling and the Corrupted Hollow

SMU Guildhall · February 17, 2026 · Adventure, 3D Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, Platformer, Puzzle

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About Ling and the Corrupted Hollow

Ling and the Corrupted Hollow is a third-person puzzle-platforming game where players use adorable animal spirits to explore the beautiful Hollow Woods. Possess and control the world around as you search for the soul shards to cleanse the corrupted Tree and restore balance to your home.

Explore the beautiful three different realms to discover the hidden story of the Hollow Woods.

Each Level is set across three themes: the mystical, overgrown vegetation that will have you zig-zagging across the hostile flowers of the “Infested Garden”. Jump across the Clashing tides of the old settlements of “The Corrupted Waters”. Climb your way to the source of the corruption, knocking boulders to build your own path in the “Primordial Shrine”.

Use your spirits to control the world around with possession

Use spirits of the world to possess a variety of objects across The Hollow Woods and manipulate the movement, while also allowing you to run and jump across different platforms and not lose your soul to the corrupted waters that plague the hollow woods.

Platform and solve puzzles across the dangerous corruption that plagues the Hollow woods

Use Ling’s agility with a variety of movement abilities to navigate across the corruption that is infested in all the realms and cleanse your home to restore it to the once-natural home you knew.

Ling and the Corrupted Hollow — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 11, 2026
Like many SMU Guildhall student (if I understand correctly these are student projects) games, this one is very good. The controls are enjoyable, mechanics are interesting, visuals are compelling. Highly recommended
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Recommended Mar 3, 2026
relaxing game
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Not recommended Jul 22, 2026
Прикольно но есть минусы: 1.Плохая оптимизация 2.Мёртвый мир 3.Плохие анимации и баги А так игра на любителя) It's cool, but there are downsides: 1. Poor optimization 2. Lifeless world 3. Bad animations and bugs Otherwise, it's a game that appeals to a specific taste)
Recommended May 20, 2026
A fun puzzle platformer with great ambience and style. This game feels like a warm hug and bit of loving tribute to previous generations of platformer games. The level design is intuitive, and I like the minimalist UI. The gameplay is forgiving and checkpoints are in just the right spot, but level layout will still keep you on your toes... enough to make you lean forward in your chair a bit on some jumps :) Plays well on controller, and has remappable controls on both input options. Even little things like the design of the loading animation and achievements tells you this was made with care. Honestly impressive water esthetics too (raindrops! water flow!).
Recommended Mar 31, 2026
I would have to say that i;m quite impressed with this build, love the atmosphere it creates and the concept of using a spirit to accomplish certain aspects of the game is genius. Great job everyone :)
Recommended Mar 19, 2026
Concise and relaxing game with lovely art and nicely designed levels. Would love to have plushies of the little cuties :3

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