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James H. Van der Meulen · Published by Trash Vomit Studios · Official site ↗
1 user reviews — 100% positive (1 reviews) · 84 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.
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Action, Adventure, RPG · 2023 · More £5 - £15 games
Embark on a rich adventure where your choices shape the story as you navigate treacherous dungeons and unravel complex puzzles in The Knowledge of Hermit, an engaging blend of action and role-playing.
About this game
Take control of a blind old Hermit and his relentless study of an impending corruption.
Explore and solve block puzzles while being while threatened by intense hordes of vermin.
Find and collect abilities that can be used to destroy threats and break puzzles.
Acquire abilities such as the Gun, the Hammer, Double Speed, Spin Attack, Stop Time, Health Extension, Block Bombs, the Shovel, and more
Area specific puzzle mechanics tailored to each environment style.
Open ended puzzles that can be solved in various ways.
Collect Abilities that alter the gameplay in various different ways.
Collect health upgrades to assist in resisting the hordes of vermin.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Dedicated Graphics Card
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Hermit Bubble Patch
Changed the Hermit's speech bubble also added a pause menu prompt button to the ingame HUDRead full article on Community Announcements (Error_Esc)Patch NotesOfficial
Refinement Update
fixed lingering bug thay may have caused some player's game's to crash due to PC processing speedsAdjusted the contrast, saturation and sharpness settings of the gamereworked a ton of code under the hood for quicker, snappier inputs and loading timesadjusted some prompt settingschanged how the Hermit's text bubble functionschanged how the Hermit interacts with interactable objectschanged the Attack Prompt that follows the Hermit to only show up when the player continue their game as a simple reminderRead full article on Community Announcements (Error_Esc)Patch NotesOfficial
Aesthetic and Control Update
Completely changed the aesthetic look of the gameAdded a control type select for Steam/Xbox, Playstation and Keyboard controllers to display the appropriate button prompts corresponding to the player's selectionReplaced all of the prior button prompt sprites with new updated spritesFixed a Maggot animation bugRead full article on Community Announcements (Error_Esc)Patch NotesOfficial
DPI Awareness Visual Patch
Now has built in DPI awareness for better more crisp display of graphics / better visualsAllows for better display performance on 4K screens and/or screens with larger resolutions.Read full article on Community Announcements (Error_Esc)Patch NotesOfficial
Hermit 2.0 Update
changed the design of the Hermit all animation updated with the new designall cutscenes updated with the new designall steam achievement icons updated with the new designall in games icons updated with the new design Entire soundtrack replaced with New trackssome sound effects replaced with new SFXAdded player animation to coincide with using the Gun abilityReworked how the player interacts with all of the threats Reworked how the player interacts with all of the pushable blocks Reworked the player's ability systemreworked and refined collision boxes One enemy sprite completely changed some minor logic and bug fixes replaced the Trash Vomit Studios logo splat with updated versionRead full article on Community Announcements (Error_Esc)
