Game Overview
Hollow Wish looks like a dusty outlaw colony, but its rusted settlements and industrial tunnels hide a stranger, darker history. Blade Kitten is a colorful 2.5D action-platformer built around Kit Ballard, a pink-haired feline bounty hunter pursuing criminals across this shell-like planetoid. Her attitude keeps the tone playful and comic-book styled, while the background story of a shattered people and mysterious Darques gives the adventure more weight than its bright visuals initially suggest. Kit’s sentient floating sword, the Darque Blade, is both her signature weapon and the source of the game’s most unusual movement ideas.
Levels send Kit running, jumping, climbing, sliding, and wall-leaping through layered sci-fi environments packed with hostile drones, armed thugs, hazards, and hidden routes. Combat centers on directing the hovering blade through close-range combos and charged strikes, with encounters generally favoring momentum and crowd control over demanding technical precision. Platforming becomes the main challenge as stages introduce vertical routes, moving machinery, tricky jumps, and opportunities to ride or use the blade in traversal. Bounty objectives, collectibles, and alternate paths encourage players to look beyond the straight route to the finish, while Skiffy occasionally joins the action as a useful companion.
What separates Blade Kitten from standard mascot platformers is its mix of Australian comic-book personality, anime-influenced character design, and a weapon that feels integrated into both fighting and navigation. The presentation is deliberately loud and stylized, with Kit’s wisecracks and the bizarre inhabitants of Hollow Wish supplying much of its charm. It is not a punishing character-action game in the vein of Devil May Cry; its closest appeal lies with players who enjoy the exploratory platforming of Ratchet & Clank or the eccentric tone of older console action adventures. Fans of colorful sci-fi worlds, collectible hunting, and accessible swordplay will find a distinctive, lightly offbeat ride here.
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Installation
- Select the Download button at the top of this page to open UploadHaven.
- On UploadHaven, wait for any countdown, then select Free Download. Optional: UploadHaven Pro for faster downloads.
- When complete, extract the archive to a Blade Kitten folder using 7-Zip.
- Open the extracted folder and start the game normally.
- For errors, check Setup Guide & Troubleshooting below. Keep your security software enabled.
System Requirements
- OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista SP2, 7
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 +3800 or better
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon X1800 or NVIDIA GeForce 7800 or better
- DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 3GB free
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
Setup Guide & Troubleshooting
How do I fix missing DLL errors for Blade Kitten?
After extracting Blade Kitten, navigate to the _Redist or _CommonRedist folder inside the game directory and install DirectX, Vcredist, and any other dependencies included.
What should I do if the downloaded file is corrupted?
The full archive is 1.06 GB — make sure your download completed fully before extracting. Use 7-Zip to extract the files. If you still see a "file corrupted" error, re-download and try again.
Do I need to run the game as administrator?
Usually, no. Start the game normally from the extracted folder. If you see a permissions or save error, check that the folder is writable and follow the game's documented fix. Only grant administrator access when a trusted game's specific setup requires it.
How do I update my GPU drivers for this game?
The game won't launch — what should I try?
Check that extraction completed and your PC meets the system requirements. Note any error message before choosing a fix. If it identifies a missing runtime, install the required DirectX components or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft.
My antivirus is blocking the game — is it safe?
A warning needs to be investigated; the download source alone cannot confirm that a file is safe. Keep your security software enabled and review the detection details. Do not run or restore a flagged file unless you have verified that it is a false positive. If you are unsure, leave it quarantined.