Quick answer: The Hollow is Roblox's official platform-wide Halloween 2026 event, and it goes live Thursday, October 22, 2026. Roblox teased it on October 10 with a single line — "You've met them before. But not like this." — after first hinting at it on September 27 during The Hunt with a Riddling Skull decal. It follows the same format as The Hunt earlier this year: you play a set of participating experiences, finish event quests to earn an event currency, then exchange that currency for free limited UGC items. Roblox has not yet published the official game list or the reward list, so treat any "full lineup" you see elsewhere as a leak — but several games are already running visibly Halloween-themed builds right now (Piggy's live title reads [FRIGHTFUL FOREST] and Dandy's World shows a 🎃). Below is everything confirmed, everything still rumored, and how to be ready on Day 1.
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Key Takeaways
- Start date: Thursday, October 22, 2026 (officially confirmed). A reported 11:00 AM PDT start time is circulating but is not officially confirmed — treat the time as approximate.
- What it is: a platform-wide Halloween event called The Hollow, structured like The Hunt — play participating games → complete quests → earn event currency → redeem for free limited UGC.
- The teaser, verbatim: "You've met them before. But not like this." (Roblox, October 10, 2026) — strongly implying returning/reimagined characters rather than brand-new ones.
- Games: Roblox has not released the official list. Rumored/leaked participants include 99 Nights in the Forest, Piggy, Dandy's World, DOORS, and a Speed Keyboard Escape experience. Several are already visibly Halloween-active (see live player counts below).
- Rewards: not officially confirmed. Any specific "Duck-o-Lantern"-type reward naming is single-source and unverified. Expect free limited UGC accessories, consistent with The Hunt.
- End date: unconfirmed and conflicting across sources (Nov 5 vs Nov 9 reported). Do not plan around an exact end date yet.
Roblox events spike hardest in the first 24–48 hours, and limited UGC rewards are usually capped or time-boxed. The prep you do before October 22 — knowing which games to hit first and what each one rewards — matters more than how early you log in.
What Is The Hollow in Roblox?
The Hollow is Roblox's official Halloween 2026 event — a platform-wide campaign that spans multiple experiences, not a single game. It is the Halloween-season counterpart to The Hunt, the platform-wide event Roblox ran earlier in 2026 where players completed challenges across dozens of games to earn badges and limited items.
Roblox first hinted at The Hollow on September 27, 2026, planting a Riddling Skull decal inside The Hunt's experience. On October 10, 2026, the official teaser landed with a single line: "You've met them before. But not like this." That phrasing is the clearest confirmed signal we have about the theme — it points to returning characters reimagined for Halloween, which lines up with the horror-franchise games already surfacing in the rumored lineup (Piggy, DOORS, Dandy's World).
Importantly, The Hollow is not the same as The Haunt, the 2024 Halloween event. Different name, different year, different structure. If you see a guide referencing "The Haunt" rewards, it's two years out of date.
When Does The Hollow Start?
The Hollow goes live on Thursday, October 22, 2026. That date is officially confirmed by Roblox.
A start time of 11:00 AM PDT is being reported across community coverage, but Roblox has not officially stamped a time, so treat it as a best estimate rather than a hard clock. Roblox's bigger events have historically opened in the late-morning Pacific window, which is consistent with that report, but don't set an alarm to the minute off an unconfirmed number.
The end date is genuinely unclear. Different outlets list November 5 and November 9, 2026, and Roblox hasn't published the closing date. Until it does, assume the event runs roughly two to three weeks and plan to finish your quest grind in the first week to be safe — limited UGC rewards have historically been pulled on or before the listed end.
What Games Are in The Hollow?
Roblox has not released the official participating-game list. This is the single most-asked question right now, and the honest answer is that the lineup is rumored, not confirmed. Here's the current state of each rumored game — and, where it matters, the live evidence that a game is already running Halloween content.
Our Roblox Games API pull on October 17, 2026 at 13:28 UTC showed the following live concurrent player counts for the rumored participants:
- 99 Nights in the Forest — 310,424 players live (30.1 billion lifetime visits). A survival-horror camp builder; the theme fits The Hollow perfectly.
- Dandy's World — 156,838 players live. Its live experience title already carries a 🎃 jack-o-lantern, a strong sign a Halloween build is active or imminent.
- DOORS — 63,263 players live (7.89 billion visits). A horror-entity game; community chatter links a "Candy Vault"-style update to the event, but that connection is fan-sourced, not official.
- Piggy — 16,288 players live. Its live title currently reads Piggy [FRIGHTFUL FOREST] — a visibly Halloween-themed build is live right now.
- Speed Keyboard Escape — named in leaks/trailer silhouettes; unverified.
The silhouettes in the teaser trailer are what most of the leaked lineup is based on — which is exactly why it's a lineup to watch, not a lineup to quote as fact. Wait for Roblox's official event page on October 22 for the confirmed roster.
Two of these are worth flagging as near-certain on the live evidence alone. Piggy's current experience title literally includes "[FRIGHTFUL FOREST]," which is a seasonal Halloween build its developer has already shipped — you don't rename a live game's title for nothing. Dandy's World is carrying a pumpkin emoji in its title, the same tell it used for prior seasonal content. A game doesn't have to be in The Hollow to run its own Halloween update, so this isn't proof — but it's the strongest signal short of Roblox's official page, and it's why these two sit at the top of the "most likely in" list. The rest (DOORS, 99 Nights, Speed Keyboard Escape) rest on trailer silhouettes and community reading, which is a weaker standard.
For scale, the biggest game on all of Roblox right now is Steal An Egg, which our API pull earlier on October 17, 2026 clocked at 2,318,344 concurrent players — more than 7× the largest rumored Hollow game. Whether Steal An Egg joins The Hollow is unconfirmed, but if it does, expect its servers to be the most contested on the platform.
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What Rewards Does The Hollow Give?
The rewards are not officially confirmed. Based on the format of The Hunt, expect free limited UGC accessories — hats, backpacks, auras, and similar cosmetics — unlocked by spending the event currency you earn from quests.
You may see specific reward names circulating (one single-source report named a "Duck-o-Lantern" item). Treat any named reward as unverified until Roblox's event hub lists it. The teaser line — "You've met them before. But not like this" — hints the headline cosmetics may be Halloween reskins of recognizable characters rather than entirely new designs, but that's an inference, not a confirmation.
What is reliable is the mechanism: play participating games → complete event quests → earn event currency → redeem for limited UGC in an event hub. That's how The Hunt worked, and The Hollow is explicitly built on the same template.
How to Prepare for The Hollow
You can't grind quests before the event opens, but you can stack the deck:
- Pre-load the rumored games. Add 99 Nights in the Forest, Dandy's World, DOORS, and Piggy to your favorites now so you can jump in the second quests go live. The first two are the highest-population rumored games and will likely carry the most quest traffic.
- Clear inventory space / sort your UGC. Limited event rewards drop into your avatar inventory; knowing what you want avoids wasting the opening rush.
- Watch the official event hub, not leak threads. The confirmed game list, currency name, and reward list will post on Roblox's event page on October 22. That's the only source that won't be wrong.
- Expect server congestion early. If a top-population game like 99 Nights (310k+ live) is in the lineup, Day-1 servers will be packed. If you want the rewards fast, hit the lower-population rumored games (DOORS, Piggy) first for easier quest completion, then the big ones once the rush thins.
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FAQ
When does The Hollow start in Roblox? The Hollow starts Thursday, October 22, 2026. The date is officially confirmed; a reported 11:00 AM PDT start time is circulating but has not been officially confirmed by Roblox.
What games are in The Hollow event? Roblox has not released the official list. Rumored/leaked participants include 99 Nights in the Forest, Piggy, Dandy's World, DOORS, and a Speed Keyboard Escape game. Piggy and Dandy's World are already running visibly Halloween-themed builds as of October 17, 2026.
What rewards does The Hollow give? Not officially confirmed. Based on The Hunt's format, expect free limited UGC cosmetics earned by completing quests across the participating games and redeeming an event currency. Named rewards circulating now are unverified.
Is The Hollow the same as The Haunt? No. The Haunt was Roblox's 2024 Halloween event. The Hollow is the 2026 event — a different, standalone campaign built on The Hunt's platform-wide quest format.
When does The Hollow end? Unconfirmed. Reports list both November 5 and November 9, 2026, and Roblox hasn't published the closing date. Plan to finish quests in the first week to be safe.
Are there codes for The Hollow? No. The Hollow is an in-platform quest event with its own event currency — there are no redemption codes. Ignore any site promising "The Hollow codes."
The Bottom Line
The Hollow is Roblox's official Halloween 2026 event, confirmed to start October 22, built on The Hunt's proven play-games → quests → event currency → free limited UGC loop. The start date and format are locked; the game list, reward list, exact start time, and end date are not — so anyone quoting a "full lineup" today is reading leaks. The safest move is to favorite the rumored games now (99 Nights in the Forest, Dandy's World, DOORS, Piggy — the first two are the biggest), watch the official event hub on launch day, and be ready to grind in the first 48 hours when the limited rewards are freshest. We'll update this guide with the confirmed roster and rewards the moment the event goes live.
Live player counts pulled from the official Roblox Games API on October 17, 2026 at 13:28 UTC. Event facts verified against Roblox's official teaser (October 10, 2026) and multiple community sources; confirmed and rumored details are labeled throughout.
