Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Game
Game2017
Hollow
Developer MMEU
“I didn't care about this ship… facility… whatever… Had to… Something, deep in my brain, deep in my flesh, boiled inside to remember…” From the Steam store page
488 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
32
Rotten
35 positive · 76 negative
95% range 24–41%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 68 | 27 | 267 |
| Steam reviews | 35 | 76 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
35 of 115 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
32% recommend · 35 yes, 76 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 111 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Negative (113 of 317 positive).
Players are split on Hollow, with many praising its atmosphere but criticizing its bugs and performance. [1][2][3][4] Some reviewers enjoy the Dead Space-inspired horror and visuals, calling it a gem. [1][3][5] Others find the game broken, with poor mechanics and frequent crashes. [4][6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
This is a solid little Horror game that makes very good use of its sound and lighting mechanics. I am thoroughly impressed. The game does have an Indie Flavor, its very linear but the Devs really do a great job of using this to their advantage and create a very claustrophobic and creepy environment. The budget does show a little with some cringe worthy dialogue, the random collection of Girlie Pictures, and in …
- [5]
WOW. Holy ♥♥♥♥ Hollow is a little gem I stumbled upon at the early morning hours in a drunken stupor, along side with apple pie. So i thought to myself "eh, hey, why not. Some of the best games are Indie Games!" so i bought it. Sadly, the fps drops were horrid on release, so i waited for a patch to play in 4k and fully utilize my 1080 TI. And wow the devs sure delivered on that. MOSTLY 60 fps, settings MAX motion …
- [4]
Trying really hard to like this game. The survival horror atmosphere is there and is actually pretty solid, but the gameplay mechanics just don't work at all. It's very easy to save your game at a point where you have no viable options moving forward, forcing a complete restart of the game. There is no melee to fall back on. There is weird mouse lag (only on 1 axis.. it's not a vsync thing) that makes quick precise …
- [7]
Unfortunately I cannot recommend Hollow. I could write a lengthy review, but for your sakes here's a summary. Pros: -cool atmosphere -mixture of all known AAA titles (like Dead Space etc) -a bit of gore -umm... lots of naked breasts? Cons: -changing settings causes game to crash -lots of bugs -I have an OC'ed 1080 EVGA GTX with all new shiny parts in my pc (Prey on max settings has 80-100fps) and here at max I get …
- [14]
A poorly made and amateurish game. Not worth playing even for free. Maybe come back if they ever fix the wrench and some of the numerous other design flaws and bugs. - There are countless and obvious holes in the map, starting in the very beginning of the game. - FPS can drop from 70 to 17 for a while after killing an NPC. Probably due to a ragdoll bug. - There are frequent other triggers for stalls and FPS drops, …
Summarised from 34 of the 252 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Hollow sits at 32% positive across 111 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 488 · most liked firstFour days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September. Release times: 7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST Game price: USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300
neutral · AI labelView post →The hunt is on! Hollow Knight: Silksong is available now on all platforms, including day one on Xbox Game Pass!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available September 4 on all platforms and day one on Xbox Game Pass! Watch the release trailer: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c
neutral · AI labelView post →Metroidvanias are either Protestant or Catholic. Castlevania? Catholic, of course. Metroid? Protestant. Blasphemous is Catholic. Dead Cells, Protestant. Hollow Knight is Protestant, but Hollow Knight: Silksong is Catholic. That's why people are complaining the game is hard. Cause it's Catholic now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight Silksong reviews are in! IGN - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!! GamesRadar - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!! Metacritic - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!! Gamespot - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!! NintendoLife - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!! Game Informer - FUUUCK!! I HATE IT!!
neutral · AI labelView post →'Hollow Knight: Silksong' has a boss named Seth who is a tribute to a fan who passed away from cancer Team Cherry collaborated with Seth before his death to bring his character into the game
neutral · AI labelView post →And my another old Hollow Knight fanart (still love this moment in game so much). 🤍
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 51st day of Pride Month. To celebrate, here's Hollow Knight: Silksong, the latest indie game loved by trans people whose coder came out as trans publicly after the game was out
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out this Pure Vessel costume my wife MADE for my son this Halloween (it’s from the Hollow Knight video game franchise)!! She can do pert near anything. Happy Spooky Season yall.
neutral · AI labelView post →Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 is finally OUT! Our vision was to make a game where your choices *actually* matter, instead of just being window dressing. 930,000 branching words later, no two runs should ever feel the same. If Slay the Princess has no wrong decisions, Scarlet Hollow has no right ones.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong will be playable in September 2025 at an Australian museum (Melbourne) as part of a video game exhibition called Game Worlds www.ign.com/articles/hol...
neutral · AI labelView post →Game of the Year nominees at #TheGameAwards • ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ • ‘Death Stranding 2’ • ‘Donkey Kong Bananza’ • ‘Hades II’ • ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ • ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’
neutral · AI labelView post →Today on GamesHub, a website with very real authors, Tanaka Haruto is promoting "upcoming" video game "Hollow Knight: Silksong" confirmed to released in Q3 2026. "When Silksong lands, it won’t just dominate the 2026 discussion in Australia; it will be the center of the global gaming conversation."
neutral · AI labelView post →The Hollow Knight from the hit indie game, Hollow Knight. #hollowknight
neutral · AI labelView post →Team Cherry confirms there will be no pre-orders for 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Game releases on September 4
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight Silksong releases on September 4th. The game will have over 200 enemies and over 40 bosses.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight Silksong has sold 7 million copies, "alongside millions more playing on Xbox Game Pass"
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam backer codes have been sent out this morning. Game releases in about ~22 hours
neutral · AI labelView post →Reddit opinions on Hollow Knight 10 years ago #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes! ANY updates we make to Scarlet Hollow will be free to anyone who owns to game. We don't believe in gating story content behind an extra paywall. When you buy the game you buy the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong is a horrible game.
negative · AI labelView post →I'm so giddy to be playing a Hollow Knight game again
positive · AI labelView post →Best Action Game goes to Hollow Knight Silksong Best Art Direction - Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Best Sim/Strategy Game - Final Fantasy Tactics Ivalice Chronicles Best Debut Indie Game - Clair Obscur Expedition 33
neutral · AI labelView post →hollow knight silksong is the first "turn A" or Ɐ game. they're calling it Ɐ Hollow Knight
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight as a 3DS game 🐞 #hollowknight
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely LOVED the chance to tattoo this Hollow Knight piece! Adore the colours and vibe of that game and I had so much fun putting this together! #tattoos #hollowknight
positive · AI labelView post →Scarlet Hollow???? Why are you the game of all time LMAO
neutral · AI labelView post →#aseprite #pixelart Hollow Knight Card Game (Repost from November 2022)
neutral · AI labelView post →Trying really hard to like this game. The survival horror atmosphere is there and is actually pretty solid, but the gameplay mechanics just don't work at all. It's very easy to save your game at a point where you have no viable options moving forward, forcing a complete restart of the game. There is no melee to fall back on. There is weird mouse lag (only on 1 axis.. it's not a vsync thing) that makes quick precise reaction impossible. I don't want to be overly negative because it's clear a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first episode of Scarlet Hollow is free, and your progress automatically carries over into the full game.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW FAV SONIC GAME SPEEDY HOLLOW #BooTheART #werework
positive · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong will be playable at Gamescom 2025, Microsoft and developer Team Cherry have announced. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hollow-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong is $15.99 on GOG buff.ly/i95drTH also on Game Pass Ultimate
neutral · AI labelView post →#aseprite #pixelart Hollow Knight Card Game (Repost from November 2022)
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight is getting a separate PS5 trophy list www.exophase.com/game/hollow-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight physical releases pre-orders Hollow Knight: Silksong (Switch 2 / PS5 / Xbox): bit.ly/4oXcwAB Hollow Knight (Switch 2 / PS5): bit.ly/4gd83r2 game is on card
neutral · AI labelView post →Post game Hollow #hollowknight
neutral · AI labelView post →I am genuinely distraught that I have to not recommend this game, but there's no damn way this game is "finished". Yes, I am aware there's planned to be a Hollow 2 (probably even a 3rd one), but man... I'm sorry, but I was aware this game was janky, maybe had issues, but this? This game doesn't even have an excuse for being this janky, bugridden, unbalanced, and nauseating to play. I first got eyes for this game when I saw the excellently made trailer (the one that switches back and forth…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong wins Best Action/Adventure Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow knight Game Boy style pixel art
neutral · AI labelView post →[Frame] Steam Frame streaming on Fedora Linux. I posted earlier about initial impressions and how VR streaming wasn't working on Fedora but I did finally get that working so I figured I'd post an update. Last week I had installed some codecs that were recommended to me by a user in the other thread but that only got the "pancake" game streaming working. After installing all of the codecs for AMD here, the VR streaming started to work:…
neutral · AI labelView post →'Castlevania- Belmont's Curse' is a good metroidvania in the veins of Hollow Knight. As a Castlevania game, it is very dissapointing. If you want Castlevania play Bloodstained, there's 3 games with a 4th on the way. Shoutouts to Timespinner and Magnavale: Eternal Soul.
neutral · AI labelView post →While not voice acted, I feel obligated to plug the devs' other game, Scarlet Hollow, as well. If I ever stop telling people to play Scarlet Hollow, I have died.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately I cannot recommend Hollow. I could write a lengthy review, but for your sakes here's a summary. Pros: -cool atmosphere -mixture of all known AAA titles (like Dead Space etc) -a bit of gore -umm... lots of naked breasts? Cons: -changing settings causes game to crash -lots of bugs -I have an OC'ed 1080 EVGA GTX with all new shiny parts in my pc (Prey on max settings has 80-100fps) and here at max I get 65fps and during fights it drops to 13fps. -1.5h gameplay including cutscenes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all i bought it with the discount for only 2€ and i was glad i did that, because this game isn't even worth the money. *SPOILER ALERT*!!!! The Story is pretty boring, because you and your girlfriend are on a spacestation/ship with insanity problems and you try to activate every reactor only to flee with a shuttle and wait for the next game (Hollow 2). By the way you get the information from yourself that your girlfriend already died...., so ♥♥♥♥ that. Gameplay: You have 3 weapons in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. Scarlet Hollow. A game that cares more about paying attention to player choice than any I've seen in a minute. Great writing, great characters, can't wait for the final chapter. 2. Dressmaker. You make dresses. It's fun and cute. 3. Disco Elysium if you haven't played it. My GOAT. (con't)
positive · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight fanart - fog canyon. Hollow Knight fanart - fog canyon [Sauce](https://nitter.meowing.monster/LianaRynty/status/2114102144542429643#m) #hollowknight #gameart #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s rare I give out a 10/10 but Sleepy Hollow is one of my all time favourites. Everyone is on top of their game. It looks spectacular and the 4K remaster really lets it shine. Everything from sound design, costumes, production, lighting and that brilliant Danny Elfman score. One of Burtons best.
positive · AI labelView post →Some Hollow Knight art! Such a fun game, so glad I played it on stream for the first time! Amazing community and amazing game! 🖤 #hollowknight #art #drawing
positive · AI labelView post →Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is getting review bombed to hell. But god DAMN it's a good game. It's Hollow Knight level hard, though. Even with the very generous difficulty sliders, the platforming requires a lot of rapid rhythm repetition. But if that appeals to you, it's GOOD. Real good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice gfx and shaders. Good technical level and atmoshpere. But all the rest is grade Beta/Unpolished unfortunately and lazy devs seem not to care. Another abandoned game with potentials.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a solid little Horror game that makes very good use of its sound and lighting mechanics. I am thoroughly impressed. The game does have an Indie Flavor, its very linear but the Devs really do a great job of using this to their advantage and create a very claustrophobic and creepy environment. The budget does show a little with some cringe worthy dialogue, the random collection of Girlie Pictures, and in particularly with the creature types, but the environments are very lovely. I highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought this had potential.. I mean, it looks pretty nice, no? The voice-acting may be rather meh-meh but it's not like I expected any in the first place.. It also plays sort of okay. It's a survival horror thing at its core so everything is as you'd expect. Insanely clunky combat paired with extremely limited health and ammo - in fact you'll be in for a painful surprise the first time you reload your firearm and notice all the remaining ammo in your magazine will be lost when you load a new…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game to lovers of horror, classic creepy abandoned station full of untold misery, it isnt free tho.. and it could be better. Heres the issue, the game looks beautiful. However, why is there no optimization available at the main menu, and why isnt it in english from the get go?? My recording lagged so much which happened only because the game was running at full capacity and so was xsplit, I couldnt even minimize or exit the game screen to change my recording settings, and i…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adam started playing Outer Wilds last night because it's important to me and I fell asleep watching him explore Brittle Hollow, and now I'm listening to the soundtrack on the way to MCM and fighting back tears bc this game means so much to me
positive · AI labelView post →So this game officially went into my trash at about the 40 minutes mark. I had spent ages walking around aimlessly a couple times before, but this time was different. The game told me these giants made of boobs were pointless to fight, and to avoid them. Turns out you have to kill it to make a random wall dissapear so you can progress. I couldn't figure this one out the first try, so I ended up letting the giant made of boobs kill me. It took me back to the nearest checkpoint which was ages…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little piece of gaming history: The original thread from 2014 showing the announcement of Hollow Knight. The game wasn't even made in Unity at this point!
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty buggy and needs some work. As of this date, 11/19/2017, Ive been able to play about 20 minutes into it and it just crashes to desktop on loading now. From what I have been able to play, the sounds are way too loud and when you encounter an enemy you get bogged down in low fps land. I like the concept and I like what Ive seen so far and I think it has a lot of promise once the issues are resolved.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lives up to its name.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's give this a try #promosky My name is Emanuel, I'm a 39yo guy from Costa Rica 🤘 Rock and Metal Music 🎮 Video games 🎵 Video game music 🕹️ Retro games 🤼♀️ Wrestling ⚔️ Some anime 📺 TV shows 🎥 Movies 🌫️ Silent Hill 🧟 Resident Evil 🐺 Bloodborne 🪲 Hollow Knight Always looking for friends
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