Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Game
Game2017
Hollow Knight
Developer Team Cherry
Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian independent development studio Team Cherry. The player controls a nameless insectoid warrior (commonly known as "The Knight") in exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a supernatural disease. The game is set in diverse subterranean locations, featuring friendly and hostile insectoid characters and numerous bosses.… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1,246 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
94
LovedLoved
846 positive · 51 negative
95% range 93–96%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 846 | 51 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 68 | 26 | 201 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 23 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
206,354 of 212,892 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
95% recommend · 278 yes, 16 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 294 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (546,938 of 564,360 positive).
Players widely consider Hollow Knight one of the best metroidvanias ever made. [1][2][3] Many praise its beautiful art, haunting music, and rewarding exploration. [4][5][6] Some find the beginning slow or the gameplay frustrating despite its quality. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
I'd like to say that artistically this game is fantastic. So much effort was put into making this game and from the looks, the sounds, the story, and lore this game is really one of a kind. Unfortunately I cannot recommend it because it simply is not a nice game to play. I very much enjoy difficult games and mainly play difficult games but this game for me was not so much difficult; it was just infuriating. At no …
- [1]
THE METROIDVANIA. This alone would be enough for the review. Seriously, you won't find a better metroidvania than this. Not even Silksong could top the original, which is kind of sad. An absolute must play. 10/10
- [4]
I am nearly done getting 112% as of writing this and I am truly at a loss for words. I can't believe I let this game sit in my library for as long as I did without even just beating the main story. This is easily one of my favorite games of all time. The music is absolutely amazing, Christopher Larkin created a masterpiece of an ost that fits SO well within the confines of Hallownest. And where do I begin with the …
- [7]
The first 1 to 2 hours were VERY boring (it gets better after unlocking dash tho), at least for me. Not even gonna lie I was gonna drop the game but i gave it another chance. The game doesnt tell you where to go at all. I know its a metroidvania but i have no experience about them ;-; (I used minimal guide help cuz of that). Basically, THIS GAME IS SO PEAK PLEASE PLAY IT
- [2]
Hollow Knight Review After 100% Both games hollow knight a game that redefined or better yet put a higher standard on what a metroidvanias should be, to this day other games are taking a noticable insipiration from it a good example would be ninesols! (a masterpiece you should play it). i played this after silksong so i can make a comparison with those two games. funny right? i played the hardest and longest one …
Summarised from 34 of the 449 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 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Hollow Knight sits at 94% positive across 897 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Hollow Knight's PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions received "generally favorable" reviews and the Nintendo Switch version received "universal acclaim", according to review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 97% of critics recommended the game. Jed Whitaker of Destructoid praised it as a "masterpiece of gaming" and, on PC Gamer, Tom Marks called it a "new classic". IGN praised Hollow Knight's visuals, sound, music, and "a million other details" in building atmosphere. Critics recognised the combat system as simple and nuanced; they praised its responsiveness, or "tightness", similarly to the movement system. On IGN, Marks stated: "The combat in Hollow Knight is…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 1,246 · 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). 🤍
positive · AI labelView post →Team Cherry told me that Hollow Knight has sold 15 million copies, making it one of the biggest indie games of all time. What's really wild is that in February 2019, when Silksong was announced, Hollow Knight had only sold 2.8 million copies. The full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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 →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 →Congratulations to the amazing people at @teamcherry.bsky.social on the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong. I am currently playing the original Hollow Knight for the first time and I'm totally blown away, so I had to draw a little tribute to celebrate.
positive · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight is brave in giving players no character motivation or inciting incident. That made it challenging for me to enjoy in 2017. In my revisit, I ended the game FILLED with resolute clarity and reason. Hollow Knight is a masterpiece. Happy Silksong. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
positive · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong review: A game that intends to make you suffer, even to its own detriment. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.videogameschronicle.com/review/hollo...
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 →TEAM CHERRY PUT A 50% SALE ON HOLLOW KNIGHT GUYS, NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAY THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!
positive · 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 →Every year at The Game Awards, Hollow Knight, Half-Life, Titanfall, and Bloodborne fans unite in torment.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong is a horrible game.
negative · AI labelView post →(Completed) Steam keys for patient gamers. If you've been waiting to play one of these classics, now's your chance! Just leave a comment with the name of the game you want (please check the comments first to see if someone else has already requested it), and I’ll send you a DM. Also, please limit one per person, so more patient gamers can enjoy, and please redeem right away since keys expire, and let me know when you do so I can take it off the list! - ~~ABZU~~ - ~~BioShock Remastered~~ -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong has been nominated for Best Music at this year’s BAFTA game awards! It’s also in the running for Artistic Achievement and Animation.
neutral · 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 →THE METROIDVANIA. This alone would be enough for the review. Seriously, you won't find a better metroidvania than this. Not even Silksong could top the original, which is kind of sad. An absolute must play. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Meta] Soulslike(-adjacent) Giveaway 2: Electric Boogaloo!. Edit: Please note that being subscribed to the community is a hard requirement to enter! Your comment will not be counted as an entry if you aren't subscribed. Hey guys! As another little thank you to the community, I would like to give back to the community: I’m giving away a number of soulslikes and soulslike-adjacent titles (PC). Here is what you can win (a choice of one per tier): Tier 1 (1x winner): - Lies of P (code) -…
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welcome to the best game you haven’t played...yet! I’m myself is guilty of the crime of not having played this game before, let's change that together! Story Hollow Knight follows a small adventurer Bug who explores the ancient underground kingdom of Hallownest. In the distant path, a probably thriving realm, it has fallen to ruin and strange creatures and remnants of its past now roam its winding tunnels. As you venture deeper and deeper into the vast underground you uncover bits…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#aseprite #pixelart Hollow Knight Card Game (Repost from November 2022)
neutral · AI labelView post →probably the best game ever made. Everything from the map, to the story, the boss fights and npc's is absolute perfection.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back in stock in our official Hollow Knight collection: www.fangamer.com/collections/...
neutral · AI labelView post →good game, but it has a ridiculous amout of bugs, one even tried to take over my dreams. Also makes me want to eat glass at some times. absolute SHAWcinema of a game 10/10 would Recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →that game, Hollow Knight #minathehollower #shovelknight
neutral · 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 Review After 100% Both games hollow knight a game that redefined or better yet put a higher standard on what a metroidvanias should be, to this day other games are taking a noticable insipiration from it a good example would be ninesols! (a masterpiece you should play it). i played this after silksong so i can make a comparison with those two games. funny right? i played the hardest and longest one first. and talking about difficulty i found this game wayyy more easier (not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am nearly done getting 112% as of writing this and I am truly at a loss for words. I can't believe I let this game sit in my library for as long as I did without even just beating the main story. This is easily one of my favorite games of all time. The music is absolutely amazing, Christopher Larkin created a masterpiece of an ost that fits SO well within the confines of Hallownest. And where do I begin with the art direction? The attention to detail is nothing short of amazing and the art is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong is $15.99 on GOG buff.ly/i95drTH also on Game Pass Ultimate
neutral · AI labelView post →Hollow Knight is one of those rare games that feels alive: not just in its world, but in the quiet emotion woven into every corner of Hallownest. The hand-drawn art, haunting music, and subtle storytelling create an atmosphere that stays with you long after you stop playing. Every area feels like a piece of a fallen kingdom still whispering its history, and exploring it is equal parts beautiful and melancholic. The combat and movement are tight, precise, and deeply rewarding. Progress isn’t…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game, which should be evident by my 750 hours playing it. It's difficult, but with practice I'm able to develop strategies to beat the bosses. Learn when and how to dodge, when to make your attacks. Silksong is similar, but ramps up difficult by requiring fast reaction times, which I don't have, possibly because of my age. So, while Silksong has improvements over this original, I think this game is a masterpiece, while Silksong is reducing its target audience at a smaller percentage…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn’t think my first metroidvania would end up being one of my favorite games. Amazing art, amazing music, and the game actually rewards you for exploring instead of rushing through it. Definitely recommend it. CINEMA.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hollow Knight is getting a separate PS5 trophy list www.exophase.com/game/hollow-...
neutral · AI labelView post →After 18 hours of the game and beating like... 2 bosses I believe Team Cherry hates me personally. Will I continue to suffer and try? Yes, I will.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lots of bugs... dead bugs. very fun challenge, love it when a games mechanics just click.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →This game is SO GREAT, the art is beautiful and the story is great! i wish people who come across this review decide to buy it and support the creators,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game redirected my taste for video games. I had more fun playing it than I ever imagined. I managed to achieve every single achievement, play through different randomizers and mods, complete all Pantheons, beat Steel Soul, and defeat almost every boss hitless. So what can I say except: this game is peak. The exploration is fun, the combat is easy to understand but rather hard to master, and the OST is an absolute banger. The game also has a really friendly, supportive community and great…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hollow Knight is a masterpiece. It really helps with stress by replacing it with frustration and broken controllers. 10/10. One minor complaint: the world is FULL OF BUGS, but that’s actually a good thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Thats Fkg Good ☑ Good ☐ Normal ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Get The Money Back ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You Forget What Reality is ☑ Work of Art ☐ Beautiful ☐ Normal ☐ Bad ☐ Pixels ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Beethoven ☑ Very Good ☐ Good ☐ Its Ok ☐ Bad ☐ I'm Now Deaf ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Dark Souls ☐ Hard ☐ Significant Brain Usage ☐ Normal ☐ Easy ☐ Just Press 'W' ---{ World }--- ☑ You Never Get Tired ☐ Full of Things to do ☐ There Could Be More Things ☐ Repetitive ☐ Empty Like a Desert ☐ Linear…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hollow Knight: Silksong wins Best Action/Adventure Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Stop looking at bad reviews and play the game (spoiler-its good)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its very silent and creepy makes the game feel so good random noises ,running into bugs and getting into fights a bit crazy and having souls like scenario is cherry on top
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. The lore is also incredible, especially when you finally piece together why the final boss stabbed himself, as he's actually trying to help you . The soundtrack is amazing. The sealed vessel OST is the only thing that kept me sane during the path of pain. The only downside is that the credits are unskippable.
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