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  • Summary: Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award-winning action-adventure.

    Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to this unfamiliar world, Hornet must
    Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award-winning action-adventure.

    Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to this unfamiliar world, Hornet must battle foes and solve mysteries as she ascends on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom's peak.

    Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
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  1. Sep 10, 2025
    100
    Team Cherry once again proves their mastery with Hollow Knight: Silksong, a must-play Metroidvania that shines in combat, platforming, and exploration. With breathtaking visuals, a superb soundtrack, and a richly detailed world, it offers an adventure that feels both authentic and absorbing. Though its punishing difficulty demands full focus, the reward of overcoming its trials is unmatched.
  2. Dec 18, 2025
    98
    When I rolled credits for the third and final time, I put my controller down and let my thoughts and feelings carry me. The last third had some of the best moments in the title, and I can confidently say that Hollow Knight: Silksong is better than the first game in almost every single way. More agile, more expressive, more fun, more… everything. Hollow Knight ran so that Silksong could sprint.
  3. Sep 23, 2025
    95
    You can see Team Cherry's love and dedication in every corner of Silksong, from the level designs to the adorable NPCs, the captivating story, the relentless enemies, and a spine-tingling soundtrack, which makes me feel bad for cursing every generation of developers for dying so many times. But that's the charm and appeal of the game.
  4. Sep 9, 2025
    90
    Hollow Knight: Silksong manages to live up to the daunting expectations surrounding the sequel. It carries the spirit of the original while introducing fresh mechanics that shape a remarkable adventure, one worthy of standing alongside its predecessor. The challenge is steep, but the true reward comes from mastering enemy patterns and finding ways to overcome them. Every element coalesces into an experience that exemplifies what’s possible when developers take the time to fully realize their vision.
  5. Sep 23, 2025
    90
    Hollow Knight: Silksong is a beautiful, infuriating, visually stunning game with a lot to offer the dedicated player.
  6. Sep 14, 2025
    90
    There are few examples around of games as polished and refined as Hollow Knight: Silksong. Every single element of the game is the result of careful study and thoughtful consideration to ensure that players get exactly what Team Cherry wants to convey. And the difficulty, which is undeniably high even for a Metroidvania, is not an end in itself, but a means of transporting the player through a world that does not simply ask to be traversed, but revealed.
  7. Sep 12, 2025
    80
    Hornet’s tale isn’t likely to be rushed into a film or television adaptation, but it is another example of the growing quality and prevalence of real storytelling in video games. It didn’t have to be that way, either. The game has a wonderful atmosphere, enthralling gameplay, and tons of content, so the developers could’ve gotten by without adding a rich narrative to highlight it all. But they chose to anyway.

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