Hollow Knight: Silksong

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Developer: Team Cherry
Publisher: Team Cherry
Franchise: Hollow Knight
Release date: Sep 4, 2025
Store page updated: Apr 14, 2026
Price: $19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

88.4/ 100

Based on 408 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 91% of 3,676

All time 😄 Very Positive 89% of 422,898

“fresh take on monster catching genre, innovation versus recycled AAA”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.31

Difficulty +0.62 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“hard but fair challenge that the reviewer loves despite frustration” (57)

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Story & World

+3.74

World +3.93 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“incredible atmosphere and emotional ending moment” (31)

我忘记所有珊瑚尖塔连战、卡拉卡山川跳跳乐、雪山跳跳乐、深渊跳跳乐、机枢核心跳跳乐、翠庭跳跳乐；我忘记所有斯卡尔歌后、赛斯、伟大的格洛、暴怒兽蝇；我忘记所有斯卡尔长矛手、玉面手雷王、高囊虫矮囊虫、淤秽蟑螂、沼蛆、斯提金猎手、狱卒蝇。结局出现的那一刻，我忘记所有，所见全是幸运。感谢Team Cherry长达7年的用心打磨，感谢空洞玩家社区的攻略制作与彩蛋挖掘，感谢我每一个通关好友的拒绝剧透，感谢好友TAKI SHIINA的馈赠。感谢你们，感谢遇见。

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Content Volume

+2.99

Volume +4.19 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+4.44

Visuals +4.50 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“art improved, colorful zone designs magnificent, visually superior Metroidvania” (90)

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Multiplayer

+2.54

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Community +1.67 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

+0.86

Pricing +2.42 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

+1.50

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Stability +0.94 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.