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If you’ve completed Hollow Knight Silksong and are craving some games that are similar to that punishing yet glorious experience, then we have you covered. Many metroidvanias and soulslikes provide a similarly challenging experience to Silksong. We’ve collated many of our favorites below to help you keep the good times rolling.
In our round-up, you’ll find a platforming classic, plenty of grim, gothic bosses, and even a couple of hidden gems. While nothing can truly replace Silksong, these experiences act as complementary bookends, offering you a delicious dessert after your robust main course.
- Ori and the Blind Forest is the closest game to the Hollow Knight experience.
- Choose Celeste if you’re a fan of the precision platforming in Silksong.
- Blasphemous is a great choice if you’re looking for the perfect balance between the soulslike and metroidvania genres.
- We’ve included a couple of lesser-known indie gems for good measure, too.
Celeste
Celeste is a gorgeous game with stunning backdrops, evocative music, and a heartfelt story. If you enjoyed Hollow Knight Silksong’s platforming, then Celeste might just be the perfect game for you. Focused on your mission to reach the peak of a mountain, there are obstacles and traps galore set to make the mission harder, and a few friendly faces to meet along the way.
Though this game lacks the intense boss fights of Silksong, it makes up for it with powerful, atmospheric storytelling. Much like Silksong, Celeste uses the power of allegory to tell an emotionally resonant, tear-jerking story that’ll stay with you for years.
Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps act as perfect bookends to Hollow Knight Silksong. Much like Silksong, the Ori titles offer a compelling tale, magical music, skill trees, combat, and plenty of precise platforming to keep you on your toes.
Atmospheric, heartbreaking, and hand-held friendly, the Ori duology has plenty to offer for anyone looking for a Silksong-adjacent adventure. Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisp provide a soulful, emotionally-charged ride that’ll keep you invested across both titles.
Blasphemous and Blasphemous 2
Blasphemous is more of a soulslike than a metroidvania, but there are still side-scroller elements combined with difficult combat and intense platforming. If you want to play a metroidvania that is one of the most unique on the market, Blasphemous and its sequel, Blasphemous 2, are ideal.
They take place in a fictional land named Cvstodia, a world heavily inspired by Spanish Catholicism and gothic symbolism.
The sequel sees you reprise your role as the Penitent One, where you get to explore a new world and defeat terrifying foes. The story follows on from the DLC of the first game, Wounds of Eventide, meaning that there’s plenty of gothic adventure for you to chew through, should you feel so inclined.
Ender Lilies Quietus of the Knights and Ender Magnolia Bloom in the Mist
Ender Lilies and Ender Magnolia are both beloved games in the metroidvania genre, offering expansive combat, vibrant backgrounds, challenging platforming, different builds, and boss fights to take on. Ender Lilies Quietus of the Knights follows the story of a land overtaken by Blighted, after the Rain of Death turned ordinary people into monsters.
Ender Magnolia Bloom in the Mist takes place decades after Ender Lilies Quietus of the Knights, where you are now in the Land of Fumes and play Lilac, who is gifted with the power to save a downtrodden race of mechanical life forms known as Homunculi, driven mad by toxic fumes. Both titles boast bold, distinctive aesthetic sensibilities and are well worth a glance on that basis alone.
Haiku, the Robot
Haiku, the Robot conjures the joy and nostalgia of traditional retro metroidvanias, in part due to its nostalgia-stirring color scheme. You embark on a journey and explore a mechanical world, battling against enemies, taking on bosses, and testing yourself on some incredibly challenging platforming sections.
The game takes place in a dying land called Arcadia. Between curious robotic NPCs and more than a few ominous bosses, Haiku the Robot often feels like a charming, pixellated re-invention of renowned sci-fi action RPG Neir Automata.
There are also two free pieces of DLC for Haiku, the Robot, which allows you to access new areas, as well as a Boss Rush mode, and a Hardcore mode that gives you only one HP.
FAQs
Yes, there are five endings in Hollow Knight Silksong.
Yes, many people who have played Hollow Knight Silksong have beaten it, but we don’t know exactly how many yet.
It has an intentional difficulty increase compared to its predecessor, as it’s inferred that you will have played Hollow Knight and have a firm grasp of the mechanics and gameplay.
Depending on how you are playing the game, the main story averages under 30 hours; a completionist playthrough of Silksong will take around 60 hours.
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