Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025)
Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S
4.47 from 578 ratings · #103 top rated on Grouvee
1330 members have it in their collection · 155 playing now · 357 backlogged · 1023 wish listed
How long? Main story 55h · with extras 58h · 100% 77h (from 74 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Team Cherry
- Publishers
- Team Cherry
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Platform
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Series
- Hollow Knight
- Events
- 17th Unity Awards, FGS Best of gamescom 2025, Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement, Xbox @ Gamescom 2025, Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 - 4.2.2025, PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2023, Xbox Games Showcase Extended, Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, Nintendo Direct: E3 2019
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Sep 04, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Related
Updates
- Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow (Dec 2026)
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Rating distribution
5 stars
378
4 stars
122
3 stars
57
2 stars
13
1 star
8
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Sir_Laguna Nov 16, 2025
I think I found the "White Palace" of Silksong:
My thumbs hurt.
Status ElizabethTheWicked Nov 15, 2025
I love how this game has tried to break my resolve on so many things and I persevered but I'm like "keep this flea in the air 47 times?" The hell with this
Status killerstar Nov 13, 2025
Well, I was a bit soured on the game thanks to all the random challenge rooms and now I've got to Groal "the great". What a load of dogshit on a sandwitch. Just the most unpleasant platforming with inconsistent platforms and filled with enemies with a vomit attack that has the worst hitbox in the game so far, and then …
Read moreWell, I was a bit soured on the game thanks to all the random challenge rooms and now I've got to Groal "the great". What a load of dogshit on a sandwitch. Just the most unpleasant platforming with inconsistent platforms and filled with enemies with a vomit attack that has the worst hitbox in the game so far, and then 5 waves of enemies before the boss. This whole thing can fuck right off.
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Status killerstar Nov 10, 2025
Fucking challenge rooms. I'm up to my tits in challenge rooms and the challenge-room level keeps rising. That Halls Gauntlet just soured me to the game. I was expected to finally get a cool bossfight, after all that time, all that platforming (which was really good, btw) and the game goes:
"Psych! Here's eleven fucking waves of the same enemies …
Fucking challenge rooms. I'm up to my tits in challenge rooms and the challenge-room level keeps rising. That Halls Gauntlet just soured me to the game. I was expected to finally get a cool bossfight, after all that time, all that platforming (which was really good, btw) and the game goes:
"Psych! Here's eleven fucking waves of the same enemies you've been fighting all this time! I hope you like it!"
No, Silksong, I didn't like this reheated garbage that wasn't even that good the first time around.
Its only redeeming quality is that the two Clappers can be fun to pogo over.
I didn't even have such a hard time with it. Luckily I beat it in about 4 tries. My heart hurts for the people that spent hours and countless attempts in this shit. I would've uninstalled the game and burned down my drive just in case if I were them.
There's a feeling of padding in the late game. As if they ran out of ideas with the Clockwork Dancers but they had to justify the 7 years of waiting with a 60hr game so they keep going by copy-pasting encounters.
Status killerstar Nov 6, 2025
I'm getting fed up with the endless "challenge rooms" comprised of wave after wave of random normal enemies. It's boring. It's not interesting. It's just padding.
Status killerstar Nov 2, 2025
Damn, the Cogwork Dancer were so incredibly cool. Not the funnest or most challenging boss so far, but the most beautiful. And the one that made me feel kinda bad.
Status killerstar Nov 1, 2025
Got caught by an enemy and sent to horny jail. After getting out, I prison had changed me and made me hate the judicial system, so I went and kicked the Last Judge's ass. Fun fight; wished the runback weren't so annoying.
After a rather eventful elevator ride, I ended up exploring the citadel's lower decks. Now I'm back at …
Got caught by an enemy and sent to horny jail. After getting out, I prison had changed me and made me hate the judicial system, so I went and kicked the Last Judge's ass. Fun fight; wished the runback weren't so annoying.
After a rather eventful elevator ride, I ended up exploring the citadel's lower decks. Now I'm back at the surface.
It's neat how the Choral Chamber enemies are kind of the same as the possessed pilgrims near Bone Bottom. It suggest that that's what they become when the finally end their pilgrimage (although that idea doesn't fit with the Last Judge blocking the entrance) and must've also freed a lot of time for the devs that didn't need to program new AI.
Status killerstar Oct 31, 2025
Ok, Silksong, I wished it didn't take 5 bosses to get to the good stuff, but I'm glad we're finally here.
Phantom fight was so fun! It was not too hard, but very entertaining. Extremely well telegraphed attacks with lots of time to heal. But the soundtrack and setting and our lovely dance/fight was really satisfying.
Status killerstar Oct 29, 2025
That Widow fight was so good. Best one so far, I wager. I loved how the second phase looked almost impossible to parse with all that was going on but eventually everything clicked, and I almost zoned out, avoiding attacks and dealing damage in the proper openings.
Status killerstar Oct 24, 2025
The tanky flying enemies are really testing my patience. Flying enemies are annoying in the best of times, but when you're also platforming and trying not to fall into the poison lake and the last checkpoint is really far away, and they take more than 6 or 7 hits... they are beyond infuriating.
Status killerstar Oct 23, 2025
Ok, finally I got to the first boss I would call "interesting". This Moorwing fucker had some basic attacks on its first phase, but then it started throwing shurikens that moved around in weird patterns. Learning where to move to be safe was fun.
Too bad the runback was rather long and boring.
Status BuffTrollbaby Oct 22, 2025
This game is an absolutely amazing follow-up to the original Hollow Knight. Great lore, great gameplay and mostly great bosses. That said, I gave the original HK 5 stars without hesitation and have only given Silksong 4 stars. The reason for that is that the first two acts are absolutely 5 stars, fantastic, but Act 3 (while it has some …
This game is an absolutely amazing follow-up to the original Hollow Knight. Great lore, great gameplay and mostly great bosses. That said, I gave the original HK 5 stars without hesitation and have only given Silksong 4 stars. The reason for that is that the first two acts are absolutely 5 stars, fantastic, but Act 3 (while it has some great moments) I would only give 3 stars.
My issue with Act 3 is that the difficulty often stops feeling fair. I really enjoy difficult games, I like to be challenged, but one of my pet peeves is difficulty that is "artificial". What I mean is things that feel designed to cause you to fail rather than being a learning/skill issue. Loosing to random bad luck at a high rate, or because boss design feels unbalanced really takes away from how good the first two acts felt. That said, I felt the Act 3 boss was the exact opposite of this. It was very difficult, but learnable. Most of the times I died against this boss, I knew why and it was usually my fault. However, there were beautiful spans where it all clicked and they didn't touch me for an entire phase.
Anyway, some Act 3 BS aside, absolutely stellar game. I'm sad Act 3 brings down what would have been another 5/5 from Team Cherry, but I would still recommend Silksong wholeheartedly to any fans of Hollow Knight.