Hollow Knight: Silksong

PCGamesNNat Smith

10/10

Team Cherry has done the impossible. In the face of colossal expectation, it has bottled lightning twice. Silksong is a masterpiece, not because it’s bigger and better than what came before, but because it doesn’t lose itself in trying to escape Hollow Knight’s shadow. Its massive scope extends beyond Team Cherry’s initial influences to become a definitive Metroidvania epic that challenges players to rise to the occasion.

TechRadar GamingJake Green

Hollow Knight: Silksong is so much more than I expected from a sequel, deftly avoiding the pitfalls that come with following up from one of the best indie games. Team Cherry’s second masterpiece is not for everyone, but it’s absolutely proven to be worth the wait. It rewards patience in its combat, platforming, and exploration, before daring the player to take big risks during boss fights. Frustrating map design decisions and a tendency to punish the player early on dampen the experience from time to time, but make no mistake, Silksong is every bit as great as its predecessor.

XboxEraAarsal "Soulblazerz" Masoodi

9.8/10

Right on time!

WayTooManyGamesKyle Nicol

9.5/10

The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong has been an excruciating one. Since the 2017 Metroidvania masterpiece Hollow Knight, the community had been clamouring for more. And in 2019, Silksong was finally announced, but nobody expected the long wait. Years of teasing with gameplays followed by extended lengths of silence, it felt like it was impossible for the game to come close to living up to those insane expectations. 2025 has not only finally given us Metroid Prime 4, but Silksong as well, mak...

GameSpotJordan Ramée

9/10

Hollow Knight Silksong takes all the best parts of its predecessor and somehow makes them even better.

The Nerd StashJulio La Pine

9/10

Despite the long wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong exceeded everyone's expectations by bringing a new beautiful map brimming with things to discover, challenging combat, and some of the most memorable boss encounters in gaming.

ShackNewsTJ Denzer

9/10

Whether you’re looking at the making Hollow Knight: Silksong or the many patient fans that have been waiting, this has been a long time coming. And in the end, it was worthwhile to open this up, let it breathe, and take in all the notes, because not only is Hollow Knight: Silksong a challenging Metroidvania, it’s also dense. And while that challenging side sometimes slips into annoying territories, this is an undeniably well-crafted delivery of a promise made nearly a decade ago.

Game InformerMatt Miller

9/10

Hollow Knight: Silksong is an exemplar of its form. Games like Metroid and Castlevania helped establish the fun of an exploration and platforming adventure filled with upgrades that open up new paths to progression, and Team Cherry’s second Hollow Knight game takes that concept to a profound level of depth, sophistication, and scope. Pacing issues and a punishing approach to forward progression prevent a full-throated endorsement to every type of player, but those with significant patience ...

DBLTAPRyan Woodrow

9/10

When you have a surprise hit as big as Hollow Knight ended up being, following that up is a task all too easy to screw up, especially when you decide to spend s

Video ChumsAlex Legard

8.5/10

Don't be fooled by its playful appearance; Hollow Knight: Silksong by Team Cherry is a devious creation that will push your skills to the limits.

GamePressureMatt Buckley

8/10

There’s no shortage of praise for Hollow Knight: Silksong at this point. But while working on my review, I kept finding myself asking the same question: Am I having fun?

VGChartzMark Nielsen

7.5/10

The prophecy has been fulfilled.Few games have had as infamous a wait time as the once DLC, now full-fledged game Silksong, which [...]