Hollow Knight: Silksong Reviews
Hollow Knight: Silksong elevates the Metroidvania experience with a vast and intricate world, filled with unique biomes, hidden secrets, and clever backtracking that turns every step into discovery.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Silksong is a technical feat. So densely packed is its world that maintaining a laser focus on forward momentum is borderline impossible. At every opportunity, I found myself pausing the main campaign just to prolong my time in Pharloom. Little did I know that pacing myself wasn’t necessary. Mechanically, Silksong is just as expansive. Superior fluidity of movement and a less obtuse approach to building the perfect bug warrior made traversal and combat feel like a treat to be savored at every opportunity. Ultimately, games like these live and die based on how well their worlds are built, and Pharloom is one of the best from an architectural and visual perspective. It’s a shame that its fierce difficulty spike and pacing issues in the early game will absolutely turn less hardcore audiences away, because it’s clear that Silksong is seven years of love, care, and dedication splashed on a screen. Equal parts breathtaking and brutal, Hollow Knight: Silksong proves it was worth the wait but won’t go easy on anyone.
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.
Hollow Knight: Silksong has a long road ahead of it, and I'm ready to follow it on its entire journey. Whether that includes a swath of free updates just like the original game, or potential DLC, I'll be there. In fact, I'm still there, slowly chipping away at a 100% completion rate. I won't be putting this one down for weeks.
Ushering her to and fro across the game, I found myself seeking out side quests less for their prizes than for the possibility that at least one more bug might persist, and in the process seize some happiness.
The grueling years of work between the game's announcement and its current release are almost too much to justify a final result so astonishing it seems like a dream, but fortunately Silksong actually exists and is a monumental Metroidvania.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Hollow Knight: Silksong may be the longest game ever made. Granted, the adventure itself is only around the thirty-hour mark, but we seem to have been...
Hollow Knight: Silksong is as beautiful and endearing as it is brutal and uncompromising. It isn't a game that newcomers (or even longtime fans) can quickly come to grips with. Yet, Hornet's journey through Pharloom stands as one of the genre's greatest and a testament to pure passion.
Hollow Knight: Silksong takes the masterclass design of its predecessor and elevates it to set a new gold standard in Metroid-like design.
Hollow Knight: Silksong may well become a landmark, but its uncompromising design has led to polarized reactions among players. Rather than undermining its significance, this contrast only makes it feel more authentic, more complete, and ultimately more memorable.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
Silksong is a work that should definitely be played by as many people as possible. It is an incredibly well-crafted, enjoyable, and satisfying product, sold at a retail price that is almost a steal considering the effort of the developers themselves. This, however, does not mean that it is the best metroidvania ever made, or that Team Cherry is the first development studio to achieve feats like this. What is certain is that we are facing one of the most beautiful and significant titles of 2025 for countless reasons-not just for gameplay alone.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Silksong can be considered an excellent and even exemplary Metroidvania. It is damn nice to play while exploring every picturesque corner of the teeming world. It is gorgeously structured, the modified role-playing system, although it has become a little less diverse, is still pleasant. And the rebalanced battles of the sequel, each duel in which resembles a rhythmic dance, cause an influx of adrenaline. However, the game is not without its flaws.
Silksong isn’t perfect, but you won’t find a better modern metroidvania out there. This was a labor of passion made by people who refused to settle, and you can feel it every step of the way. Everyone working on it was on their A-game, and they held nothing back.
If you were fond of Hollow Knight, then you'll adore the Hornet's adventures. Since Silksong has improved all of the predecessor's strengths, it has become a deeper and more emotional experience. And it's hard as nails, yet rewarding as well!
Review in Russian | Read full review
Hollow Knight: Silksong was worth the wait. It is a masterclass on how to improve an already successful formula, expand on almost every single of its mechanics, change some things and keep surprising the player. It is so huge and full of stuff to do, that it makes you think you are never done, but in a good way. Even though it can be very difficult and frustrating, that makes it really satisfying to beat and keep improving.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Hollow Knight: Silksong, with its engaging story, high-quality level design, diverse and creative combat and platforming system, and a first-class role-playing experience, is undoubtedly one of the best Metroidvania games and can become one of your most unique experiences.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Promise Wish Granted! Silksong delivers on fans' dreams, but cranks the challenge up a notch too high, even to an unfair amount at times
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Hollow Knight: Silksong has earned a permanent place in my memory. It's an incredible sequel that expands on everything the first game introduced and gives fans an adventure full of secrets and excitement. Challenging, deep, and extremely satisfying to play. Hornet took her time, but it was worth every second of the wait.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Hollow Knight: Silksong improves on virtually every aspect of its predecessor and adds several new features that make the game a unique experience. The result is simple: this is one of the best titles released so far in 2025. Hornet's journey is highly addictive and shows us that, despite being long and full of anxiety, the wait for Silksong was worth it.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Silksong is an unapologetic metroidvania with extreme difficulty and plenty of backtracking. It’s palatable because the combat is precise, and the battles are fair with one minor exception we will discuss later. The last game that was able to burrow underneath my skin in a similar way was in early 2022 when Elden Ring released, which I don’t think is a coincidence. These two titles share plenty of similarities, but it’s the retro design philosophy that makes both titles so engaging. Silksong is Team Cherry’s Elden Ring Provide players with a massive, sprawling world full of mystery and intrigue. Then encourage exploration through curiosity and not waypoints. Silksong took at least seven years to develop and it shows because the magic comes from exploring Pharloom to the fullest. For the brave souls who are up for the challenge, Silksong will go down in history as a quintessential metroidvania experience.