Hollow Knight: Silksong cover art

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Hollow Knight: Silksong

2025 · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · Linux · Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Platform · Adventure · Indie

91IGDB player score
519 ratings

Previously Take

519 player ratings, 91 average. The people have spoken, clearly. An adventure game leaning hard into fantasy — more about the journey than the destination. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through.

Awards & honors

The Game Awards 2025

Game of the Year — Nominee

About this game

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.

Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to this unfamiliar world, Hornet must battle foes and solve mysteries as she ascends on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.

Screenshots

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Trailers & videos

Hollow Knight: Silksong Reveal Trailer

Trailer

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Game facts

Release date

Sep 4, 2025

Developer

Team Cherry

Publisher

Team Cherry

Platforms

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Genres

Platform, Adventure, Indie

Themes

Action, Fantasy

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Critic score

90 / 100 (4 reviews)

Editions & related releases

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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