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As Hornet, battle and platform through Pharloom, uncovering secrets and gaining abilities on a perilous climb to its citadel.
Released 04 Sep 2025
Climb Toward the Citadel
Fight with Acrobatic Moves
Craft Traps and Tools
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Developed by Team Cherry · Published by Team Cherry
Hornet, a skilled hunter, is captured and brought to Pharloom, an unfamiliar insect kingdom. She escapes and begins a dangerous ascent toward the kingdom’s citadel, encountering its inhabitants and uncovering mysteries along the way.
Explore a connected world of distinct regions, using platforming and combat to navigate hazards, defeat creatures, and find hidden routes. Hornet’s quick, acrobatic moves shape both traversal and fights against enemies and powerful bosses.
As the journey progresses, new abilities open paths through the kingdom, while tools and combat-style choices let players adjust how they approach challenges. Quests from Pharloom’s residents add objectives to exploration, and a Steel Soul mode offers an additional challenge.
In this helpfulness-selected sample, players often praise Pharloom’s detailed environments, exploratory paths, expressive characters, soundtrack, and Hornet’s fluid combat. Many describe tough fights and platforming as rewarding once mastered, though others find the difficulty and repeated attempts frustrating. Views differ on whether the challenge enhances the experience or gets in the way of exploration.
As the lethal hunter Hornet, adventure through a kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and taken to this unfamiliar world, prepare to battle mighty foes and solve ancient mysteries as you ascend on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. Journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover secrets tied to your nature and your past.
Discover the fallen insect kingdom of Pharloom! Explore mossy grottos, gilded cities and misted moors as you ascend to the shining citadel at the top of the world.
Engage in lethal acrobatic action! Wield a huge suite of deadly moves as you dance between foes in swift, beautiful combat.
Craft powerful tools! Master an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, traps, and mechanisms to vanquish your enemies and explore new heights.
Solve shocking quests! Hunt down rare beasts and solve ancient mysteries to grant the wishes of the downtrodden and restore the kingdom’s hope.
Face over 200 ferocious foes! Beasts and hunters, monsters and knights. Defeat them all with bravery and skill!
Vanquish over 40 legendary bosses! Battle fabled heroes and fallen kings in epic combat to decide the kingdom's fate.
Challenge Steel Soul mode! Once you conquer the kingdom, test your skills in a new mode that presents a more formidable challenge.
Experience a stunning orchestral score! Hollow Knight’s award-winning composer, Christopher Larkin, brings melancholy melodies, symphonic strings and heart-thumping, soul strumming boss themes to the adventure.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 52 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 90/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
