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Games like Hollow Knight: Silksong
10 games similar to Hollow Knight: Silksong, a Indie, Platform, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Hollow Knight: Silksong.
01Shares AdventureIndieBoth games pair atmospheric exploration with deliberate melee combat in hand-crafted fantasy worlds. Tunic shares Silksong's focus on discovery through interconnected environments filled with secrets and tough encounters. Where Silksong emphasizes bug-filled ruins and aerial combat, Tunic offers isometric exploration and puzzle-solving alongside its battles. Each rewards curiosity and persistence through controller-friendly, achievement-tracked adventures.
02Shares AdventureIndiePlatformHollow Knight is the original 2D platformer that established the interconnected bug kingdom you'll explore in Silksong. Both games share atmospheric side-scrolling combat focused on melee combat against insects and larger creatures, with exploration rewarded through boss fights and ability upgrades. If you haven't played the first game, it's the essential foundation for understanding Hornet's journey and Hallownest's lore.
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03Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth games cast you as a female protagonist navigating atmospheric 2D worlds filled with exploration and combat. Momodora shares Silksong's metroidvania structure, where you uncover new abilities to access previously blocked areas. Combat hinges on melee attacks and dodge timing in both, though Momodora emphasizes combo chains. Each rewards methodical exploration across interconnected landscapes with a dark fantasy tone.
04Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth games are 2D platformers with interconnected worlds that reward exploration through melee combat encounters. Blasphemous shares Silksong's side-scrolling perspective and metroidvania structure, where you navigate a gothic landscape while battling grotesque enemies and discovering hidden secrets. The brutal, skill-based combat and dark atmosphere create a similarly challenging adventure that emphasizes precise movement and tactical strikes.
05Shares AdventureBoth games center a capable female protagonist navigating atmospheric, interconnected worlds filled with mystery and danger. Where Silksong emphasizes melee combat and 2D platforming through bug-filled kingdoms, Control trades those for third-person action and supernatural abilities within a paranormal government facility. Each game rewards exploration to uncover lore and secrets, with controller support making both comfortable to play.
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06Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth Figment and Hollow Knight: Silksong are indie action-adventures built around exploration and combat against hostile creatures in fantastical worlds. Where Silksong sends Hornet through an interconnected kingdom of bugs, Figment takes you through surreal landscapes of the mind, battling nightmarish foes. Each game combines platforming with melee action and rewards discovery through achievements and cloud saves.
07Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth Planet Alpha and Hollow Knight: Silksong are atmospheric side-view platformers that emphasize exploration and observation in alien environments. Where Silksong tasks you with ascending through interconnected bug kingdoms as Hornet, Planet Alpha asks you to navigate a living alien world by manipulating time of day. Each game rewards careful attention to how its world behaves, making environmental awareness central to survival and progression.
08Shares AdventurePlatformBoth are side-view action platformers with metroidvania structure, rewarding exploration of interconnected worlds. Ori shares Silksong's hand-drawn aesthetic and atmospheric fantasy setting, though Ori emphasizes emotional storytelling around a young protagonist's journey. Each game demands precise melee-style combat and platforming skill, supported by controller recommendations and achievements that encourage thorough exploration.
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09Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth games feature a female protagonist navigating atmospheric 2D side-scrolling worlds built around exploration and discovery. Celeste shares Silksong's focus on challenging platforming combat and traversal, though Celeste emphasizes precision movement over melee combat. Each game layers environmental storytelling with personal narrative, rewarding players who seek out secrets hidden throughout hand-crafted levels.
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10Shares AdventureIndiePlatformBoth games follow a female protagonist through atmospheric, side-scrolling adventures filled with hostile creatures and environmental puzzles. Little Nightmares trades Silksong's melee combat for evasion and puzzle-solving, but shares the same sense of isolation and dread as you navigate interconnected spaces. The hand-drawn aesthetic gives way to unsettling 3D environments, yet the core tension of a lone character surviving in a hostile world remains constant.
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10 games similar to Hollow Knight: Silksong: Tunic, Hollow Knight, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, Blasphemous, Control, Figment, Planet Alpha, Ori and the Blind Forest.
Most of these games share Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Indie and Platform with Hollow Knight: Silksong, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Hollow Knight: Silksong.