About This Game
Quick Overview
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2D action-adventure Metroidvania where you play as Hornet, the princess-protector from the first game. Instead of exploring Hallownest, you are taken to the haunted kingdom of Pharloom, a vertical world ruled by silk and song, where the journey is about climbing upward, finding new powers, fighting strange enemies, and uncovering Hornet’s past.
Compared to the first Hollow Knight, Silksong feels faster and more acrobatic. Hornet moves differently, attacks with sharper speed, uses tools and traps, and faces a much larger set of enemies and bosses. Steam lists the game as released on September 4, 2025, developed and published by Team Cherry.
Who Should Play This Game?
Hollow Knight: Silksong is perfect for players who enjoy difficult Metroidvanias, precise platforming, boss fights, exploration, and atmospheric worlds that do not explain everything directly. It is a strong pick if you loved Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Ori, or Dead Cells, but want something built around faster movement and a more agile main character.
You should play it if you enjoy learning enemy patterns, discovering hidden paths, upgrading tools, and slowly mastering a dangerous world. But if you dislike backtracking, tough bosses, or repeating fights until you improve, Silksong may feel punishing.
Performance on PC
Hollow Knight: Silksong is very light compared to most modern PC games. Steam lists the minimum specs as Windows 10 version 21H1 or newer, Intel Core i3-3240 or AMD FX-4300, 4 GB RAM, GTX 560 Ti 1GB or Radeon HD 7750 1GB, DirectX 10, and 8 GB storage. Recommended specs are still modest: Intel Core i5-3470, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1050 2GB or Radeon R9 380 2GB.
On almost any modern gaming PC or laptop, it should run smoothly. The main thing that matters is stable FPS and low input delay, because Silksong depends heavily on tight jumps, quick reactions, dodges, and boss timing.