Silksong player pops the hood, checks the gauges, and determines the best silk skill is one you get very early on: "This should surprise absolutely nobody" Thread Storm is the DPS king by a country mile GamesRadar · Oct 3, 2025
The 43rd Golden Joystick Awards shortlist is out, and just looking at the indie list alone, I can tell it's going to be a tough year I forgot just how stacked this year has been. PC Gamer · Oct 3, 2025
Hero 100% beats Silksong using a saxophone as a gamepad, says it's not even the hardest game he's sax'd Doot. PC Gamer · Oct 2, 2025
"Insanely hard" Silksong true ending speedrun world record is somehow already under 4 hours: "We have to do the entire game with 5 masks and 2 needle upgrades" "I think, realistically, a 3:50 is pretty possible," says speedrunner BlueSR GamesRadar · Oct 1, 2025
I review games for a living – here are my 3 favourite 2D action games of 2025 Splendid side-scrolling awaits in three of the best 2D games of 2025 T3 · Oct 1, 2025
It's possible to get Silksong's double jump in Act 1 well before you're supposed to, you just have to be enough of a platforming god to prove you don't need it The route looks like a controller-snapping good time. PC Gamer · Sep 28, 2025
I've completed Hollow Knight: Silksong, and it isn't as impossibly hard as people say it is At the end of my journey through Pharloom I’m more certain than ever: Silksong doesn’t need to be easier. TechRadar · Sep 28, 2025
I've played all the biggest games out in September and these are the ones that are actually worth the money I've played all the big games out this month, and these are the very best. TechRadar · Sep 27, 2025
A merciful distance from Silksong, gorgeous dystopian Metroidvania with Smash Bros combat, a veteran team, and a director who hates the word Metroidvania gets November release date Possessor(s) from Hyper Light Drifter dev Heart Machine is coming soon GamesRadar · Sep 26, 2025
Now that Silksong is out, we can obsess over this Hollow Knight-flavored Metroidvania that had a huge Kickstarter 4 years ago, and the devs are ramping up the teasers Crowsworn still looks very good, and pretty Hollow Knight-y GamesRadar · Sep 26, 2025
Silksong player reviews are several points and a whole Steam tier below Hollow Knight, and I don't know if it's the brutal difficulty or if the first game is just that good Obviously, Silksong is still reviewing and selling very well GamesRadar · Sep 26, 2025
Silksong's criminal lack of 'Shaw!' fixed by heroic modder But too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. PC Gamer · Sep 26, 2025
Essential Silksong mod rights Team Cherry's greatest wrong by giving Hornet her iconic Hollow Knight voice lines, including and especially "Shaw!" Adino! GamesRadar · Sep 24, 2025
Indie Metroidvania marketed as "purple Silksong" and "your next game after Silksong" gets flak for banging the Silksong drum so hard, dev says "I'm sorry but this is how the algorithm works" and it's actually pretty different Constance looks promising, and fairly distinct from Silksong GamesRadar · Sep 23, 2025
PC Gamer · Sep 23, 2025 Silksong's new patch delivers bug fixes and a soft nerf to everyone's beloved Cogfly—plus a vow to fix the awful Simplified Chinese translation with 'A new script, by a well-regarded team' in 3-4 weeks No more Wuxia.
International Business Times UK · Sep 23, 2025 Silent Hill F is Out In A Few Days: Here's Exactly When and How You Can Get It Earlier Silent Hill F's global release is 25 September 2025. Early access began 23 September with Digital Deluxe Edition pre-order.
GamesRadar · Sep 19, 2025 Silksong player clears Team Cherry's smokescreen and calculates the damage of every Crest, proving I was absolutely right to stick with Wanderer the whole game The Architect Crest also packs a surprising combo
GamesRadar · Sep 19, 2025 I finally finished Silksong 100%, so now I'm positive: I like Hollow Knight more Opinion | But only a little bit
Inverse · Sep 19, 2025 After ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong,’ Try These 10 Underrated Games We're Obsessed With 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' has some players captivated while others have already given up the climb, but whichever camp you're in, there are plenty of other Metroidvanias worth your time next.
GamesRadar · Sep 19, 2025 Hollow Knight: Silksong devs believe "the real world generally underestimates players," but Team Cherry trusts fans to "engage" and figure the Metroidvania out: "You can guide them a little bit, and that's enough" "It certainly underestimates their capacity to deal with things"
PC Gamer · Sep 19, 2025 All Silksong endings and how to get each one Tidily tie up your time in Pharloom.
PC Gamer · Sep 18, 2025 Team Cherry explains Silksong is more lethal because players are too: 'Hornet is inherently faster and more skillful than the Knight … the base level enemy had to be more complicated, more intelligent' The Hollow Knight sequel's brutal difficulty ensures its powerhouse protagonist has a meaningful challenge.
GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025 "I'm definitely in the camp of not having an easy mode": As Silksong crushes players and Team Cherry nerfs it, veteran designer says some games have to be difficult because that's the whole point Baby Steps co-developer Gabe Cuzzillo reckons challenge can be inseparable
GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025 Silksong is harder than Hollow Knight because "Hornet is inherently faster and more skillful than the Knight," Team Cherry says, and you can use Elden Ring logic to get around the difficulty anyway Hornet's just too cool
GamesRadar · Sep 18, 2025 7 years after bouncing off Hollow Knight thanks to the most karmically-rancid gameplay experience of my life, Silksong is dragging me back to Hallownest to right my wrongs Now Playing | I need to explain that this was not Hollow Knight's fault...