Hollow Knight: Silksong Review
A masterpiece with its fists up. An 8.6.
The Good
- Hornet is faster and higher than the Knight ever was
- Pharloom is bigger and stranger than Hallownest
- A hand-drawn world at a level big studios never touch
The Rough Edges
- Genuinely mean: runbacks and double-damage bosses
- The difficulty walls off its own world
Six years. That's how long the world waited for Silksong, long enough that its release day broke Steam, the Nintendo eShop and basically every storefront that tried to sell it. Team Cherry, three-ish people in Australia, made the most wanted indie game on Earth and then refused to market it like one.
Hornet plays nothing like the Knight: faster, higher, diagonal, all silk and momentum, and Pharloom is a bigger, stranger kingdom than Hallownest, built upward instead of down. The hand-drawn world and the choir-heavy score are Team Cherry operating at a level most big studios never touch.
The 8.6 has a bruise on it: this game is mean. Runbacks, double-damage bosses, currency that punishes death twice. The difficulty is a choice and I respect the choice, but it walls off a masterpiece from people who'd love its world. Worth the wait. Not worth pretending it's friendly.
Worth the wait. Not worth pretending it's friendly.
A masterpiece with its fists up. An 8.6.
The Good
- Hornet is faster and higher than the Knight ever was
- Pharloom is bigger and stranger than Hallownest
- A hand-drawn world at a level big studios never touch
The Rough Edges
- Genuinely mean: runbacks and double-damage bosses
- The difficulty walls off its own world
Quick Answers
Hollow Knight: Silksong review score: what did it score?
Moe Train scored Hollow Knight: Silksong a 8.6 out of 10. A masterpiece with its fists up. An 8.6.
What platforms is Hollow Knight: Silksong on?
Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Moe played and scored it on PC.
Is Hollow Knight: Silksong worth playing?
A masterpiece with its fists up. An 8.6. Read the full Hollow Knight: Silksong review above for the breakdown.
