Platforming up to the Traitor Lord is going to be one of your biggest struggles if you rely on dash-based charms, but it's perfectly feasible if you take your time. If you save Cloth in the Ancient Basin, she will join you in this fight and you can let her do some of the heavy lifting. Be quick on your d

Monroy contacted Team Cherry and found them enthused to work with Goldman. Initially, all the young man wished for was a video conference with the creators of his favorite game. That one meeting turned into several and Team Cherry invited Goldman to make a custom NPC boss character in their under-development game Hollow Knight: Silkso

While Hollow Knight's first battle against Hornet is a little challenging, it isn't too hard when compared to the second battle. Her special weapon is capable of pulling off moves with much more range than most enemies. The spiky traps strewn across the arena can also reduce your mobility, throwing you headfirst into a situation where you need to make every move carefu

Hollow Knight brings to life the bug's-eye view of a foreboding, lush world illuminated by rich atmospheric lighting. The shadow-insect hybrid player character named Knight must run, jump, and fly through the Metroid -esque levels while fighting hordes of other stylized foes. In fact, a sword-and-board (pin-and-coin?) Silksong bug warrior will be one of four bosses, named...S

As mentioned in the intro, charms have a variety of effects. They can lengthen the player’s nail, surround the Knight with a shield, increase their running speed, etc. Each effect is described in the charm’s description. But what the game doesn’t tell the player is how several of these charms can be used together to create impressive charm combos. Some of them are relatively expec

Both of the Ori games have been particularly praised for their beautiful artwork and atmospheric audio. While the tone of the games might not be quite as dark as Hollow Knight 's, Ori's forest-home possess a melancholy, haunting beauty. The various twisted creatures that Ori must contend against are more classic Halloween fare. Some particular standouts are Shriek the insane, half-petrified owl, and Mora the spore-corrupted spider qu

However, it seems that a few other games in the genre have managed to climb even higher, believe it or not. There are not so many (since we are talking about a gaming benchmark here, of course), but the ones that did are equally incredible. So, shall we take a deeper look at t

Bloodstained is the most recent Metroidvania on this list as of 2019. It falls more in line with the "vania" part of the equation as it is truly emulating Castlevania from the look, RPG elements, castle, and so on. It’s not as ominous as Hollow Knight charms Knight and it falls on the easier side if one grinds enough. That said it does have a fun gameplay loop filled with lots of secrets to uncover while exploring the castle’s dep

Equipping charms, as described by the game, is easy. Just go to the nearest bench, open the inventory, and select the charm. But players will quickly realize that they can’t wear all the charms they want. The Knight starts with 3 notch slots, and each charm takes up a certain amount of these notches. As with charms, players can collect more notches through purchase, defeating certain enemies and explorat

Sundered is very similar in design to Dead Cells , but it has the art aesthetic of Hollow Knight . To be clear, it’s a roguelike with Metroidvania elements, but it is one big open maze that can be tackled in a number of ways. It also has a pretty robust skill tree which is necessary because this game is going to kick the player in the behind. That is to say, expect some heavy grind

The only isometric title on this list, Hades ditches platforming for a greater focus on visceral combat. The new title from Supergiant Games also falls firmly in the rogue-like camp, expecting players to make multiple runs. Despite these differences, Hades and Hollow Knight do actually have quite a lot in common. Both titles test their players against increasingly chaotic 2D battlegrounds, with evolving enemies and tactics. Likewise, both games use NPCs as both vendors and story-tellers, allowing the player to expand their understanding of the world along with their ski

The False Knight is the first main boss that you will come across, meaning that he's not particularly difficult to take down. However, if you return to the arena and strike the remains of the boss with the Dream Nail, you'll be granted entrance to the Failed Champion fi

On top of the base game and its previous expansions, The Queen & the Sea adds quite a generous amount of brand-new content, including a huge variety of weapons, outfits, biomes, bosses, and even a pet – I mean, that alone is already completely worth

Amidst other preparations, Goldman’s father contacted The Marty Lyons Foundation (founded in 1982 by NY Jets Legend, Marty Lyons), a non-profit dedicated to realizing the wishes of children ages 3 to 17 diagnosed with terminal diseases. Krystal DeWitt Monroy, Director of Program Services, resolved to make Goldman’s Hollow Knight dream a reality. Monroy has coordinated several other gaming wishes before, and finds us a "wonderful, generous community". Corresponding directly with TheGamer.com via email, she describes Goldman as a special young man and she "was happy to have coordinated his wi