Games like Hollow Knight
Loved Hollow Knight by Team Cherry? Here are 24 games that genuinely play like it — ranked by shared genres, mechanics and themes, not just labels.
Hollow Knight2017MC 90
Team Cherry · ~37h to beat
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the kingdom's history while improving their…
24 games similar to Hollow Knight
90
5.0
Hollow Knight: Silksong
72% similar2d PlatformerSide-ScrollingHand-Drawn
86
5.0
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
58% similarMetroidvania
90
5.0
Hollow Knight Silksong
84
5.0
Salt and Sanctuary
46% similar2d PlatformerMetroidvania2d
5.0
Maseylia: Echoes of the Past
44% similarMetroidvania
92
5.0
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
43% similar2d PlatformerSide-Scrolling
97
5.0
Super Mario Odyssey
43% similar2d PlatformerExploration
84
5.0
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
43% similarSide-ScrollingMetroidvaniaExploration
88
5.0
Super Mario Maker 2
41% similar2d Platformer
78
5.0
Sonic Origins
41% similar2d PlatformerExploration
82
5.0
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
41% similarSide-ScrollingHand-DrawnMetroidvania
77
5.0
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
40% similarMetroidvania
90
5.0
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
40% similarExploration
79
5.0
Ghost Song
40% similarMetroidvania2dAtmospheric
89
5.0
Thank Goodness You're Here!
40% similar2d PlatformerSide-ScrollingHand-Drawn
87
5.0
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
39% similar2d PlatformerMetroidvania2d
81
5.0
Ultros
39% similarHand-DrawnMetroidvaniaAtmospheric
84
5.0
Axiom Verge
38% similarSide-ScrollingMetroidvania2d
76
5.0
Voidwrought
38% similar2d PlatformerHand-DrawnMetroidvania
77
5.0
Blade Chimera
38% similarSide-ScrollingMetroidvania2d
5.0
Possessor(s)
38% similar2d PlatformerSide-ScrollingExploration
77
5.0
Blasphemous
37% similar2d PlatformerSide-ScrollingMetroidvania
83
5.0
The Plucky Squire
37% similar2d Platformer
73
5.0
Disney Illusion Island
36% similarMetroidvania2dExploration