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Silksong player smacks one of its toughest bosses until they turn off, flawlessly defeating them in just 35 seconds

The most embarrassing way to lose.

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Madman modder takes one of Silksong's worst bosses and makes them even harder: 'This is seriously mucked up'

Savage Beastfly 3: Reloaded

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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

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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.

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Hero 100% beats Silksong using a saxophone as a gamepad, says it's not even the hardest game he's sax'd

Doot.

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"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

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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.

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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Silksong's criminal lack of 'Shaw!' fixed by heroic modder

But too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

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Essential Silksong mod rights Team Cherry's greatest wrong by giving Hornet her iconic Hollow Knight voice lines, including and especially "Shaw!"

Adino!

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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I finally finished Silksong 100%, so now I'm positive: I like Hollow Knight more

Opinion | But only a little bit

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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.

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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"

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All Silksong endings and how to get each one

Tidily tie up your time in Pharloom.

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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.

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"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

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