Seth Goldman loved Hollow Knight , a 2D action-platformer on Steam with "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews, and a Metacritic "Must Play" on Nintendo Switch . Australian indie studio Team Cherry developed the surprise hit and rewarded their fans with substantial direct contact on the creation of their second outing, Hollow Knight: Silkso

Dashmaster/Sprintmaster: This is more for the sake of convenience, but either charm will enable the player to increase their movement speed, thereby allowing them to both enter and exit combat very quickly. They are cheap in terms of notch space too, so there are few consequences to equipping one or both of t

Yoku's Island Express is a Metroidvania pinball adventure. Now, that’s a new genre. It sounds weird but it worked so well. It also stars a bunch of bugs, but unlike Hollow Knight , it’s a lot more upbeat. This may be the best diversion to play immediately after finishing that game. Try not to smile when playing

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

You can fight monsters normally in turn-based combat with button specific commands akin to Super Mario RPG , or monsters can be talked down similar to the mechanic found in Shin Megami Tensei . It borrows from a lot of games while still feeling like its own original th

From the entrance to the Royal Waterways , head left and down to where the bench is located, then keep heading down and to the right to the bottom. From here, head back to the left from the bottom level , then back up to the top left of the map to reach a new a

Mark of Pride/Longnail: Both charms lengthen the character’s nail, allowing the player to strike enemies from a longer distance. They can even stack their effects on top of each other, giving the Knight the farthest reach possi

So, since the sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong , probably won't be coming out this year, here are some games to play in the meantime. They all have a common theme to Hollow Knight whether they are Metroidvanias, indie games, have great art, or star bugs. Dark Souls is a somewhat obvious, bonus p

In the press release, Peacock discussed his goal for Hollow Knight Piano Collections . "My goal was to put together a selection of arrangements that both compliment the original material, and are expanded upon by the qualities and aesthetic of the piano performance," says Peacock. "Enter the world of the Hallownest as conveyed by My Web Site pianistic reinterpretation of Christopher Larkin's brilliant sc

After Goldman’s death, his father sent Monroy an email (graciously shared with TheGamer.com) telling her, "Seth had a real dream come true" due to her work with Team Cherry. "He LOVED that game," he said, adding "Seth's soul lives on in a video game and in the hearts of all that knew h

Speaking of depths, this is like a new genre aka a Minecraftvania. Dig holes, uncover treasure, use treasure to upgrade equipment in order to dig deeper, and so forth. It’s one of the most addictive games to play with this simple concept and unlike the first game, there is a lot more creativeness in the level design. The Western steampunk aesthetic is a huge plus too and it works best on Swi

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 game has features like spells, nail arts, and a relatively simple combat system. But one of the more prominent features is the charm system. Capable of giving the player character a variety of effects, the use of charms allows players to enhance or customize their combat styles depending on which charms they choose to eq

If you are a talented pianist, you can also buy the sheet music for Hollow Knight Piano Collections . There is both a physical version, which costs $25, and a digital version, which costs $15. It should be noted that the sheet music does not come with the actual music. You will still need to purchase the album if you want to listen to

Although it should be mentioned that the player can engage in "overcharming" if they really need the effect of that one additional charm. As the name implies, overcharming occurs when the player forcefully equips an additional charm that goes beyond the player’s notch limit. This triggers the overcharm effect, which doubles the amount of damage the Knight receives from all sources. It’s a risky move, but the player does have the option to resort to it. Now normally the game returns a charm to the player’s inventory if there are not enough notch slots, but if it constantly selected it will trigger the overcharmed eff