Games like Hollow Knight
Closest overall match: Hollow Knight: Silksong (★ 4.4). Newest: Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025). Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
We compared Hollow Knight against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. What ties them together most: Side Scroller, Metroidvania and Great Soundtrack. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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73%
1. Hollow Knight: Silksong New
Shares Gothic, Hand-drawn, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy and Side Scroller and 5 more tags; same developer; about 17h longer.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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70%
2. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, controller support, Side Scroller and Cute and 9 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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69%
3. Slain: Back from Hell
Shares Gothic, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, controller support and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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67%
4. Cuphead
Shares Hand-drawn, Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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64%
5. Axiom Verge
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Exploration, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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64%
6. Freedom Planet
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Cute, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
63%
7. Shovel Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Controller, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
63%
8. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Shares Hand-drawn, Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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63%
9. Owlboy
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Cute, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
62%
10. Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Cute and Controller and 8 more tags; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
62%
11. La-Mulana
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Controller and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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62%
12. TowerFall Ascension
Shares Controller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
62%
13. Salt and Sanctuary
Shares Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, Side Scroller, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
61%
14. Risk of Rain
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
15. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Side Scroller, Cute and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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61%
16. Mark of the Ninja
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, Controller, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
61%
17. Broforce
Shares controller support, Side Scroller, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
18. Electronic Super Joy
Shares Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
19. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shares Hand-drawn, Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Cute and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
20. Terraria
Shares controller support, Exploration, Open World, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
21. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Metroidvania, 2D, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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60%
22. Guacamelee! 2
Shares Multiple Endings, Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Controller and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
-
60%
23. BUTCHER
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.4 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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60%
24. Blasphemous
Shares Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, Exploration, 2D and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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59%
25. Rain World
Shares Metroidvania, controller support, Cute, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 6h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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What is the best game like Hollow Knight?
On our similarity model, Hollow Knight: Silksong is the closest match to Hollow Knight — shares Gothic, Hand-drawn, Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy and Side Scroller and 5 more tags; same developer; about 17h longer.
Is there a new game like Hollow Knight in 2026?
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the most recent match, released September 2025.
Are there games like Hollow Knight on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 30 games like Hollow Knight on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
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How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Hollow Knight on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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