Silksong Has Me Feeling Like a Kid Again

Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally a reality, as developer Team Cherry has launched the game after seven years of development and six years of waiting post-announcement. Since then, Hollow Knight: Silksong became a huge part of the internet, as memes and “silkposting” grew into a fun pastime to make the wait more bearable.

Long development cycles can easily become a pain, but I actually found the wait for Silksong to be a lot of fun. I’m honestly a little bummed that the wait for Silksong is over, because it gave rise to a fun online community. Thankfully, those bittersweet feelings quickly go away once I boot up Silksong. Not only has the game been a blast, but it’s brought me back down memory lane to my early days of gaming.

Hollow Knight: Silksong Has Me Reminiscing About the Titles That Kickstarted My Love for Gaming

Cutting My Teeth on Some of Gaming’s Greatest Platformers

Some of my earliest memories of gaming go back to the late 90s and early 2000s, as my older cousin introduced me to some of the titles that would change my life forever. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid opened my eyes to a world I had no idea was even there. Granted, I was still very much a really young kid, but I vividly remember seeing Samus on screen for the very first time. These franchises were so influential, they eventually gave birth to an entire genre named after the two: Metroidvania.

Fast-forward a few years, and I finally had my own gaming consoles and handhelds. Between the PS2 and Game Boy Advance, I spent hours with Jak & Daxter and Metroid Fusion, which further instilled a love of platforming for me, even if not Metroidvania. As gaming has evolved, solid platformers are growing harder to find. Of course, it’s not impossible, thanks to games like Astro Bot and indie titles like Planet of Lana, but platformers are less prevalent at the moment, as open-world RPGs and live-service titles currently keep the spotlight.

Silksong Continues Its Predecessor’s Special Spark

When I got my hands on Hollow Knight back in 2017, it reignited my love for platforming all over again. The little indie game boasted all the same things that made me fall in love with the genre in the first place. Beautiful level design, fun-loving, but challenging, gameplay, and a fascinating world and lore are all the same reasons why I gravitated toward Castlevania and Metroid. Both Hollow Knight and Silksong bring the challenge of Metroidvanias to new heights, and I’m so relieved that the latter is just as satisfying as its predecessor.

I truly feel like a kid again playing this game. The mystery of its world fills me with wonder, and I can easily get lost in it for hours. Silksong is definitely difficult, but getting obliterated by a boss to get back up and try again is just as wonderfully addictive as it was when I was a wee gamer.

Silksong Has Already Made History

On launch day, Silksong crashed some of the biggest online storefronts. Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch were all down for a few hours, demonstrating just how many were eager to jump into a new chapter of Hollow Knight. Now that the game is finally here, I hope that there are plenty of other gamers out there who are getting the same enjoyment out of Silksong. Team Cherry has done something special with this series, and I’ll be looking forward to their next project.

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Released

September 4, 2025

Developer(s)

Team Cherry

Publisher(s)

Team Cherry

Engine

Unity

Franchise

Hollow Knight

Number of Players

Single-player