Hollow Knight vs Hollow Knight: Silksong

players like Hollow Knight: Silksong more than Hollow Knight

by where each lands in players' personal rankings

Hollow Knight

winner

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Hollow Knight

beats 76.1%

#67 of 19,185

based on 617 players

where its players rank it

Hollow Knight: Silksong

beats 87.5%

#3 of 19,185

based on 360 players

where its players rank it

players who ranked both

54% put Hollow Knight higher

119 of 222 players who ranked both games have Hollow Knight above Hollow Knight: Silksong in their own library (45 more own both but never told them apart)

119 Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight: Silksong 103

head to head

Hollow Knight: Silksong wins when they meet, too

45 of 81 direct duels went to Hollow Knight: Silksong, the other 36 to Hollow Knight, plus 1 shrug

36 Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight: Silksong 45

82 duels between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.

this matchup last moved 4 hours ago

both tagged Metroidvania · Platformer · Souls-like · Exploration

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>> the verdict in words what the duels say about hollow knight vs hollow knight: silksong

Players like Hollow Knight: Silksong more than Hollow Knight, clearly. Hollow Knight: Silksong beats 88% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #3 of 19,185 scored games; Hollow Knight beats 76% and ranks #67 of 19,185. Both are well liked, so this is a question of which one players love more, not whether Hollow Knight is any good. Hollow Knight's score rests on 617 players, Hollow Knight: Silksong's on 360 players.

Of the 222 players who ranked both games, 54% put Hollow Knight higher in their own library and 46% Hollow Knight: Silksong. That goes against the site-wide verdict: people who own both lean the other way from the crowd at large. When they meet on screen together, Hollow Knight: Silksong wins: 45 of 81 direct duels went its way.

67% of Hollow Knight's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 79% for Hollow Knight: Silksong. Hollow Knight: Silksong is the safer pick: 8% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 16% for Hollow Knight.

Both are tagged Metroidvania, Platformer and Souls-like on Steam; Hollow Knight came out in 2017, Hollow Knight: Silksong in 2025.

Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 4 hours ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.