The wait for Silksong might suck, but these three Hollow Knight-inspired Metroidvanias should make it a bit easier
Jun. 2, 2024Hollow Knight has certainly made its mark
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Earlier this month, indie devs took to Twitter to show off their games and the inspirations behind them. There’s a huge amount of variety out there, but with the wait for Silksong stretching ever longer, a couple of games caught my eye. The first of those was Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus, a beautiful hand-drawn Metroidvania inspired by Japanese folklore. As well as citing Paper Mario’s style and Okami’s colorful take on that mythology, Bo’s developers pointed to Hollow Knight as the inspiration behind its Metroidvania gameplay.
If that weren’t enough,Everdeep Auroramatches Hollow Knight’s subterranean setting. While its visuals borrow more from an Undertale-inspired Motherload, and the developer also cites Steamworld Dig in its other inspirations, the spectre of Hollow Knight resides here too.
Last but not least, another hand-drawn Metroidvania,Constance, cites Hollow Knight alongside a very different pair of games. Its paintbrush-wielding protagonist draws obvious comparisons to games like Splatoon and Chicory: A Colorful Tale, but even the briefest of glances at its color-soaked backgrounds is enough to evoke the beautifully gothic vistas of Hollow Knight.
Sadly, only one of these games has a solid release date yet - you’ll be able to play Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus in just over six weeks, when it releases on July 17. Even if Constance and Everdeep Aurora are still a little while away, however, the wait for those two is likely to be a little less painful than the five years we’ve been holding out for Silksong.
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