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Hollow Knight: Silksong to get a free expansion, Hollow Knight getting a refresh upgrade

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:39:35 +0000

Team Cherry just revealed some huge news for both Hollow Knight: Silksong and the original Hollow Knight with some free extras on the way.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 4 is out now with lots of bug fixes and a major controller input change

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:24:02 +0000

Team Cherry have released Patch 4 for Hollow Knight: Silksong bringing with it more bug fixes, along with a big change to how controllers are handled.

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Scribbly, open-world action adventure Scrabdackle arrives December 2

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:30:58 +0000

Follow along the misadventure of a novice wizard in Scrabdackle, a scribbly-art open-world action adventure when it arrives on December 2nd.

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A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:09:31 +0000

Memes, you gotta love 'em right? Question Hound from This Is Fine is getting a metroidvania platformer video game with This Is Fine: Maximum Cope.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 4 has a Beta up with a major controller input change

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:45:46 +0000

Team Cherry certainly are getting these patches out rapidly, they only just launched Patch 3 for Hollow Knight: Silksong and now Patch 4 has a Beta.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 3 (1.0.28891) brings a lot of fixes and Dualsense Edge support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:18:12 +0000

The most popular Steam Deck game over the last month continues to improve, with the third major patch now available for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

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Dino society is about to fall apart in the pre-apocalyptic action adventure GNAW

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:06:29 +0000

Dinosaurs were able to suppress their cannibalistic urges and build a society, where of course it all goes to hell in GNAW.

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Need more metroidvania action? Stardust Demon is an overlooked gem

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:39:32 +0000

Finished Hollow Knight: Silksong? Didn't find it punishing enough? You should really take a look at Stardust Demon.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong patch 2 is now officially live - here's what's changed

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:38:55 +0000

Team Cherry have now officially released the second patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, read on to find out everything that's changed and fixed.

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A second Hollow Knight: Silksong patch is ready for testing - here's the details

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:49:34 +0000

Team Cherry clearly aren't slowing down on making improvements to the smash-hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, with a second patch already available to test.

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The first Hollow Knight: Silksong patch arrives next week - here's what's in it

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:06:43 +0000

Hollow Knight: Silksong is clearly a smash-hit, reaching an incredible player milestone quickly after release and Team Cherry are readying a first update.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now with Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:40:14 +0000

After a long time for fans waiting on it, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now officially out and it arrives with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong price and release time confirmed

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:17:31 +0000

The release of Hollow Knight: Silksong on September 4th is fast approaching, and now Team Cherry have given all the details we need on the timing and cost.

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Moonlight Pulse is a metroidvania set inside an immense interstellar organism now with a Linux version

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:39:12 +0000

Set inside an immense interstellar organism, Moonlight Pulse looks like a fun metroidvania and recently it gained a Native Linux version.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is now Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:32:58 +0000

With Hollow Knight: Silksong now finally having a release date, Valve have managed to test it early and given it a Steam Deck Verified rating.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong releases September 4

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:38:17 +0000

Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming and soon too! On September 4th, the wait will finally be over for fans as confirmed today by Team Cherry.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong 'special announcement' coming August 21

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:29:19 +0000

A special announcement from Team Cherry has been revealed for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

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Ukrainian devs Cheers LLC bring puzzle-metroidvania Neanderthallica to Linux and macOS

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:01:10 +0000

Neanderthallica blends a prehistoric world with a twist of sci-fi, a puzzle-metroidvania that's now supported on Linux and macOS.

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Use bombs creatively to progress in the puzzle-platformer metroidvania Öoo

Liam Dawe — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:32:46 +0000

Öoo is a visually charming and clever puzzle-platformer metroidvania where you make creative use of bombs to move yourself around to progress.

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Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller looks incredible, probably a must-have for Hollow Knight fans

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:32:47 +0000

Dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller is the next game from Kyle Thompson who also made the highly rated Crypt Custodian and Islets.

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Rhythm of Resistance is the "world's first" rhythm metroidvania

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:16:54 +0000

I'm not entirely sure if their announcement of it being the "world's first" truly holds up, but I can't say I've seen anything like Rhythm of Resistance.

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Team Cherry clarify Hollow Knight: Silksong will be out before the 2025 holiday season

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:18:33 +0000

Team Cherry have clarified the release period for Hollow Knight: Silksong, after a bit of confusion thanks to Microsoft.

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First person puzzle-adventure metroidvania Memory's Reach looks great with Steam Deck support announced

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:59:33 +0000

Memory's Reach is a very promising looking first-person puzzle-adventure metroidvania, and the good news is that it will have Steam Deck support at launch.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong lives and it's releasing in 2025

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:35:10 +0000

This is not a drill. Hollow Knight: Silksong is alive, thankfully, and it's even going to be releasing this year. On Nintendo Switch 2 that is at least.

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SteamDolls - Order Of Chaos stealth-meets-action platformer arrives February 11

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:40:19 +0000

With a voice cast that reunites multiple people from Metal Gear Solid, SteamDolls - Order Of Chaos is set to arrive in Early Access on February 11.

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Action-platformer metroidvania Janosik 2 will be a 'bigger, bolder adventure' launching December 9

Liam Dawe — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:43:01 +0000

The free to play Janosik just got a major update, and its bigger, bolder adventure sequel Janosik 2 is set for launch on December 9.

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Voidwrought looks like another great one for Hollow Knight fans

Liam Dawe — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:48:23 +0000

Set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors, the upcoming 2D action-platformer metroidvania, Voidwrought looks like a real gem. Especially so if you're a Hollow Knight fan waiting on Hollow Knight: Silksong.

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Get lost in a huge castle in the 2.5D metroidvania 'The Throne' on September 30

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:12:04 +0000

Coming with Native Linux support on September 30th is The Throne, a 2.5D styled metroidvania from BeByte.

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Exographer is a metroidvania inspired by real science - will be fully Steam Deck playable

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:41:42 +0000

Developers SciFunGames have posted an update about their upcoming metroidvania Exographer, noting how well it runs on the Steam Deck.

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While you're waiting on Hollow Knight: Silksong check out Aestik

Liam Dawe — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:11:00 +0000

Aestik from Hooded Traveler Games looks absolutely gorgeous, with some clear Hollow Knight inspiration and may be a good one to play through while you wait for Silksong.

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Dead Cells has its final update out now with The End is Near

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:42:51 +0000

Six years after the main release, Dead Cells has seen its final update, packed full of content to give it a good send off.

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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown gets a Steam release in August

Liam Dawe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:00:41 +0000

Ubisoft have announced that Prince of Persia The Lost Crown is finally coming to Steam on August 8th, making it much easier to play on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

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WOLFHOUND is a sci-fi World War II metroidvania from the creator of Chasm

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:04:34 +0000

Bit Kid creator of Chasm have announced WOLFHOUND, a sci-fi World War II metroidvania where you play as a one-man-army Capt. Chuck “WOLFHOUND” Rosetti.

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Pinball Spire is a fresh Pinballvania blending multiple genres with classic ball flipping

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:43:31 +0000

Pinballvania? That's actually a new one to me, although Pinball Spire is not the first, it sure does look good.

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Wraithbinder is a new metroidvania-inspired action RPG from the dev of Songbringer

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 May 2024 11:27:41 +0000

Wraithbinder is an action roguelike RPG with metroidvania-inspired ability progression. It's just about to enter Early Access with Native Linux support from Wizard Fu (Songbringer) and Double Eleven.

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Stardust Demon looks fantastic for retro metroidvania adventure fans

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:07:58 +0000

Planned to release sometime this year, Stardust Demon is a retro-style metroidvania adventure game inspired by Cave Story, Zelda, and many more. Featuring cute chibi characters wrapped in some dark and spooky undertones.

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Dead Cells will be finished with the upcoming Update 35

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:18:06 +0000

Motion Twin have announced that the upcoming Update 35 for Dead Cells will be the end, so it will be actually finished and complete with no more content updates.

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Never Grave from the Palworld developer looks a lot like Hollow Knight

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:21:11 +0000

Pocketpair formed another studio called Frontside 180 that are working on Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse, which looks a whole lot like Hollow Knight.

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Enter the mind of a game dev on the brink in The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest

Liam Dawe — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:17:41 +0000

Elden Pixels who previously made Alwa's Awakening and Alwa's Legacy, and who are also working on A Void Hope also just announced The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest.

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An Amazing Wizard is a bland name for a game but it looks like great chaos

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:20:14 +0000

Developer Jakub Dąbrowski may need to work on their game naming, but at least the gameplay looks like it's a lot of fun in An Amazing Wizard.

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Anima Flux is an upcoming co-op metroidvania with slick cut-scenes and a demo up

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:39:14 +0000

Want to check out another upcoming game? Anima Flux (previously called Lost in Sky: Violent Seed) looks rather awesome if you love action-platformer metroidvania styled games and it has local co-op too.

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Metroidvania action-platformer Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream announced

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:16:43 +0000

Lunar Ray Games are making a sequel to their positively reviewed Timespinner from 2018, with Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream now on the way and it looks great.

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Latest trailer for Crowsworn has me desperately wanting this Hollow Knight-like

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:24:10 +0000

Crowsworn looks like it's coming along nicely and fans of Hollow Knight will want to keep a close eye on it. Celebrating two years since their Kickstarter, they have a new trailer up.

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Dead Cells hits over 10 million sales

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:25:23 +0000

Something that not many indie titles are able to do, Dead Cells has now managed to hit over 10 million sales and still going strong.

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Exil is a post apocalyptic fusion of Hollow Knight & Cuphead

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 May 2023 14:28:54 +0000

Hollow Knight and Cuphead fused together in a post apocalyptic setting? Yes please. Exil not only sounds good but it looks the part too.

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Relics of Chaos update out for Monster Sanctuary as the last major update

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:04:05 +0000

Seems to be quite a few games being fully done with lately. Monster Sanctuary from moi rai games and Team17 recently had the Relics of Chaos update and it's the last.

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Emberbane is an epic pixel art metroidvania inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:12:07 +0000

Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fans around? Hamlet Games are developing Emberbane, an action-packed epic metroidvania platformer inspired by Avatar.

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We have to wait a bit longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 May 2023 09:01:24 +0000

Hollow Knight is probably one of the most popular 2D metroidvania action-adventures available on PC and the follow-up, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is looking like it's going to take a while longer to release.

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Rogue Legacy 2 has one final content update out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:44:18 +0000

Cellar Door Games are saying farewell to Rogue Legacy 2, with one final major content upgrade out now with The Swan Song.

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Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:20:24 +0000

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a fresh content expansion for the popular rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's available now.

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