would u recommend me another great metroidvania game ? list of ur personal top plz

[Morgan]

I has fallen in love with this game. Hollow Knight become one of my favorite games ever.
But i want to play more games with metroidvania like exploration. Plz, help me to fill my soul with other adventure =)

[BlackFox_3211]

Blasphemous, very similar to Hollow Knight. A lot of religious undertones, a lot of exploration and several difficult boss. But just warned it's a hard game to like becase of it has a lot of walking. And if you tring to 100% achievements, ending or fight with ever boss you going to play multypuly time.

[Phirestar]

The closest game to Hollow Knight in the genre is Salt and Sanctuary, from what I’ve seen. It’s a little more restrictive than Hollow Knight was, in terms of what order you can explore and do things in, but it does offer a much deeper combat system and character progression.

There are surprisingly very few metroidvanias that go in this sort of direction with their design. I’ve played about ten or eleven indie metroidvanias from the past 10-ish years, and most of them are very linear and focused on a more formal storyline that’s told to the player, instead of it being pieced together by scraps found while exploring the world.

Most people tend to say the Ori series. I don’t know much about the sequel myself, but having play Blind Forest, it is pretty much the polar opposite of Hollow Knight, which is why I found it to be an extremely disappointing experience. You could realistically make a chart of “Metroidvania Design” with Ori and HK as the two opposing ends, and I think most newer metroidvanias would fall either onto the Ori side or somewhere in the middle.

I think people only really suggest Ori to HK fans because it’s the highest quality game that’s on par with HK, in terms of like the art and music. But gameplay-wise, they couldn’t be further apart from each other.

[aramintai]

Salt & Sanctuary aside (the closest you gonna get with the overall feel), try out Guacamelee! 1 and 2, Dust: An Elysian Tail and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Also, Hollow Knight's narrative structure and feel are heavily influenced by Souls games. Not metroidvanias per se, but they capture that same elusive feel.

And lots of metroidvanias are coming soon:
-Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
-Ultros
-Crowsworn
-Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus (same style as Okami)
-Nine Sols
-Gestalt: Steam & Cinder

[nehireta]

Maybe they are not exactly like Hollow Knight, but i´ll say Ender Lillies and Rabi-Ribi are very nice options. Ender Lillies is the most similar one, just being shorter, less boss fights, smaller world, but very enjoyable. Rabi-Ribi is similar in the sense that it have an equally massive map with lots of secrets and exploration, also a lot of boss fights with good difficulty, although more focused on a bullet hell style.

[S1lent_GR]

Blasphemous

[Morgan]

thanx for ur advise

[Boksha]

Originally posted by S1lent_GR:

Blasphemous

Blasphemous is fair, but it also suffers from the problem Phirestar mentioned; it's very linear (you get to choose the order in which you do certain things, but that hardly gives the feeling of a vast explorable world) and progression comes exclusively from killing bosses (there are areas you can only reach with certain powerups, but they just give you more powerups). It's more of a Souls-like than a metroidvania in that way.

If you don't mind playing older games, you could try tracking down the original Super Metroid (the third game in the series, after Metroid and Metroid II, which are also good but much more bare-bones). It's quite similar to Hollow Knight in terms of exploration and finding upgrades, although there's no in-game textual story.

[_Aron_]

If you like the exploration, try Ori and the Will of the Wisps

[MediocreFantasy]

I'd also bring up Grime, which had a VERY similar overall game feel to me. Huge world with a lot of required bosses and a good number of optional minibosses, a lot of story, plus a sequel is coming out soon :)

[Morgan]

did u play Cave Story? some people say, it is a good game in a metroidvania style

[Boksha]

Cave Story is an amazing game, but I'm not sure I'd call it a Metroidvania per se; it's got a very linear storyline and lots of points-of-no-return. I would definitely recommend it though.

[Morgan]

Originally posted by Boksha:

Cave Story is an amazing game, but I'm not sure I'd call it a Metroidvania per se; it's got a very linear storyline and lots of points-of-no-return. I would definitely recommend it though.

thx, i will take it in mind

[E.P.D. Gaffney]

I always think of Blasphemous and Hollow Knight together, and I'm not sure which I like more. I'd definitely give Blasphemous a try.

And funny Salt and Sanctuary was mentioned because my girlfriend and I finished it about two days ago and it was great. It gets into some kind of harsh platforming near the end, and I didn't care for that so much, but otherwise I love it.

[d.locc$ta]

Dead Cells is super fun. If all you're looking for is to scratch that side-scrolling smash-em-up itch, definitely check it out. I loved it. There may or may not even be some Hollow Knight easter eggs in it... :D

[ShriekViola]

You have to win the game is a very quaint ZX Specturm styled bite size vania that can be beaten in about an hour or two once you figure out where you are going. It's also completely free to download on here. Still one of my favourite Indie go tos.