🗂️ Series: Hollow Knight
Released in 2017 by Team Cherry, a tiny Australian indie team, Hollow Knight became the modern benchmark of the Metroidvania genre: a fallen insect kingdom called Hallownest, told almost wordlessly — its whole tragedy written in stone tablets, dreams and what the world left behind.
The sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025), takes Hornet — princess-knight of Hallownest — to Pharloom, the kingdom of Silk and Song. Read the Hollow Knight story first to understand who Hornet is, and why her journey in Silksong weighs so heavily.
🏢 About the developer — Team Cherry
Team Cherry is a small indie team in Adelaide, Australia, with just 3 core members. Hollow Knight (2017) was their debut project, successfully funded on Kickstarter, and became a Metroidvania landmark thanks to its hand-drawn world of Hallownest and its metaphorical storytelling.
Hollow KnightHollow Knight Story Explained: A Dead Kingdom, a Forgotten God, and the Hollow Vessels
Hollow Knight tells almost none of its story through dialogue. The entire tragedy of Hallownest lies scattered across stone tablets, dreams, and item descriptions. This article pieces them all together into one complete story.
Hollow Knight: SilksongHollow Knight: Silksong Story Explained: Hornet's Pilgrimage and the Kingdom on Strings
Kidnapped and carried off to Pharloom, a kingdom that worships Silk and Song, Hornet must climb from its deepest depths to the Cradle atop the Citadel — where a goddess betrayed by her own faithful is once again pulling the silk threads wound around the heart of every living soul. Silksong is a story about faith turned into machinery, about two daughters of the same legacy, and about the price of freedom.