Hollow Knight Alternatives

Hollow Knight is described as 'Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style' and is a Platform Game in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to Hollow Knight for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Playstation. The best alternative is Braid. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari) or Alex the Allegator. Other Hollow Knight like games are Celeste, Rayman, Super Meat Boy and VVVVVV.

Hollow Knight alternatives are mainly Platform Games but may also be Adventure Games or Action Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Hollow Knight.

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Braid
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45 alternatives to Braid
Braid is a platforming game in a painterly style where you manipulate the flow of time to solve puzzles.
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1. Single playerBraid has one or more single player game modes.
Time-related puzzles
Celeste
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19 alternatives to Celeste
Celeste is a platforming video game by Canadian video game developers Matt Thorson and Noel Berry. The game was originally created as a prototype in four days during a game jam, and later expanded into a full release.
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Rayman (Series)
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39 alternatives to Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game series created by Michel Ancel and owned by Ubisoft. The original Rayman was a 2D sprite-based platformer similar to those of the 16-bit era. Rayman 2: The Great Escape moved the series into 3D, and added more variety to the gameplay with new...
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1. Single playerRayman has one or more single player game modes.
Super Meat Boy (Series)
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77 alternatives to Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy is a platform game developed by Team Meat and is the successor to Edmund McMillen's and Jonathan McEntee's flash game, Meat Boy, originally released on the Newgrounds website in October 2008.
Represent entire series of Super Meat Boy games including Super Meat Boy,Super Meat Boy Forever.
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1. Single playerSuper Meat Boy has one or more single player game modes.
2. Controller SupportSuper Meat Boy supports the use of a controller (XBOX, PlayStation, etc.).
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Super Meat Boy is a platformer only, not a Metroidvania.
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Super Meat Boy is hardcore arcade platformer. It's not Metroidvania so there's no word to explore.
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Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari)
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33 alternatives to Cave Story (Dokutsu Monogatari)
Cave Story, or Dokutsu Monogatari, is a Japanese freeware Metroidvania side-scrolling Metroidvania platform-adventure game developed by Studio Pixel . It has been translated into English by Aeon Genesis Translations.
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Another one good example of Metroidvania games.
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VVVVVV
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26 alternatives to VVVVVV
In VVVVVV, the player controls Captain Viridian, who is lost in an alternate dimension, in search of the missing members of his spaceship's crew. Instead of jumping, the player is able to control the direction of gravity, allowing Captain Viridian to flip between the floors...

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Bloodstained (Series)
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15 alternatives to Bloodstained
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a gothic horror action side-scrolling RPG set in 18th century England. A paranormal force has summoned a demon-infested castle, revealing crystal shards infused with tremendous magical power.
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1. Single playerBloodstained has one or more single player game modes.
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Alex the Allegator (Series)
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71 alternatives to Alex the Allegator
Alex the Allegator is a series of games that I, Johan Peitz, usually use for game coding challenges like Speedhack and Ludumdare. Whilst most of my games reside on Free Lunch Design, this is the place for the Alex' series and the even the source for these games. Let's go!
Represent entire series of Alex the Allegator games including Alex the Allegator 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
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59 alternatives to Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer. The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage...

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Nikki and the Robots
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46 alternatives to Nikki and the Robots
A cute physics platformer that plays in a fictional world of the future the infamous super villain Dr. Lacroix schemes to seize world supremacy with his army of robots. You take the role of Nikki and try to cross those evil plans on behalf of a secret organization.
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1. Single playerNikki and the Robots has one or more single player game modes.
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Discontinued
The Joyride Labs no longer work on the project and their official website is no longer available. Last version of the game, 1.0.1, released in February 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub.