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2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong: 24 Game of the Year awards

No: Hollow Knight: Silksong collected 24 Game of the Year awards in 2025 and finished No. 3; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2025 Metroidvania game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The sequel to Hollow Knight (2017), the story follows Hallownest's former princess-protector, Hornet—a major secondary character in Hollow Knight—after she is captured and transported to the unfamiliar land of Pharloom.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong finished #3 in the 2025 race, with 24 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 24Total awards
  • 17Media outlets
  • 7Readers' choice
  • 16Countries

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Donkey Kong Bananza (19), Blue Prince (18), Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (16) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Hollow Knight: Silksong win?

Hollow Knight: Silksong won 24 Game of the Year awards in the 2025 season — 3.2% of every award tracked that season. 17 came from editorial picks and 7 from readers' polls, across 16 countries.

Did Hollow Knight: Silksong win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released4 September 2025
  • DeveloperTeam Cherry
  • PublisherTeam Cherry
  • action-adventure game
  • Metroidvania
  • 2D platform game
  • soulsvania
  • PlayStation 5
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • Xbox One
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch 2

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States5
Spain3
Brazil3
Italy1
Mexico1
Thailand1
Saudi Arabia1
Japan1
Austria1
Canada1
France1
Sweden1
United Kingdom1
Peru1
Iran1
Germany1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AtacoreItaly2025
BRCDEvgMexico2025
Chiclana & FriendsSpain2025
Console Gamer StationThailand2025
DGE Game Awards , SA) ReadersSaudi Arabia2025
Game8Japan2025
GamehallBrazil2025
GemTV AwardsSpain2025
Helden der FreizeitAustria2025
Insider GamingUnited States2025
Into the Aether ReadersUnited States2025
Into the Aether PodcastUnited States2025
Joseph Anderson ReadersCanada2025
JSUG Awards ReadersFrance2025
Loading ReadersSweden2025
NMEUnited Kingdom2025
Nos Dicen GamersPeru2025
OverloadrBrazil2025
Par30GamesIran2025
PerazzoBrothersGamingUnited States2025
Pompano Blog ReadersBrazil2025
QUESpain2025
Rocket Beans TVGermany2025
Top Down Perspective ReadersUnited States2025

← Full 2025 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.