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2. Nine Sols Is Hollow Knight With Cats
Although Hollow Knight might be credited with giving rise to the popularity of 2D Soulslikes, it is actually not the only franchise that maintains the high-quality feel of this genre while competing with bigger studios.
2024 saw the rise of another equally incredible 2D Soulslike—Nine Sols.
Nine Sols is a fantasy meets cyberpunk action platformer in which you play as an adorable fox samurai named Yi. The game has a rich story delivered through beautifully drawn and fully animated cutscenes, as well as a fully interactable world with its own unique setting.
The game is gorgeous to look at and feels quite similar to Hollow Knight in terms of gameplay, once again proving that two-dimensional Dark Souls “clones” might be just the thing to bring people out of fatigue over the genre.
The combination of fast-paced combat with cleverly designed platforming levels makes for dynamic and addictingly difficult gameplay that will keep you engaged all the way to the end of the story. If you haven't tried it and don't know what to do after completing Silksong, Nine Sols is the perfect title to pivot to.
After all, the only better thing than animated bug knights are animated cat samurai!