>>716157853
depends
>a world on par with hollow knight
youre out of luck
Rain World has an amazing world map that is actually living with a kino ecosystem, but its not metroid-like at all. though it is very nonlinear
>sidescroller combat
nine sols is not as good but its cool, its arguably better if you like generic sekiro-"inspired" deflects a lot
>im not picky about the depth of combat and nonlinearity and stuff, just give me a cool world with cool stuff
perhaps blasphemous. Ori is very different but its cool, the games are individually short though so play both together for a decently lengthy game
>i want the full package that HK is
you are completely 100% out of luck until silksong releases
Im about to try Salt and Sanctuary to find out if its good