I'm still playing Hollow Knight: Silksong and having an absolute ball with it.
I just conquered Mount Fay and it was an enthralling experience. I now have double jump! It really was a throwback to the mountain climb I experienced in Celeste which is surely where the devs got some inspiration from. The game is really a mis-mash of lots of other games and is a massive proponent of the everything is a remix idea.
Some other inspiration would come from:
- The souls like genre in terms of bosses
- Obviously the metroidvania genre in terms of exploration and levelling up of abilities to open up the map
- There's a hint of Zelda in this game as well in terms of collecting items and doing tasks
