Published Apr 27, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Adventure of Samsara is a 2025 hidden gem vying to be a 2026 breakout Overshadowed by Silksong, Atari hopes a major update can 'relaunch' its retro Metroidvania Image: Atari/Ilex Games There are bad times to release a video game and then there’s Sept. 4, 2025, the day Atari launched Adventure of Samsara directly into the maw of Hollow Knight: Silksong . Miraculously, in the face of disaster, the publisher isn’t giving up on what it believes is a truly great game. On Monday, the company announced a major update for Adventure of Samsara , which it considers a resurrection moment for the objectively overlooked title. Silksong ’s release date, announced only a month before launch by Team Cherry, triggered a full-scale evacuation plan by nimble publishers. But at that point, Atari had locked Adventure of Samsara into storefront schedules across Nintendo, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Physical copies (a big part of Atari’s business) were pre-ordered. There was no escape hatch.…