The gaming world just witnessed history. After what felt like forever, Hollow Knight Silksong is actually here. You can download it and play it right now.
If you’ve been following gaming news for the past few years, you’ll know this is huge. We’re talking about one of the most anticipated games ever made. Seven years of waiting. Seven years of fans making memes about when it would come out. And now it’s finally happened.
The Wait is Over
Hollow Knight Silksong dropped yesterday, September 4th, 2025, and the gaming community basically went absolutely wild. Steam, PlayStation Store, and Nintendo eShop all crashed when people tried to download it at the same time. That’s how popular this game is.
Team Cherry, the tiny Australian studio behind the game, announced the release date just a couple weeks ago at Gamescom. Before that? Radio silence for months. They’ve been working on Hollow Knight Silksong in secret, not saying much to anyone.
“We wanted to focus our energies on the development process itself,” the developers explained. They didn’t want to spoil any surprises or get people’s hopes up if things didn’t work out.
But now? Game’s out. You can buy it for $19.99 on pretty much every platform – PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, even the new Switch 2. It’s also on Game Pass from day one, which is pretty sweet if you’ve got a subscription.
What Makes This So Special?
Here’s the thing about Hollow Knight Silksong – it’s not just any sequel. The original Hollow Knight from 2017 was one of those games that came out of nowhere and blew everyone away. Beautiful hand-drawn art, incredible music, tough-as-nails gameplay that made Dark Souls look easy.
But what really got people excited was how Team Cherry handled everything. Just three guys from Australia who made something that looked and felt better than games with massive budgets and hundreds of developers.
Hollow Knight Silksong was originally supposed to be DLC for the first game. But as they kept working on it, it got bigger and bigger until they realized they had a whole new game on their hands. That was back in 2019 when they first announced it.
Then came the waiting. And waiting. And more waiting.
The Memes Were Real
The Hollow Knight Silksong community became legendary for their patience – and their memes. Fans would dress up the main character from the first game like a clown every time a gaming event happened and the sequel didn’t show up.
There’s literally a YouTube channel called “Daily Silksong News” that posted updates every single day for over 1,600 days. Most of those videos just said “there has been no news to report for Silksong today.” The dedication was unreal.
People were starting to think Hollow Knight Silksong was becoming the Duke Nukem Forever of indie games – a game that would never actually come out. But Team Cherry kept working, kept quiet, and kept making the game better.
The Steam wishlist for Hollow Knight Silksong hit over 5 million people. That’s insane numbers for any game, let alone an indie sequel.
What You’re Actually Getting
So what exactly is Hollow Knight Silksong? You play as Hornet, who was a major character in the first game but now gets her own adventure. She’s been captured and taken to a strange new kingdom called Pharloom, and you’ve got to help her escape and figure out what’s going on.
The gameplay is faster than the original Hollow Knight. Hornet moves quicker, fights differently, and has her own set of abilities. Instead of the Knight’s nail (basically a sword), she uses a needle and thread. The combat looks absolutely amazing from what people have played so far.
Team Cherry packed in over 200 different enemies and more than 40 boss fights. The world is supposedly bigger than the original game, which was already massive. There’s also a quest system this time around to help guide exploration.
The music is done by Christopher Larkin, the same composer who made the original Hollow Knight soundtrack so memorable. Early reports say it’s even better this time around.
The Gaming World Reacts
When Hollow Knight Silksong finally launched, it immediately became one of the biggest releases on Steam. Within hours, it cracked the top 20 highest player counts in Steam history with over 500,000 people playing at once.
Gaming websites that had been tracking the development for years were posting “it’s finally over” headlines. Streamers were crying on camera. The reaction has been pretty emotional across the board.
“If what I played today is any indication, Silksong will follow in Hollow Knight’s steps,” one reviewer said after playing an early demo. “I really enjoyed what I played.”
The game is getting compared to everything from Super Metroid to Castlevania, but most people agree it feels like its own thing. Team Cherry has managed to create something that honors the original while being completely fresh.
Technical Stuff You Should Know
Hollow Knight Silksong launched simultaneously worldwide, so nobody got it early. The release time was 7 AM Pacific, 10 AM Eastern. Pretty standard for a global launch.
The game supports ultrawide monitors, runs on basically anything that can handle the original Hollow Knight, and has full controller support. Team Cherry kept things simple – they just wanted the game to work well everywhere.
No pre-orders were available, which was intentional. The developers wanted everyone to get it at the same time, including the Kickstarter backers who helped fund the original game years ago.
Why This Matters
Hollow Knight Silksong represents something pretty special in gaming. It’s proof that small teams can still compete with massive studios if they’ve got the talent and dedication. Team Cherry spent seven years perfecting this game instead of rushing it out to meet some corporate deadline.
In a world where most big games come out broken and need months of patches, Hollow Knight Silksong launched working properly. That’s becoming rare these days.
The success also shows that people are hungry for original, creative games. Not everything needs to be a live service with microtransactions and battle passes. Sometimes you just want a really good single-player adventure.
What Happens Next?
Team Cherry has hinted that Hollow Knight Silksong isn’t the end of their plans. In interviews, they’ve mentioned possible additional content and have said “The most interesting thing now is what can we add to it next.”
But for now, they’re probably just relieved to finally get the game out there. Seven years is a long time to work on anything, especially with the pressure and expectations that were building up.
The gaming community is finally getting to experience what they’ve been waiting for. Whether Hollow Knight Silksong lives up to seven years of hype remains to be seen, but early signs are looking really good.
After all this time, the wait for Hollow Knight Silksong is finally over. Now the real question is: did it live up to the hype?
