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Hollow Knight: Silksong

Team Cherry · 2025-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 04, 2025 (Linux), Sep 04, 2025 (Mac), Sep 04, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 04, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 04, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 04, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

89%
positive of 421k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,846
twitch viewers (latest)
1423.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
92/100
IGDB user rating (502 ratings)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (54,066 ratings)
52h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 82h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2025 Metroidvania game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The sequel to Hollow Knight (2017), the story follows Hallownest's former princess-protector, Hornet—a major secondary character in Hollow Knight—after she is captured and transported to the unfamiliar land of Pharloom. Gameplay sees the player navigating through the large, interconnected areas of this kingdom, where they must battle enemies, traverse platforming challenges, and complete quests using various skills, tools, and movement mechanics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8,298 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,037/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (143,155 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 11,616 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.4M–19M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 420,958 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Microsoft Store (2026-05-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
110k110k20252026Week of 2025-09-04: 109,862 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 33,293 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 43,171 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 7,542 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 24,839 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3,339 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 15,818 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1,983 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 12,951 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1,524 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 8,925 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 896 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 6,472 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 660 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 4,943 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 516 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 3,934 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 371 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 3,724 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 301 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 3,164 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 287 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 28,620 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 369 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 22,807 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 2,198 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 187 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 2,281 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 193 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 2,843 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 274 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2,937 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 307 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,385 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 2,219 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 245 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1,873 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 230 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 173 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 1,526 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 1,409 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1,344 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 977 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 980 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 855 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 827 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 794 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 803 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 791 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 824 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 817 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 795 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 784 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 778 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 762 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1,072 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1,054 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 145 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 868 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 918 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 914 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 863 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 863 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 846 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 812 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 67 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$14.992025-09-042026-08-132025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-29 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $15.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-02 — best price $19.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-03 — best price $15.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $15.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $15.992026-05-14 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-07-22 — best price $17.762026-08-13 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.8k7062026-06-04 — 978 pageviews2026-06-07 — 991 pageviews2026-06-10 — 991 pageviews2026-06-13 — 811 pageviews2026-06-16 — 760 pageviews2026-06-19 — 928 pageviews2026-06-22 — 814 pageviews2026-06-25 — 866 pageviews2026-06-28 — 857 pageviews2026-07-01 — 779 pageviews2026-07-04 — 820 pageviews2026-07-07 — 877 pageviews2026-07-10 — 744 pageviews2026-07-13 — 779 pageviews2026-07-16 — 740 pageviews2026-07-19 — 766 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2,791 pageviews2026-07-25 — 966 pageviews2026-07-28 — 918 pageviews2026-07-31 — 891 pageviews2026-08-03 — 869 pageviews2026-08-06 — 873 pageviews2026-08-09 — 818 pageviews2026-08-12 — 748 pageviews2026-08-15 — 717 pageviews2026-08-18 — 878 pageviews2026-08-21 — 852 pageviews2026-08-24 — 913 pageviews2026-08-27 — 906 pageviews2026-08-30 — 888 pageviews2026-09-01 — 975 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.9k2.1k2026-08-30 11:12 — 3,897 viewers2026-08-31 07:12 — 2,722 viewers2026-08-31 08:12 — 3,191 viewers2026-08-31 09:12 — 3,412 viewers2026-08-31 10:12 — 2,093 viewers2026-08-31 12:12 — 2,846 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
89.8%
earned "Equipped"
39%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)44,3165%52
PS5 (PlayStation)18,38310%34
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)16,9172%52
PS4 (PlayStation)5,37411%34
Switch, Switch 2 (Nintendo)3,9060%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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