Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far

Hollow Knight: Silksong screenshot from the announcement trailer, showing the Knight battling an enemy in a gloomy environment.

(Image credit: Team Cherry)

Once again, Hollow Knight: Silksong is the game on everyone's lips. Team Cherry's upcoming Metroidvania just got a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:massive Steam update, and while the fan base has been known to gets its hopes up incredibly fast (after six years of waiting, can you blame them?), the fact that it came just hours before the jam-packed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Summer Game Fest schedule kicked off sent the rumor mill running ye🐟t again. Sadly, it had nary but a cursory nod thanks to the Deadpool VR trailer... and yet, the dreams persist.

Announced back in 2019, Hollow Knight: Silksong has been living on our list of upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games for far too long. The first game is counted among some of the very 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Metroidvania games of all-time, and although Team Cherry has repeatedly assured us that the sequel is definitely real, you can't help us from getting pretty antsy by this point. While we wait it out for further news, you can find a full recap of everything we know so far abouಞt Hollow Knight: Silksong below.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong news

Hollow Knight Silksong release date speculation

Hollow Knight Silksong screenshot of a Knight running from a boss fight. — (Image credit: Team Cherry)

The Hollow Knight Silksong release date has yet to be revealed, but its appearance in a during the Switch 2 Direct in Apr🥂il reiterates 🐭a 2025 launch window.

that whil🦋e "development is still continuing," the scope of the project requires more time. "We're excited by how the game is shaping up, and it's gotten quite big, so we want to take t💫he time to make the game as good as we can," added Griffin.

In March 2025, we also heard word from a brief teaser from that Silksong is still counted as one of its upcoming games to look forward to. In this statement, the game was next to a collection of 2025 titles. So, while we don't have a firm date yet, it seems like Silksong is s🍌till on its way and the Nintendo appearance s💖eems to reinforce the year window. Fingers crossed we get a late-2025 release window in the future.

Hollow Knight Silksong platforms

Hollow Knight: Silksong image showing the Knight battling an enemy in an orange, flame-like environment. — (Image credit: Team Cherry)

The Hollow Knight: Silksong platforms have been confirmed as Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC – via Steam, GOG, and the Humble Store.

Following the Switch 2 Direct in April 2025, it was clarified that Si𓆏lksong will🀅 be coming to Nintendo's current and next-gen consoles, which is certainly exciting for those planning to get their hands on a Switch 2 this year.

Additionally, Team Cherry has confirmed that a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ho🥃llow Knight: Silksong Xbox Game Pass releas𝓰e has been secured🐠, meaning it'll be available t✤o all subscribers on the day of release.

Will Hollow Knight: Silksong be on PS4 or PS5?

that Hollow Knight: Silksong will⛦ 🍰be available on PS5 and PS4.

Hollow Knight Silksong trailer

Above you can watch the debut Hollow Knight: Silksong reveal trailer, which Team🌞 Cherry used to announce the game to the world for the very first time all the way back in February 2019.

The two-minute trailer began with Hornet’s kidnapping, showing her breaking free to explore lush meadows and dank underground passageways. The trailer showed there are new enemies to conquer, new bosses to fight, 🐓brand new friends to meet along the way, and new 𝓰towns to explore, complete with NPC characters and their associated quests.

And now we have this second Hollow Knight: Silksong gameplay trailer to pour over from E3 2022. More gameplay sneak peeks, more bosses and bad guys, and more from our old pal Hornet &nd🍷ash; who's been promoted from friend and foe of the original game to playable hero.

Hollow Knight Silksong gameplay

As for Hollow Knight: Silksong's gameplay, initially the only footag🙈e we had to go off was from the debut trailer. Despite it being a pure introduction to the sequel, we actually did get to see plenty of clips of protagonist Hornet jumping into action, as she bounds and leaps over enemies with finesse. And now that's been solidified and built upon by the more recent trailer, with everything looking incredibly fluid.

It’s clear then that Hollow Knight’s𓃲 blend of platforming and 2D combat is returning for Silksong. In fact, Team Cherry looks to have made the platforming distinctly more acrobatic with Hornet than with the Knight in the original game: the new protag🌜onist looks like a gymnast compared to the Knight, deftly flipping over huge enemies with ease.

Healing also works differently in Silksong than in Hollow Knight. Instead of slowly refilling her health like the Knight did, Hornet can instantly heal three health nodes, a🦋nd🙈 not only that, but she can also do this on the move. However, Hornet has a Silk metre, and healing three nodes of health immediately empties the bar.

Hollow Knight Silksong story

If you’ve played Hollow Knight, you’ll no doubt remember Hornet, who frequently got in the way of the player character, but ended up becoming their ally partway through. Hollow Knight: Silksongꦏ actually switches out protagonist🃏s, replacing the Knight with Hornet for this new adventure.

In this new game, Hornet finds herself kidnapped, and spirited away to a kingdom called Pharloom. Said to be “haunted by Silk and Song” according to developer Team Cherry themselves, Silkso💧ng’s basic plot put๊s Hornet right at the bottom of this new kingdom, and tasks her with ascending to the top of the kingdom and reaching a shining citadel to find out the truth behind her kidnapping.

Additionally, there’s also going to be side quests for Hornet to take on. These ⛎sound a lot more fleshed out than in the original🌼 Hollow Knight, as Silksong actually allows you to keep track of all your side quests in a journal. Perhaps this is an opportunity to tell more stories outside of the main plot of Silksong.

Hollow Knight Silksong development

Hollow: Knight: Silksong actually began development as another DLC chapter for the original Hollow Knight. Set to star Hornet, developer Team Cherry quickly realised the scope of the DLC was far bigger than they anticipated, so they actually carved out the space for a full-blown sequel starring Hor𝓀net instead.

Looking at the sequel now, it’s not hard to see why. Hollow Knight: Silﷺksong’s debut trailer boasted of over 150 brand new enemies, including new bosses to fight in addition to this. In fact, there’s brand new features for the sequel, like the ability to craft weapons, tools, and traps from m👍aterials gathered off of fallen enemies.

If you liked the music of the original game, then we’ve got good news for you. Original composer Christopher Larkin has r♍eturned to𒈔 collaborate with Team Cherry to score Hollow Knight: Silksong, which means the new adventure promises to have memorable tunes for punchy moments.