Overview

• Silksong launches on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X|S, and PC, with day-one availability on Xbox Game Pass.
• A hands-on demo is playable at Gamescom this week following the release-date trailer and special announcement livestream.
• Team Cherry confirms more than 200 enemies and over 40 bosses, a new kingdom called Pharloom, and Hornet’s expanded acrobatic toolkit with new movement options.
• In interviews, co-founders Ari Gibson and William Pellen say there was no development hell, citing a small team adding scope and polish, and they are already planning post-launch DLC.
• The reveal spurred renewed interest in the original Hollow Knight, which hit a new 20,367 concurrent-player peak on Steam, according to Steam Charts.