Overview

• Team Cherry launched Hollow Knight: Silksong on September 4 across PC and consoles, with DRM‑free options on GOG and the Humble Store.
• Steam, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store and Xbox services saw widespread technical problems around release, with issues tracked by Downdetector and little official comment.
• SteamDB recorded about 534,000 concurrent players at launch and roughly 562,000 on Friday, placing Silksong among the top four most‑played titles on Steam.
• The game quickly became Steam’s current top seller and also led recent bestseller rankings on PlayStation and Nintendo storefronts.
• Player reception was strongly positive, with thousands of early Steam reviews skewing favorable, and reporting noted the absence of preorders likely concentrated launch‑day traffic.