Overview

• Third-party firms estimate roughly 4.2 million paid copies across PC and consoles, plus about 1.5 million Xbox Game Pass downloads, with Team Cherry yet to share official totals.
• Ari Gibson and William Pellen say players can divert off the main path to mitigate tough encounters through exploration, learning, or alternative routes.
• The team explains that Hornet’s speed and mobility required more complex, intelligent enemies, with even basic foes built from the original game’s Hornet boss move-set.
• Following player feedback, an early patch softened select opening bosses, and the studio says it is preparing another update focused on bug fixes.
• Exhibition materials at ACMI detail years of iteration on Pharloom’s map, including the late addition of Moss Grotto for a gentler introduction and the 2021 removal of Red Coral Gorge.