Overview

• Team Cherry says the first post‑launch update focuses on bug fixes plus slight early‑game tuning, with Moorwing and Sister Splinter made a bit easier, Sandcarver damage reduced, Bellway and Bell Bench prices lowered, and rosary rewards increased.
• Hollow Knight: Silksong launched on September 4 to massive demand, crashing multiple storefronts and topping 500,000 concurrent PC players, according to SteamDB reporting.
• Early reviews are strongly positive, with Metacritic scores around the low‑90s and critics praising the art, world design, combat and scope, even as many note a steeper difficulty curve.
• A new community ‘Relaxed Mode’ mod by didrio on Nexus Mods adds configurable difficulty and quality‑of‑life options, including reduced damage, resource multipliers and longer i‑frames.
• Guides from outlets like Inverse urge newcomers to prioritize early maps and quill, manage rosaries carefully, practice aerial combat, and seek alternative routes when early fights feel unwinnable.