Hollow Knight: Silksong is an adventure developed by Team Cherry, released 4 September 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 51.5 hrs to finish.
What Hollow Knight: Silksong is
Hollow Knight: Silksong is an adventure game developed by Team Cherry and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 6.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Play as Hornet, princess-protector of Hallownest, and adventure through a whole new kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and brought to this unfamiliar world, Hornet must battle foes and solve mysteries as she ascends on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 52 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hollow Knight: Silksong holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 520 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 51.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 82 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-3240, AMD FX-4300, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB), Radeon HD 7750 (1GB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Argentina is the cheapest region we track at $6.99 (about $6.99), while United Kingdom pays £16.75 — 3.2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 8 on Steam, which is about $8.19.
What it launched against
Hollow Knight: Silksong launched on 4 September 2025, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us and Cronos: The New Dawn. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us, Cronos: The New Dawn.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hollow Knight: Silksong yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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