Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, where you explore new lands, gain powers, fight hordes of bugs and beasts, and uncover secrets about your nature and past.

Join the IGN gang at gamescom 2025 as they react to the latest release date trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

In a new interview with Bloomberg (paywalled), studio co-founders Ari Gibson and William Pellan stated that Hollow Knight has sold around 15 million copies since it launched back in 2017. 2.8 million of these sales came before Silksong was announced in 2019, and an additional 12 million have come in the years since, the devs stated.

The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong is almost over, with Team Cherry announcing today that the game will finally release on September 4, 2025, over six years after it was first announced.

Team Cherry has already committed to some ambitious post-launch support of Silksong and the game still isn't out.

After six long years of waiting, Silksong finally has a release date—as announced on Team Cherry's YouTube channel. It's my pleasure to inform you that Silksong will finally be arriving to PC on September 4, marking an end to years of waiting for the Hollow Knight sequel and, tragically, over half a decade of top-tier Silkposting.

Hollow Knight: Silksong will arrive seven years after the first game. Why? That’s what fans have been impatiently wondering for a while now. According to the developers at Team Cherry, there was no major drama or development snafus. Seven years is just ...