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Hollow Knight: Silksong - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Switch 2
- 4th Sep 2025 (UK/EU)
- 4th Sep 2025 (NA)
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Review Hollow Knight: Silksong - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Woven To Brutal Perfection
Pain and pleasure
Hollow Knight: Silksong didn’t need to do much; it just needed to be 'more Hollow Knight'. That’s a huge task in itself; a slightly bigger, slightly better version of an already amazing, genre-defining game. But it’s clear that, after seven years of refining and perfecting and toiling, Team Cherry wanted more than just 'more...
Review Hollow Knight (Switch) - One Of The Finest Metroidvanias That's Not A Metroid Or 'Vania
Much more than a solid achievement
The Switch isn't exactly lacking for quirky Metroidvanias, with the likes of Yoku's Island Express, Dandara and SteamWorld Dig 2 all stretching the genre in new and interesting directions.
Latest Team Cherry News
YesterdayThu, 18th Sep 2025
News Team Cherry Explains Hollow Knight: Silksong's "Steep Difficulty"
"We allow you to go way off the path"
We all waited a whopping seven years to get our hands on Hollow Knight: Silksong, and what has been the talking point in the weeks following its release? The difficulty. With tricky bosses, perilous platforming and some meaty runbacks, many have found Silksong to be a touch too tricky at launch — even after a...
Tuesday16th Sep 2025
News Another Silksong Patch Is On The Way, But Don't Expect More Difficulty Tweaks
The cherry on top
Hollow Knight: Silksong just got its first post-release patch last week — one which actually nerfed the difficulty of a few early game bosses — but Team Cherry is almost ready to put out a second one. This time around, however, it's all about bug fixes (haaa...) and tweaks to Tools. Sharing the details on
Friday12th Sep 2025
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Walkthrough & All Collectibles
Your silky smooth Silksong resource
We're finally ready to ascend — Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now, and Pharloom is ready and waiting to be explored. Just like Hollow Knight, Team Cherry has stuffed its second game with tons of challenges, hidden collectibles, and a whole bunch of news systems for you to dig into. We absolutely loved the...
Thursday11th Sep 2025
Opinion Silksong's Tight Construction Is Exactly What I Need After Too Much Open-World Loafing
I have to fight the boss now? But I was picking flowers!
Of course, it's not in any way whatsoever radical to have your players follow along a tightly-scripted path in a video game. It's nothing new, it's nothing that hasn't been a constant (in platformers especially) since...well...forever. So why is it, some five or six hours into my time with...
News "I Have No Words" - Silksong Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over One Bench
"this is the most anger i have ever felt for any game ever"
Hollow Knight: Silksong is a pretty tough game; we know this, and we've discussed it at length already. But there's one section of the game that is proving to be particularly devious. Before we go ahead, please note that although this article won't cover anything related to Silksong's...
Tuesday9th Sep 2025
Talking Point Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Too Difficult?
Phar too hard?
The original Hollow Knight was no pushover, but it's safe to say that its sequel is hitting a whole new level of difficulty. You only need look on social media to see that some folks have been struggling with their journey through Pharloom. A few are even going so far as to say that Silksong is "way too difficult to be enjoyable" or...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong's Upcoming Patch Will Nerf The Difficulty In Certain Areas
It might be proving too much for some
Team Cherry has announced the first patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, bringing a solid selection of fixes and improvements to the newly-released game (thanks, Eurogamer). Due for launch "mid next week", one key aspect of the patch is that it will actually nerf the game's difficulty in certain areas –...
Friday5th Sep 2025
News Stardew Valley's Creator Has A Small Voice Role In Hollow Knight: Silksong
A star is born
Hollow Knight: Silksong, much like its predecessor, is known for featuring quirky voice roles to represent the numerous NPCs you'll encounter along your journey. One these roles features a developer with which you might be quite familiar: Eric Barone, A.K.A. ConcernedApe, A.K.A the creator of a little game called Stardew Valley. As...
Managing expectations
After an exceptionally long wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on the Switch and Switch 2, and perhaps one of the most pleasantly surprising aspects of its launch is its price. You're looking at $19.99 / £16.75 / €19.99 / ¥2300 for the new release which, given the sheer length of its development and presumptions...
Thursday4th Sep 2025
First Impressions Same But Different? - Our Initial Hours With Hollow Knight: Silksong
A shaw-fire hit early on?
No, you're not hallucinating — that is Hollow Knight: Silksong live on the Switch eShop. After years of waiting, Team Cherry has delivered its Hollow Knight follow-up today (4th September 2025), with Hornet taking centre stage this time around. Now, as you're no doubt are aware at this point, review codes for Silkso
News The Switch eShop And Steam Are Buckling Under The Weight Of Silksong
Single file!
Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Switch and Switch 2. And you'll know this because you're either playing it right now, or you're simply trying to navigate an eShop that's positively buckling under the weight of such a monumental launch. Word has it that other digital storefronts like Steam are also having a real hard time keeping...
Reminder Here's When Hollow Knight: Silksong Releases In Your Time Zone
Update: It's live, but the eShop is struggling
The day is finally upon us! Hollow Knight: Silksong arrives on the Switch 2 (and Switch 1, have no fear) in just a few hours, with Team Cherry doing a global drop later on today. Now, there's no eShop page currently live, nor are there any pre-order options for this one, so if you want to dive into the...
Tuesday2nd Sep 2025
Feature The Road To Silksong: Remembering Seven Years Of Hope, Hype, And Clown Makeup
Nothing but Hornet
In case you somehow missed it, today is Hollow Knight: Silksong Eve Eve. Yes, it's a term that I've just made up, but I've been waiting for this one for the past seven years, so you'll have to forgive me for counting down the days as if I'm on the run up to Christmas. Team Cherry's surprise announcement two weeks ago might have...
News Team Cherry Provides One Last Silksong Update Before Launch
Backers, listen up
With just two days (!) remaining until the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong on the Switch and Switch 2, Team Cherry has provided one final Kickstarter update to run through a bit of last-minute housekeeping. Naturally, the update mostly concerns backers who supported the project back in the 19th century, with Team Cherry...
Monday1st Sep 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong's Price Has Been Officially Announced
Update: Team Cherry confirms
After a long wait and multiple delays, Team Cherry's anticipated release Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally releasing next month – and the cost of the eagerly awaited game appears to have been revealed (thanks, Eurogamer). While it's not an official confirmation,
Wednesday27th Aug 2025
Poll Ahead Of Silksong's Release, Are You 'Finally' Playing Hollow Knight?
It's a deep nest
In case you've been living in the deepest, darkest cave imaginable, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally launching next week, on 4th September 2025. Fans have been waiting years to get their hands on the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Hollow Knight, and suddenly, we have just over a week to go. Team Cherry has sold almost 15...
Saturday23rd Aug 2025
Opinion Silksong's Big 'Anticlimactic' Premiere Was Absolutely Perfect
No webs to spin
Six years. Much has been said in the last six years about Team Cherry's near radio silence on Hollow Knight: Silksong. Promises from Microsoft about the game coming out "in the next 12 months" in 2022. No playable demo since E3 2019. No Kickstarter updates. And a furore of hungry fans whipping themselves into a frenzy and building an...
Round Up The Final Previews Are In For Hollow Knight: Silksong
It's almost here
After a long wait and even some delays, we're now just weeks out from the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. The 'hands on' previews have been rolling in from Gamescom this week, so we're rounding up a handful here including our own. This is the final demo before the game goes on sale to the public on 4th September 2025. Firstly,...
Thursday21st Aug 2025
News Hollow Knight Has Now Sold Almost 15 Million Copies
HorNET profit
It would come as no surprise to hear that Hollow Knight is one of the most successful indie games of all time, right? An immensely popular Switch launch (a quarter of a million sales in its first two weeks) and six years of waiting for one of the most hyped-up sequels ever is bound to do that. But it turns out that the melancholic...
News Team Cherry's Already Got "Ambitious" Plans For Hollow Knight: Silksong Additional Content
"Hopefully we can achieve some of it"
Team Cherry has finally lifted the lid on Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date. It's 4th September, if you missed it, and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has sat down with the devs to find out why it has taken so long to make. The short answer, as detailed
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Finally Has A Release Date
IT'S HAPPENING
Team Cherry's "special announcement" gave us what we were all hoping for, Hollow Knight: Silksong will launch on 4th September. The reveal gave us a closer look at the gameplay, showcasing the "lethal acrobatic action", "vast handcrafted world", and a massive roster of enemies (200 regular enemies and 40 bosses, to be precise)...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong "Special Announcement" Is Coming Today
ACTION STATIONS
No, this is not a drill. Team Cherry has shared that a "Special Announcement" about Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming our way on 21st August (that's this Thursday)! Very little is known about what the announcement will entail at the time of writing, though the YouTube stream is now live on the official Team Cherry account, so you...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
Video At Last! We've Played Hollow Knight: Silksong On Switch 2
Threading the needle
You've read the title, you've seen photos of the booths online, so you know it's coming — six years after its last official public demo, we've finally played Hollow Knight: Silksong. And, we've played it on Switch 2, too. Ahead of the game's special broadcast tomorrow, 21st August, we — or, more specifically, the lovely...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Offers Buttery Smooth Performance On Switch 2
No Quirrels from us
Well, it has been quite the week for Hollow Knight: Silksong news, hasn't it? We got a tiny peek at some more gameplay in Gamescom Opening Night Live, Team Cherry revealed a "special announcement" is coming on Thursday, and now we're getting to go hands-on with the damn thing. Our more d
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Geoff Keighley Either Knows Something About Silksong, Or Is Just Being A Tool
We can't decide which right now
With yet another major games showcase just around the corner, Hollow Knight fans are once again hoping against hope that a release date for Silksong will be confirmed. This time, however, something feels different. We're mere hours away from Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, and host Geoff Keighley has posted a...
Monday28th Jul 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At Gamescom 2025
Cherry picking
Well look who finally showed up! Microsoft has today announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, the Hollow Knight: Silksong) will be making an appearance at Gamescom 2025 in a new playable demo. In a new Xbox Wire blog post, the company confirmed that Silksong will be one of the titles coming to the Xbox booth for the duration of...
Tuesday3rd Jun 2025
News Hollow Knight Fans Reignite Silksong Shadow Drop Speculation Following Steam Page Update
It is showcase season...
We last heard from Hollow Knight: Silksong in the April Switch 2 Direct, where Team Cherry's hotly anticipated metroidvania made a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, accompanied by a '2025' release window. In the weeks since, the game returned to its dormant state, but a new update to its Steam page has once again stoked...
Thursday1st May 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At An Australian Museum In September
But what about the rest of us?!
Hollow Knight fans have been itching to get their hands on the upcoming sequel, Silksong, and while it's still currently scheduled to launch in 2025, desperation is undoubtedly starting to creep in with some. Thankfully, news that Silksong will be playable at an Australian museum later this year might provide a clue...
Tuesday8th Apr 2025
News New Hollow Knight: Silksong Screenshots Sneak Onto Japanese Nintendo Website
Dashing
It's all kicking off in the world of Hollow Knight: Silksong, isn't it? After scoring a 2025 release window in last week's Direct and the clarification that it'll launch on Switch alongside Switch 2, you'd think we've heard enough official news from Team Cherry, but no! There's a fresh batch of screenshots out there. As noted
News Don't Worry, Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Still Coming To The Original Switch
It's not a Switch 2 exclusive
Hollow Knight fans have been waiting over half a decade for Silksong and in that time the game has been publicised across multiple different platforms. While the game is still coming to every major platform, there have been some concerns raised following the Switch 2 Direct about the new entry potentially being a...
Wednesday2nd Apr 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Launch On Switch 2 In 2025
Still no specifics, mind you
Well, here's a face that we had grown tired of anticipating! Hollow Knight: Silksong made a cameo in today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation — yes, an actual, real cameo — and it was accompanied by a 2025 release window. We saw very little of Team Cherry's sequel, all in all, but the blink-and-you'll-miss-it...
Monday24th Mar 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam Page Update Kicks Off Another Round Of Fan Speculation
Here we go again
In the absence of any official Hollow Knight: Silksong news, any update to the game, no matter how small, is a cause for speculation amongst the community — who, let's not forget, have been waiting for this one since 2019. Well, today we have another minor update, to the Steam page this time, and it's rekindled the "we're so...
Thursday20th Mar 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Gets Surprise Mention By Xbox, Will It Finally Release This Year?
Playing the waiting game
It looks like we've got a small update on the status of Hollow Knight: Silksong and this time it comes from the world of Xbox. Fans of this long-awaited title have been given some hope recently with the ID@Xbox director Guy Richards acknowledging how this title is still part of the company's future lineup. Unfortunately,...
Tuesday18th Feb 2025
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Briefly Vanishes From US Switch eShop, But It's Back Now
Update: Restored after a few hours
Hollow Knight: Silksong's Switch eShop listing has disappeared from the North American storefront. Spotted on the Silksong subreddit (via Wario64), the page was seemingly removed earlier today. Now, when you
Monday20th Jan 2025
News Team Cherry Reconfirms Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Actually Real In Small Development Update
After weeks of rumours
The Hollow Knight: Silksong community has been ablaze in recent weeks with theories and rumours aplenty about when the hotly-anticipated sequel will finally release. While none are yet to come to fruition, Team Cherry has provided a tiny development update, just to reassure everyone that the game actually does exist and it...
Friday17th Jan 2025
News Silksong Fans Think They've Narrowed Down The Big Announcement
Is the cake a lie?
Hollow Knight fans have been waiting over five years now for Silksong, so when will we hear more about it? While the best guesses have been shared time and time again, the next date fans have discovered actually lines up with Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. Hollow Knight fan and YouTuber 'fireb0rn' highlights how a member of Team Ch
Monday19th Aug 2024
News No, Hollow Knight: Silksong Won't Be At Gamescom Opening Night Live
Feelin' hollow
If there's one thing Geoff Keighley has been consistent at, it's telling his audience that his events probably won't be as good as they're expecting. Take this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live event, for example. While we can expect to see some pretty exciting titles like Civilization VII and uh... some other games not currently...
Friday21st Jun 2024
News Silksong Is "Not In Dev Hell" According To Playtester
Song of silence
The season of summer showcases has been and gone, and while there have been many fantastic new game announcements and updates, Hollow Knight: Silksong has been missing in action with not even a comment from developer Team Cherry in around two years. But there's nothing to worry about, at least according to a playtester, as the game...
Thursday6th Jun 2024
News Play Hollow Knight For Free In Nintendo Switch Online's Latest Game Trial (Europe)
Nailed it
We're sure that most of you will have picked up Hollow Knight by now, but those who have held back on this magnificent metroidvania can now take it for a spin as a part of Europe's new Nintendo Switch Online free Game Trial. The trial period begins today (6th June) on the Switch eShop and you can explore the melancholy map of Hallownest...
Sunday26th May 2024
Soapbox After Restarting My Save File, I Finally 'Get' Hollow Knight
*sigh* Bapanada
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim is finally seeing the Hollow light... Last year, I decided to take a break from Tears of the Kingdom and pick up a fun-looking, rarely discussed indie which was subject to a...
Tuesday16th Apr 2024
News Surprise! A New Listing For Hollow Knight: Silksong Has Appeared Online
Update: More ratings surface
Update #2 [Tue 16th Apr, 2024 04:30 BST]: It seems another rating for Hollow Knight: Silksong has appeared online. As highlighted by Vooks.net, this rating was shared on the Australian Classification Board website earlier this month on 2nd April 2024. It's hopefully a sign the game is finally nearing re
Wednesday14th Feb 2024
Random It's Been Five Long Years Since Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Officially Announced
Is 2024 the year we finally get it?
You read the headline correctly — Hollow Knight: Silksong was officially revealed to the world five years ago today, on 14th February 2019. The sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong follows your rival-turned-friend Hornet, who is captured and taken to the kingdom of Pharloom, where she must escape and reach the top...
Thursday28th Dec 2023
Soapbox Why I Love Deepnest, Hollow Knight's Most Divisive Area
Deeply in love
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Alana thinks back on a divisive part of a beloved game as she peers into the middle distance, rocking back and forth, mumbling 'Silksong, Silksong, Silkso—'... I'm a pretty...
Monday13th Nov 2023
Poll Do You Think We'll See Hollow Knight: Silksong This Year?
It's too big for an Indie World, surely
With every new video game announcement showcase — whether from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, or even a more broad presentation — you'll probably hear loud calls clamouring for a certain insect-starring Metroidvania sequel. Tomorrow's Indie World has returned those same calls, but we need to be honest with...
Sunday24th Sep 2023
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Fans Spot New Behind-The-Scenes Updates
Some assets have been changed
We're running out of months in 2023 and there's still no sign of Hollow Knight: Silksong arriving on the Nintendo Switch any time soon. With this in mind, fans have been searching for any sign of a possible upcoming release, and it seems the game's web and store assets have been updated and changed this week. As...
Wednesday6th Sep 2023
Random Fan-Made Hollow Knight Boss Battle In 3D Has Us Ready To Dive Into Hallownest Again
How's the Silksong wait treating ya?
It's fair to say that we are all ready for Hollow Knight: Silksong now, right? After being pushed from the first half of 2023 back in May, the thumb-twiddling wait for the hotly anticipated sequel has reached new heights, though at least it seems that some fans are using the time productively (thanks, The Gamer)...
Friday26th May 2023
News Good Smile Company Reveals Two Hollow Knight Nendoroid Figures, And They Look Brilliant
"No cost too great"
Good Smile Company has today revealed the first images of two upcoming Hollow Knight Nendoroid figures as a part of its WonHobbyG 2023 Spring event. Posted from the @GoodSmile_US Twitter account, we got a sneak peek at both The Knight and Hornet — the protagonists of Hollow Knight and the much-anticipated Hollow Knight:...
Wednesday10th May 2023
News Hollow Knight: Silksong No Longer Releasing In The First Half Of 2023
"Development is still continuing"
We've finally got an update about the anticipated release Hollow Knight: Silksong, but it might not be the news everyone was expecting. According to Team Cherry's marketing and publishing rep Matthew Griffin, Silksong was apparently "planned to release in the 1st half of 2023" but development on the game is still...
Monday24th Apr 2023
Random Want To Play Hollow Knight Before Silksong? It's 50% Off On Switch eShop Right Now
Sale ends 26th April
If last week's Indie World taught us anything, it's that people are ready — really, really ready — for some Silksong news. While the showcase brought us no joy on that front (realistically, it was always going to be saved for a larger Direct) it did get us thinking about leaping back into Hollow Knight. If, however, you...
Sunday12th Feb 2023
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Playtester Shares Small Update, Says It's "Worth The Wait"
"It is a glorious game"
There's been no update about the status of Hollow Knight: Silksong since last year, so what's the latest now that it's skipped another Nintendo Direct? There's apparently no need to worry! In an update via the game's official Discord channel, a Team Cherry playtester has shared a brief message explaining a little about...
