Hollow Knight: Silksong finally gets an official release date
Now, you have a very good reason to clear your September schedules.
After years of memes, endless “when’s the release date?” jokes, and fans starting to wonder if Hollow Knight: Silksong was secretly a myth, we actually have a date. In my opinion, the title is the most hyped indie game of 2025, maybe even the most anticipated indie release of the decade.
The game was confirmed to launch this year during the recent Gamescom Opening Night Live, but no specific date was mentioned. However, in the latest trailer released by the developers, Team Cherry, Hollow Knight: Silksong is confirmed to launch on Thursday, September 4.
The trailer also revealed that Silksong will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. And for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, it’ll be a day-one drop.
Here is the funny part. Silksong was not even supposed to be its own game. Back when the original Hollow Knight launched in 2017, Team Cherry planned it as just downloadable content (DLC). But the project ballooned, and by 2019, the devs announced it as a full sequel instead.
That explains the long wait, but according to the team, the delay was not because of development hell. In fact, they say it was the complete opposite.
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In an interview with Bloomberg, Team Cherry co-founders Ari Gibson and William Pellen said they had so much fun working on Silksong that the almost eight-year timeline just kind of happened.
“It was never stuck or anything. It was always progressing,” Gibson explained. At one point, he even admitted he had to stop sketching new ideas because otherwise the game would never get finished.
To add the cherry on top (no pun intended), Team Cherry has already confirmed that there are plans for post-launch content for Silksong that could stretch on for years. They did not give details, but they admitted some of the stuff they are planning is pretty ambitious.
Honestly, at this point, Silksong has basically become the GTA 6 of the indie world. Just like Rockstar’s juggernaut, the extended development period has created such hype and excitement that it is actually pushing other games around. Case in point: Faeland, another indie project, recently postponed its September 9 launch, explicitly saying it didn’t want to compete with Silksong for attention.
Our v1.0 launch was set for Sept 9, but with today’s Silksong news we’ve made the tough call to postpone. A new date is coming soon, thank you all for the love and support ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Lh07iGLHHn
— TALEGAMES (@Talegamesnews) August 21, 2025
The bigger picture here is that Silksong has evolved into more than a sequel. It has become a phenomenon. Hollow Knight raised the bar for modern Metroidvania games, sitting alongside titles like Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Dead Cells.
Silksong is now arriving with the weight of years of expectation, endless community hype, and the responsibility of following a game many consider a masterpiece. That pressure could easily crush other studios. Team Cherry, however, seems to have embraced it. They did not rush. They did not compromise. They did not bend to constant demands for a release date.
Instead, they built the game at their own pace and let it expand naturally. Now, fans finally have the answer they have been waiting for and a very good reason to clear their September schedules.
