Hole Knight: Silksong will retail for simply $19.99.
Whereas there’s been a whole lot of rumors over the previous few days — together with a $20 value on Gamestop (since eliminated) that was later corroborated by famous leaker Billbil-kun — developer Staff Cherry has now confirmed it, revealing the sport will retail for $19.99 within the U.S., €19.99 in Europe, and ¥2300 in Japan.
It is an attention-grabbing value, not least as a result of many publishers are quietly testing increasingly more costly video games. Xbox just lately priced the highly-anticipated The Outer Worlds 2 for $80 — the primary of its video games to interrupt the everyday $70 ceiling — however after a livid backlash, ended up dropping the pre-order value to $70 “according to present market circumstances.”
That is not all, both. The crew additionally revealed precisely after we’ll get to play it, too: 7am PT, 10am ET, 4pm CEST, and 11pm JST.
Staff Cherry lastly revealed a launch date for the long-awaited Hole Knight: Silksong at gamescom: September 4, 2025. We realized the information by way of an almost two-minute new trailer dropped by Staff Cherry, which confirmed a ton of latest footage from the sport. We see Hornet exploring, a great deal of new insectoid NPCs, dreary graveyards, swamps, a bustling metropolis, new enemies, new bosses, an Ori-style escape sequence, and extra. It’s going to be out there on PC, Change, Change 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence.
On the similar time, we realized the unique sport has managed to prime 15 million copies bought, a uncommon feat certainly for an unbiased sport. And maybe not coincidentally, Hole Knight, eight years post-release, has repeatedly hit all-time excessive concurrent participant counts on Steam (per SteamDB) during the last two weeks, topping 70K simply this previous weekend.
Hole Knight: Silksong is at present probably the most wishlisted sport on Steam, however is it really enjoyable to play? We tried out two ranges from the Hole Knight Silksong demo at gamescom 2025, Moss Grotto and Deep Docks. One was simple one, and one was very difficult, however does it dwell as much as the hype? Discover out in our Hole Knight: Silksong preview from the present flooring.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with among the world’s greatest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.
