Hollow Knight Silksong launched: 11 things you need to know

Hollow Knight Silksong

The much-awaited 2D indie title Hollow Knight: Silksong has launched. Silksong is the sequel to 2017’s Hollow Knight. While it was earlier planned as a DLC to the original game, the developers later decided to make it a standalone Hollow Knight game. Here are 11 things you need to know about Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Hollow Knight Silksong: Genre
Hollow Knight Silksong is a Metroidvania action-adventure game, just like its predecessor.

Hollow Knight Silksong: Developer and publisher
Hollow Knight: Silksong is developed and published by Adelaide-based 3-person video game development studio “Team Cherry”.

Hollow Knight Silksong: Protagonist
In Hollow Knight Silksong, you will control Hornet, the former princess of the fallen kingdom of Hallownest. Hornet was an important supporting character in Hollow Knight (2017)

Hollow Knight Silksong: Story
The game’s storyline sees the former princess Hornet captured and brought to a new, haunted insect kingdom of Pharloom that’s “ruled by silk and song”. In this strange new world, Hornet will have to pass through several challenges while she tries to ascend to the top of the kingdom, where the citadel lies

Hollow Knight Silksong: The lay of Pharloom
In Pharloom, there lie “mossy grottos, gilded cities and misted moors” for Hornet to explore.

Acrobatic action
Hornet is an agile hunter with plenty of deadly moves, so expect “lethal acrobatic action”.

Crafting
In Hollow Knight Silksong, you can craft powerful tools, weapons, traps and other mechanisms.
Solve mysteries in Pharloom
Pharloom has “shocking quests” for Hornet to solve, like hunting down rare beasts and ancient mysteries that can grant the wishes of the downtrodden.

Over 200 enemies and more than 40 legendary bosses
Hollow Knight: Silksong features over 200 enemies, including the likes of beasts, hunters, monsters and knights. There are over 40 legendary bosses in the 2D action-adventure title from Team Cherry.

The Steel Soul mode
Meant for battle-hardened Metroidvania veterans, Hollow Knight Silksong’s Steel Soul mode is about completing the entire game without dying.

Hollow Knight Silksong: Release date and platforms
Hollow Knight Silksong launched on its announced release date of September 4 and is now available across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC (Steam and Gog.com), Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.