Hollow Knight: Silksong

Overview

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2025 Metroidvania game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The sequel to Hollow Knight (2017), the story follows Hallownest's former princess-protector, Hornet: a major secondary character in Hollow Knight: after she is captured and transported to the unfamiliar land of Pharloom. Gameplay sees the player navigating through the large, interconnected areas of this kingdom, where they must battle enemies, traverse platforming challenges, and complete quests using various skills, tools, and movement mechanics.

Originally planned as downloadable content making Hornet playable in Hollow Knight, funded as a stretch goal during the game's 2014 Kickstarter campaign, the project grew in scope over time, prompting Team Cherry to announce in February 2019 that it would instead become a full standalone sequel. Following a delay past a 2023 release window, Silksong was released on 4 September 2025 for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It will be supported with free expansions, with the first scheduled for 2026.

Silksong received acclaim for its graphics, soundtrack, story, world design, and gameplay, though opinions on its high difficulty were mixed. The game has been nominated for numerous accolades, including multiple for [[List of Game of the Year awards

Official trailer

Hollow Knight: Silksong Reveal Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Hollow Knight: Silksong - The First 60 Minutes of PS5 Gameplay, PlayStation Access. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Adventure, Indie

Developer

Team Cherry

Publisher

Team Cherry

Series

Hollow Knight

Engine

Unity 6

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

7

ACB

PG

GRAC

12+

USK

12

CLASS IND

12

CERO

B

ESRB

E10+

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies34

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

5

Silver

12

Bronze

16

Total

34

Points

1350

Platinum time

100 hours

100% time

100 hours

Difficulty

8 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

2

Playthroughs for 100%

2

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC still for sale

No

DLC note

No paid DLC.

Missable trophies

2

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

The PS4 version has its own list with the same trophies. One purchase covers both.

Players with the platinum

12.7%

Missable trophies

• Twisted Child
• Weaver Queen

Grind

• Completion and True Hunter

• Pharloom’s Heart Acquire all other trophies Platinum 12.7% of players
• Equipped Acquire your first Tool Bronze 91.44% of players
• Arsenal Acquire all Tools Silver 30.72% of players
• Bound Bind your first Silk Skill Bronze 89.58% of players
• Woven Bind all Silk Skills Silver 36.18% of players
• Claimed Claim your first Crest Bronze 75.03% of players
• Consumed Claim all Crests Silver 37.08% of players
• Protected Acquire 4 Mask Shards Bronze 67.91% of players
• Masked Acquire all Mask Shards Silver 32.37% of players
• Restored Acquire 2 Spool Fragments Bronze 71.31% of players
• Extended Acquire all Spool Fragments Silver 33.26% of players
• Regenerated Acquire all Silk Hearts Bronze 40.17% of players
• Cartographer Acquire a map of each area Bronze 36.86% of players
• Connected Open all of Pharloom’s Bellways Bronze 49.13% of players
• Transported Open all of the Citadel’s Ventrica Stations Bronze 50.68% of players
• Keen Hunter Grant Nuu’s wish Bronze 59.52% of players
• True Hunter Receive the Hunter’s Memento Silver 21.96% of players
• Flea Finder Rescue half of Pharloom’s lost fleas Bronze 55.71% of players
• Fleafriend Rescue all of Pharloom’s lost fleas and receive their final gift Silver 41.57% of players
• Liberated Defeat the Bell Beast Bronze 88.33% of players
• Pharloom’s Welcome Defeat Lace in Deep Docks Bronze 81.24% of players
• White Knight Defeat Lace in the Cradle Bronze 51.66% of players
• Granted Grant your first wish Bronze 85.19% of players
• Entwined Bind Eva Silver 34.08% of players
• Harmonious Learn the Citadel’s Threefold song Bronze 53.55% of players
• Remembrance Claim the Everbloom from within a distant memory Silver 37.74% of players
• Weaver Queen Defeat Grand Mother Silk and bind her power Gold 46.43% of players
• Snared Silk Defeat Grand Mother Silk and entrap her with the Soul Snare Gold 44.68% of players
• Twisted Child Defeat Grand Mother Silk while cursed Gold 23.78% of players
• Sister of the Void Defeat Lost Lace and free Pharloom Gold 35.4% of players
• Passing of the Age Grant the Herald’s wish and finish the game Silver 27.9% of players
• Completion Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game Gold 27.36% of players
• Speedrunner Complete the game in under 5 hours Silver 14.75% of players
• Speed Completion Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game in under 30 hours Silver 13.16% of players

Space and patches

Space needed2.5 GB

Update patch01.000.010

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

No paid DLC. Team Cherry announced a free expansion, Sea of Sorrow, in December 2025.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player, on disc and on the PlayStation Store.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

No online features. The whole game plays offline.

Services

Service	Status
Online features	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer and publisher	Team Cherry
Directors	Ari Gibson, William Pellen
Designers	Ari Gibson, William Pellen
Programmers	William Pellen, Jasmine Vine
Artist	Ari Gibson
Writers	Ari Gibson, William Pellen
Composer	Christopher Larkin

Credits

Publisher

Team Cherry

Developer

Team Cherry

Director

Ari Gibson, William Pellen

Released

2025-09-04

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Region

US

Time to beat

about 29.8 hours