Hollow Knight: Gamescom 2025's Silksong Demo is a silkier version of the same demo of E3 2019
Blog Andrew Joseph 20 Aug , 2025 0
For the Gamescom showroom on Xbox and Nintendo Boots this year, the presence of Hollow Knight: Silksong Game Demo has caused a lot of excitement. From everyone's perspective, the demo seems great. Our It says my own previewer It's “a playable piece of art that can be as fun as you watch.” But some silk super fans who hope to have new stories, new bosses or new content to show off themselves may be a little disappointed, as the Gamescom demo was the same as the E3 2019 six years ago. But Shinier.
We first read our demo preview while reading the 2019 preview. Can be distinguished when viewing 2019 video recordingsbut both demos cover the same two areas – early matches Moss Grotto and later Deep Pier. They also cover the same experiences and bosses. We've been able to tease through other videos released by Gamescom and Yup, which look like an updated version of the same demo.
It should be clear that this is not necessarily a bad thing. If anything, it shows how far the game has gone in the past six years. Check out similar clips of the two demos, and there are very obvious signs of Polish. The lighting and background have been adjusted and the platform has moved slightly. Fans even found out The least, smallest conversation changes Between the two demos. Also no surprise, both areas have experienced huge content changes over the past six years. If these two levels are ready for prime time in 2019, they may be the closest “finish” when the Cherry team is ready, so it doesn't take developers years to tweak them infinitely. For its value, this is also the first time we have seen games on the Xbox series consoles and the Nintendo Switch 2, as the E3 2019 demo is only on the Nintendo Switch 1.
The only real disappointment here is that we didn't actually see anything new after so long waits – no new bosses, enemies or characters or stories. So anyone looking to search for this new demo to see what the silk will be when it is finally released may not come up with much that we don't know yet.
Nevertheless, this may not be necessary. The Cherry Team has Announcement Tomorrow and after rash of Teasing The gamescom and demos have finally reappeared after six years of cocoon, and it seems like a release date is coming soon. (Silk) Soon, we don't need to search the lens for new Silksong information. We will be able to Finally, play the long-awaited The sequel “The Hollow Knight”.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].