Hollow Knight is still breaking the record as silk approaches
Blog Andrew Joseph 30 Aug , 2025 0

announcement Hollow Knight: Silk What will be released on September 4 is surprisingly shocking that even the most tuned Hollow Cavaliers fans are shocked by the news. Now, just a few days before the silk is released, Hollow Knight Reviving with gamers, passing its Steam Crossover record over and over again, hitting a new peak of 56,192 players on August 29 According to SteamDB.
The biggest day for Hollow Knight over the years was in May 2022, when there were more than 20,000 concurrent players in the game. Since the upcoming date of Silksong, concurrent peaks have been seen rising every day, It reached 21,000 on August 22just the day after the announcement, hit 56,192 today. For a seven-year-old indie game, that's big.
Of course, it is important to note that SteamDB is not the entire content of game statistics. Steam is certainly a major platform, but Hollow Knight can be used on all final and current generation consoles, including the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox, and the Switch is a particularly popular platform for gaming. Even so, it shows that the legend of Hollow Knight continues to grow.
We peeked at the voyeur last week and the signs looked good. “Hollow Knight: Silk seems to be exactly what we all should expect: a powerful, well-designed, visually adorable game with thoughtful, if not earthly renewals to original aesthetics and design philosophy,” wrote Gamesve's Steve Watts. Hands-on with silksong on Gamescom.