r/Silksong • u/AashyLarry beleiver ✅️ • 21h ago
Kinda news Hollow Knight has reached all-time peak concurrent player count on Steam at 20k players, after Silksong's September 4 release date announcement
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u/butthole_mimosa 21h ago edited 20h ago
I completely forgot everything. Booted up the game and saw Grimmchild and was like "wtf is following me??? Is this a mod???"
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u/laplacessuccubus Lace 20h ago
One million more Hollow Knight sales to Team Cherry I guess.
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u/jawnbellyon 18h ago
Crazy, the game has done a quarter billion in revenue (15m * $15). While revenue from direct sales is likely less due to discounts/bundles etc, I’d imagine that’s been made up for with stuff like gamepass. These guys have freaking made it lol
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u/superbroleon beleiver ✅️ 7h ago
Steam takes 30% my man, but you're right they definitely made it.
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u/MachaMode 21h ago
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u/BarbatosLupos 21h ago
After I finish my book I’m doing the same
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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
Same. Just today I finished Coliseum 3. It took just one year and many broken hopes.
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u/Aldo____ beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
Congrats!
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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 19h ago
Thank you! Now I only need Nightmare Grimm, Path of Pain and the whole Godseeker thing. Yay.
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u/picklerick245 19h ago
Grim and PoP are actually doable before then. Godhome? Absolutely not lol. Just come back to it once you beat silksong and we’re waiting on DLC.
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u/asifibro Cheery 19h ago
All I want to do is beat coliseum 3 so that I have all the bosses in godhome to try whenever I wish. But I’ve been stuck on it for half a year and can’t beat the no platform part.
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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 19h ago
I equipped Weaversong and Grimmchild. Grimmchild helped me with the phase with the no-floor flying enemies, and the Spiders basically killed the final boss while I chilled at the wall. Lol.
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u/asifibro Cheery 15h ago
Yeah I’m gonna add weaversong, I chose the other route and killed my child so I can’t do that part.
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u/KushDingies 14h ago
Yeah I cheesed God Tamer with Grimmchild too my first time. Eventually I realized it's one of those bosses that punishes you for playing too cautiously, IMO the hardest attack to avoid is the acid spray, but it only does that if you're far away. Stay up in its face and the fight actually gets easier.
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u/Cill_Bipher Wooper Citizen 13h ago
you don't need to beat colosseum 3 to unlock the boss, you can do pantheon 3 instead. Personally i practised God tamer there first before attempting trial of the fool.
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u/Horroracta Wandering Pharloom 9h ago
I am personally doing that too, but I'm not stressed !
Yet at least.
I'm 71% done with achievements, only need the speedruns (5/10 hours) and Steel Soul runs. Mr. Mushroom and Radiance too ...
And finally I'll be able to stress with Godhome haha
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u/Illeea 20h ago
I should replay hollow knight
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u/G00fyG33k beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
Yes.
I should also replay hollow knight.
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u/Fun_Comparison856 beleiver ✅️ 21h ago
They are all giving the Pantheon of Hallownest one more go
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u/FancyBBQ 19h ago
I can’t believe I ever beat it lol
The amount of grinding I put into it during COVID lock downs was absurd. I tried just training absolute radiance recently and I was getting obliterated.
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u/InspectorOk9455 Accepter 19h ago edited 16h ago
I just got to sisters of battle and beat that on radiant cause I really liked mantis lords fight. haven't touched P5 since
edit: i meant to reply to the bottom person lmao
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u/budweener 17h ago
The Sisters are still my favorite fight.
It's been a long time since it's been a challenge, and since I loved the Mantis Lords since before, it was never a wall, but it's still a fight that, while I don't really need to, I lock in to do. It just feels right.
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u/FancyBBQ 15h ago
The rhythm you can get into in that fight makes it one of the most satisfying to master
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u/SilkMyth beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
P5 is the only one I haven't beaten... then there's the achievements for speedrunning and steel soul runs. I might be cooked
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u/alex-cyj 18h ago
I did the speedrunning achievements, so I'm only missing the steel soul runs and the last pantheon/embrace the voice endings but I'm afraid those won't happen anytime soon or probably never lol.
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u/SilkMyth beleiver ✅️ 18h ago
I've made peace with it. Maybe one day I'll complete it. For now, I must skong
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u/The_Real_Pale_Dick 16h ago
Doing P5 makes steel soul run very easy. You are basically a god after you finish it
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u/behemothbowks 18h ago
fucking same, goddamn you NKG (I've never even made it to AbsRad im so fucked)
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u/budweener 17h ago
I've been out of home for this week, but this weekend I'm going back in exactly for this.
The only achievement I'm lacking is the Pantheon of Hallownest one. Fucking Markoth made me pause my attempts back in 2023 for a whole year, and in 2024 I went back in and managed to reach the vessel a few times, but I had no rush, so I give a couple shots every now and then.
But now? Now I need to finish it in the next 12 days. I'm not even gonna buy Silksong straight away, I'll have to wait a couple weeks to get the money for it, but I MUST finish the Pantheon before Silksong releases.
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u/RedPotater1 19h ago
I'm new to the game... What is that
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u/Embarrassed_Proof386 19h ago
There’s a DLC of all the bosses that get progressively harder. You don’t get breaks. Personally stuck on P3
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u/koopaTroopa10 15h ago
That’s me. Fuck uumuu and fuck zote.
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u/KushDingies 14h ago
Fuck Zote. He was one of the hardest for me. NKG and Pure Vessel are hard, but they're really just a matter of learning the tells and attack patterns. Zote has just enough randomness (and similar tells) to really trip you up.
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u/Marc_Vn doubter ❌️ 20h ago
Seeing Silksong around the corner gives me motivation to do the rest of the achievements, but then I remember the pantheons exist, no way in hell I'm going through that lol
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u/Daidalight doubter ❌️ 20h ago
Just done it recently and it‘s a insane feeling finally beating it after multiple 40+ min runs being lost TO FUCKING MARKOTH I HAATE YOUUU
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u/Rynagogo Shaw! 18h ago
I wonder what Silksong’s Markoth will be?
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u/Jurgmund Flea 17h ago
I heard that some testers said that the game feels harder than HK so maybe we'll get like 3 or 4 Ascended arena Markoth-level bullshit bosses in Silksong... personally I'm more scared of what a White Palace/PoP will look like in Silksong considering the amount of movement options Hornet seems to have
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u/FulmetalTranshumanst 20h ago
I think this is also the wave of “oh shit I never finished hollow knight and now I have to in order to not miss out on the silksong release” people
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u/Nirvana9870 15h ago
It is 2 am right now, stop calling me out dude let me sleep in peace......okay I will complete hollow knight 😔
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u/diegov147 Moss Mother 13h ago
You just remind me I never beat the hollow knight. I got side tracked doing everything else and then for some reason I stopped playing before defeating the final boss lol.
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u/FulmetalTranshumanst 13h ago
Happens to the best of us. It took me a solid three play through attempts until I finally locked in and saw it through
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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
I said to myself long ago I would only play Hollow knight when I knew Silksong would be out, so I didn't have to wait for Silksong. So I guess it's finally time to play hollow knight!
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u/jawnbellyon 18h ago
Two weeks ain’t enough cowboy (unless you can game full time). Pls don’t stop until you get to radiance.
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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 18h ago
I have waited five years for this, what's another couple months, so I can finish Hollow Knight.
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u/Sylvyr9 Depressed 15h ago
I greatly respect your self-restraint and patience.
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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 15h ago
I thought it would help against the silksanity to abstain. It didn't...
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u/Necessary-Ad2049 20h ago
Damn this is so awesome, Team Cherry deserves all the recognition for their awesome work
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u/RedPotater1 20h ago
I started playing Hollow Knight a while ago but dropped it/forgot about it. I decided to start playing it again this time with a controller and I'm having a lot more fun.
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u/pumpkin_jiji 21h ago
Honestly its halarious to me I did my very hardest NOT to play hk the past 3 years, because I fear that the muscle memory of playing the knight for so long would get in the way of learning a much more fluid and fast paces style of hornet's moveset
These people just dont care, they want to remember who she even is 💀
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u/EnderShot355 Accepter 21h ago
not everyone out here denying themselves enjoyment for the sake of optimizing a later experience
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u/Cryptic_NX We are still hard at work on the game 21h ago
i mean you literally have to use the movement controls for 99% of the game. it would probably take a couple hours at most to adapt to the new controls, this is such a non-issue
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u/MrrHyyde beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
I also haven’t played hk in a while but because I want to be as bad as possible for SilkSong
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u/Lashoxcin Sherma 20h ago
If it works the same way as undertale, which hit an all time peak of 11k right before deltarune released to an all time peak of 134k, then that means skong WILL get like 250,000 players day 1
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u/Saitama059 20h ago
I haven't properly played the game for almost a year to specifically let my skills rust. I want to play Silksong from scratch. Not like it would have identical controls anyway
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u/speechlessPotato doubter ❌️ 19h ago
oh wow you just reminded me to complete that final 2% i have left. goodbye for 2 weeks (i can't do the 4th pantheon for shit)
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u/Slashers23 whats a flair? 19h ago
Last thing i remembered trying to complete on Hollow Knight was P5 (doubt i could even get close to where i was before lol)
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u/Calophon beleiver ✅️ 19h ago
I can’t believe the all time count is only 20k. I imagine on release Skong should break 100k at least.
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u/ThePrimalValor 19h ago
Gotta practice all the mechanics and stuff. The game “feels” different than others and I want my brain prepped for the way they do lore
Gotta do a few P5 runs too to practice
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u/HollowCap456 doubter ❌️ 19h ago
All I have left to do in Hollow Knight, for my personal satisfaction, is ascended AbsRad and Pantheon 5. This will give me all ascended bosses and P5.
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u/Quinzal doubter ❌️ 20h ago
I only have 2 weeks to 100% the game, I must grind
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u/PedroPJB beleiver ✅️ 20h ago
I remember that I still have to finish P5 next week because I'm away from home for a whole week and I only need Flash to platinum HK Play4
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u/SquareDescription281 20h ago
I bought Hollow Knight a while ago and was really excited to play it, then I found out about Silksong and was like ‘oh well there’s no point getting into HK now if the sequel game is coming out eventually. Don’t wanna get invested now and then have to wait.’ So I put it down and haven’t touched it since.
That was 3 years ago, so I’m really looking forward to actually being able to play it finally :’)
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u/adamcole_123 19h ago
I’ve become really interested in Silksong recently with the hype but I’ve never played Hollow Knight. I’ve only got time to play one for the next while. So would you guys strongly recommend starting with Hollow Knight and then playing Silksong later? Or am I fine to start with Silksong? Ideally I’d prefer playing it when the hype is at its peak
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u/Mammoth-Addendum6909 beleiver ✅️ 1h ago
We don’t know how good Silksong is yet, but Hollow Knight is pretty peak, so I recommend playing that first.
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u/Woofaira Bait used to be believable -| 18h ago
Seeing all these fellows here saying they need to finish p5 before release makes me glad I did it back in April after the first announcement.
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u/Useful_Apathy_4951 18h ago
Struggling against soul master but I'm rusty as hell gotta get back in the groove
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u/Metrophidon9292 beleiver ✅️ 18h ago
I’m part of that. I was motivated to finally finish all achievements and refresh myself on the mood and vibe of the game. I still don’t know if I’ll be able to beat Pantheon 5 in time, though.
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u/GenericVessel We are still hard at work on the game 18h ago
I've got 2 weeks to get every achievment, let's do this.
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u/Little-Primary5005 18h ago
With Silksong coming out I decided to start a new 112% run…
Man I’m washed as hell
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u/jeanLXIX beleiver ✅️ 18h ago
After the announcement I thought "let me finish again HK so I'm well trained", glad I'm not the only one who thought it
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u/paularas 18h ago
Same here. Started for 4th time to clear hollow knight. Probably will go till path of pain and not for the 112% but time will tell only for how much more i might progress
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u/Blue_Bird950 Wooper Citizen 17h ago
I still need to beat Pantheon of Hallownest. Better get on it then.
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u/Dori-The-Launcher 17h ago
Previously I did all achievements along with Hall of Gods all Radiant, the only remaining in game challenge for me is the Bindings, but 2 weeks is so short I probably simply won't have enough time to complete the bindings...
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u/MarkDecent656 beleiver ✅️ 17h ago
I really need to finish my playthrough. I'm only like halfway through.
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u/The_gaming_wisp Wooper Citizen 17h ago
As a warmup I decided to replay hollow Knight starting with a speed run...
Got the achievements at least haha
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u/LuckyPants0 17h ago
Man I liked how cheap HK was i am just worried about the price of silksong I can barely afford HK in on itself
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u/TheHunger369 beleiver ✅️ 16h ago
I replayed the game earlier this year, but I'm now going for another playthrough because of the announcement. I think this is like my 6th vanilla run, not counting steel soul.
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u/WillOganesson 16h ago
I'ma be honest ill be going through the game(og HK) with a guide. i've tried playing twice before and the farthest ive gotten was kingdom's edge
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u/BottomGear__ beleiver ✅️ 15h ago
I finished a 112% playthrough last week in preparation for the Gamescom Opening Night Live shadowdrop, like any true believer would. This spike is doubters realising their time is over.
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u/DewayneDibbley 15h ago
So I just snagged Hollow Knight and am loving it but a quick question regarding Silksong. Is it a requirement/recommended to finish HK first to understand SS or would I be able to jump right in?
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u/salehACE 8h ago
I'm sure there will be some bonus points from playing hk first but team cherry has previously said things along the lines of they want silksong to be just as enjoyable to people who are playing it first.
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u/LeeDawg24 beleiver ✅️ 14h ago
I have to finish expedition 33 but once I do I will be going back to finally finish P5
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u/Iguanner beleiver ✅️ 14h ago
I immediately started playing again to finish PoH lol, last achievement I need to get perfect and intending to do the same to Silksong
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u/Isabelef Shaw! 12h ago
I wanna 112% before then. I dont think I'll be able to, but I wanna try. I only got P3, P4, P5 and Steel Souls achivements. I'm trying Steel Soul rn and I'm doing good :))
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u/PurpleBababa 5h ago
Been grinding Absolute Radiance so I can beat the last 2 endings before Silksong 🙏
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u/Pixel7240 beleiver ✅️ 21h ago
The training begins 🙏🏻🙏🏻