Simply days after successful Finest Motion Journey Sport at The Sport Awards 2025, Hollow Knight: Silksong developer Crew Cherry has introduced that the sport’s first growth is on the way in which. The nautical-themed Sea of Sorrow growth will arrive someday in 2026, and will probably be free for all gamers.
Crew Cherry launched a short teaser trailer for Sea of Sorrow however hasn’t revealed many particulars concerning the upcoming growth aside from that it’ll embody new areas, bosses, instruments, and extra. The trailer description teased that gamers will have the ability to “voyage throughout and beneath the salt-stricken seas” when Sea of Sorrow arrives subsequent yr.
Based mostly on the small vignettes proven within the trailer, it appears probably that Sea of Sorrow will probably be set in Pharloom Bay, a seaside space featured in Silksong’s reveal trailer that was minimize from the ultimate recreation. One of many photos within the new teaser particularly appears to resemble The Lab, a location inside Pharloom Bay that appeared in idea sketches and early recreation maps, as compiled on the Hollow Knight Wiki.
Crew Cherry hasn’t stated when in 2026 it expects to launch the Sea of Sorrow expansion–though the teaser’s YouTube feedback are filled with jokes that the indie studio goes to finish up spending seven years on it and releasing it as a standalone recreation. The studio as soon as once more is not planning on giving incremental updates throughout growth, saying that they are going to be releasing extra data on Sea of Sorrow “shortly earlier than” launch.