After being introduced six years in the past, a number of delays, and years of anticipation, Hollow Knight: Silksong is lastly releasing on September 4. Now, on Silksong eve, a resurfaced Reddit thread concerning the authentic Hollow Knight is a superb reminder of simply how far the franchise and developer Workforce Cherry have come prior to now decade.
The thread, posted by Reddit consumer crazy_loop 10 years in the past, features a trailer for the unique Hollow Knight previous to its launch in 2017 and encompasses a heartfelt message.
“Final 12 months my finest buddy give up his full-time job to chase his dream and make a completely fledged online game,” the put up reads. “As we speak he simply launched a trailer and it seems past wonderful.”
In 2025, a brand new trailer for Hollow Knight: Silksong would have set the web ablaze, however again in 2015, the response was extra muted, to say the least. Many gamers appeared detached.
Essentially the most upvoted response to the put up acknowledged that the sport might be “a tremendous sport, however the market is presently saturated with side-scrolling platformers so I really feel his sport could not do nearly as good as he hopes.” One other consumer mentioned the sport seemed enjoyable, however they “hate to be raining on a parade” and continued that Hollow Knight seemed to lack the “innovation and individuality of one thing like Limbo.” They continued: “in all probability not going to be enormous.” Yet one more mentioned the sport seemed “cliche.”
What a distinction a decade makes. There have been undoubtedly folks within the Reddit thread who disagreed that the market was “saturated” with related video games and acknowledged that Hollow Knight could possibly be one thing particular. Some even expressed curiosity in shopping for it based mostly on the trailer. General, nonetheless, the final consensus gave the impression to be that Hollow Knight seemed tremendous, however may need a tough time discovering an viewers. Some mentioned it would get a good gross sales increase from showing on Reddit’s entrance web page.
Flash ahead to now, and Hollow Knight has bought greater than 15 million copies, is breaking its all-time concurrent participant peak on Steam, and its sequel is such an enormous deal that quite a few different video games have introduced delays with the intention to keep away from Silksong’s launch. Not unhealthy for the sequel to a small indie sport that, judging from this Reddit thread, many anticipated to simply be one other drop within the metroidvania bucket.
Regardless of Hollow Knight’s enormous success and wild anticipation from followers, Hollow Knight: Silksong will solely price $20, $5 greater than the unique. Silksong will launch on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, Change, and Change 2 (with a free improve for Change 2 homeowners). It can even be a day one Recreation Cross launch.