Patient fans of the indie darling metroidvania Hollow Knight have a lot to celebrate. We know from Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase that Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available when the Xbox Ally releases this holiday 2025. While many assumed from how the news was worded that Silksong would launch alongside Microsoft’s upcoming handheld, Matthew Griffin of Team Cherry clarified in the game’s official Discord that the long-awaited sequel’s release date is not “tied to a console release.”
Hollow Knight speedrunner BlueSR also shared a screencap of the event’s live chat that shows a message from Griffin emphasizing that the Silksong is coming before the holiday season.
For those who don’t know, Matthew Griffin (who goes by the screenname Leth) is the PR and marketing manager for Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry.
Hollow Knight: Silksong was first announced way back in February of 2019. After releasing a demo at that year’s E3, Team Cherry remained mostly quiet for the next few years. In June 2022, Team Cherry reappeared at the Xbox & Bethesda Game’s Showcase with a brand-new trailer and a promise that Silksong would be done within 12 months. In May 2023, Griffin took to Twitter the tell the world that Silksong had been delayed due to the game becoming larger than originally planned. Since then, radio silence, until Silksong made a surprise appearance in the reveal trailer for the Nintendo Switch 2, alongside new information that it will be releasing in 2025.
