Hollow Knight‘s Steam player count just spiked after Team Cherry revealed Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s release date at Gamescom, and that matters because the surge shows renewed interest in the original ahead of the sequel’s September launch. Many players will revisit the classic, and storefront attention is rising.
Hollow Knight peaked at 22,260 concurrent players on Steam, according to live numbers mentioned in the original report, and that number was recorded just minutes after the trailer dropped.
Hollow Knight: Silksong will be released on September 4, 2025. Team Cherry showed a new trailer during Opening Night Live at Gamescom and confirmed the date, which sent players back to the original to brush up before the sequel arrives…
Here is the official release trailer embedded from YouTube:
Steam reviews for Hollow Knight are still massively positive, with around 97% positive across over 136,000 reviews, which helps explain why so many people are jumping back in now. The last recorded peak before this week was about 20,300 in May 2022, so this is a clear uptick and kinda impressive.
Are you eagerly awaiting the Silksong release date? Will you replay Hollow Knight before September 4?
Please discuss this in the comments below, I would love to hear whether you’ll be returning to the old kingdom or saving yourselves for the sequel.
