There was actually no probability Hole Knight: Silksong wasn’t going to be a significant hit for Staff Cherry; the one query was how a lot of successful it was going to be. We not must guess, as a result of the sport is out and everybody appears to be onboard.
Silksong has formally change into certainly one of Steam’s greatest releases of 2025, and definitely one of the crucial vital launches for any indie sport.
Rapidly after Silksong went reside final night time on Steam, it began taking pictures up Steam’s Most Performed chart, overtaking heavy-hitters like Path of Exile 2 (which, by the way, simply had a significant replace that boosted its spot), and perennial multiplayer titles like PUBG.
Silksong had no hassle touchdown into the highest 5 – and staying there. Even on the time of this writing, the sport occupies the quantity three spot, slightly below DOTA 2, and Counter-Strike 2 with over 317,000 in-game.
Its peak concurrent was a staggering 535,213 gamers (by way of SteamDB), which it managed to attain round 14 hours in the past. Silksong can be, in fact, Steam’s present primary top-seller, with the sport and soundtrack bundle at quantity two. It’s particularly spectacular that it solely spent one week within the high 100, little doubt the results of its gamescom revival and subsequent launch date information.
The unique Hole Knight even noticed a lift off the again of that reemergence, beating its personal all-time Steam concurrent participant document simply two days in the past, as many booted up (and purchased) the sport in anticipation of the expansion-turned-sequel
And, similar to how beloved that sport was, it appears Silksong is getting the identical stage of affection from gamers. Because it stands, Silksong has an Overwhelmingly Constructive Steam person evaluate score, primarily based on practically 16,000 evaluations.
All that point spent in growth has additionally seemingly resulted in a sophisticated sport, as a result of there’s barely any point out of bugs or some other technical issues. Given this unbelievable momentum, it’s attainable the weekend will increase Silksong’s numbers even additional.
