It’s mildly surprising that Hole Knight was simply $15 when it got here to PC again in 2017. It’s much more shocking that eight years and over one million Steam wishlists later, the sequel is simply $5 extra. Workforce Cherry has confirmed Silksong‘s closing value and launch occasions cementing this upcoming week because the official kick-off of the 2025 fall online game launch blitz.
Whereas most video games have gone up $10 or extra within the leap to the present console technology, Hole Knight: Silksong is aggressively going towards the grain with only a $20 price ticket on Steam and elsewhere. Workforce Cherry solely formally confirmed the quantity on Sunday night time after a weekend of hypothesis following leaks on GameSpot and elsewhere.
The transfer has received Workforce Cherry tons of extra good will with followers who have been already praising it for withholding overview copies in order that Kickstarter backers would nonetheless be among the many first to get entry to the sport. Loads of gamers commenting on the newest pricing announcement nonetheless can’t perceive why the sport isn’t extra.
— Kalrim Frosthill (@KalrimFrosthill) September 1, 2025
“Make it $40 or I’m not shopping for,” joked one. Others recalled co-director Ari Gibson’s earlier protection of charging so little for the primary sport, noting the event group’s want for as many individuals as doable to play the sport. And with 15 million copies offered of the unique Hole Knight, Workforce Cherry has the flexibleness to make that occur.
On reflection, it’s additionally wild to assume one of many greatest video games of the 12 months solely had a placeholder within the pre-order field till now. Possibly discussions have been nonetheless ongoing inside the group. In spite of everything, fellow indie darlings like Supergiant Video games’ Hades 2 are presently $30 and prone to price much more on the finish of Early Entry (the studio behind Bastion and Transistor appears to be doing us all a favor by ready to launch its personal sequel till later within the fall).
What time does Silksong go stay on Steam?
Whereas the September 4 launch date for Silksong has been recognized for simply over every week now, it wasn’t totally clear precisely when the sport would go stay till immediately. Alongside the worth, Workforce Cherry additionally confirmed the launch time for every time zone:
- 7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
That means everybody throughout PC and console will start attending to play Hole Knight sequel at roughly the identical time. The
