It’s mildly stunning that Hole Knight was simply $15 when it got here to PC again in 2017. It’s much more stunning that eight years and over one million Steam wishlists later, the sequel is just $5 extra. Workforce Cherry has confirmed Silksong‘s ultimate worth 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 bounce to the present console technology, Hole Knight: Silksong is aggressively going in opposition to the grain with only a $20 price ticket on Steam and elsewhere. Workforce Cherry solely officially confirmed the quantity on Sunday evening after a weekend of hypothesis following leaks on GameSpot and elsewhere.
The transfer has gained Workforce Cherry tons of extra good will with followers who had been already praising it for withholding evaluation 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 staff’s want for as many individuals as attainable to play the sport. And with 15 million copies bought of the unique Hole Knight, Workforce Cherry has the pliability to make that occur.
Looking back, 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 had been nonetheless ongoing inside the staff. In spite of everything, fellow indie darlings like Supergiant Video games’ Hades 2 are presently $30 and more likely 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 reside on Steam?
Whereas the September 4 launch date for Silksong has been identified for simply over per week now, it wasn’t fully clear precisely when the sport would go reside till right now. Alongside the value, 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
