No, it wasn't a dream. You really are waking up today in a world where Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date. Not just any release date, but a release date that is less than two weeks away. That has led to people flocking back to the original Hollow Knight, or perhaps resulted in people finally playing it for the first time, as the 2017 title's player count has spiked, setting a new record on Steam.
Team Cherry finally ended Hollow Knight fans' seven-year wait yesterday by confirming Silksong will release on all major platforms on September 4, 2025. In the meantime, everyone has returned to the original, resulting in the game hitting its highest player count ever (via SteamDB). More than 20,000 of you are playing on Steam right now, beating the game's previous high, which has stood since May 2, 2022.
Hollow Knight's player count resurgence began as soon as Silksong's release date was announced, peaking at 16,640 players around midday on Thursday and hovering there until people presumably turned the game off to get some sleep. Now they're starting to wake up again, the three-year record set on Thursday has already been broken, and now the...