Team Cherry is not opposed to the idea of a Hollow Knight: Silksong follow-up but says it wouldn't treat such a hypothetical project as a true sequel. That's according to two studio leads who briefly discussed the prospects of another Hollow Knight game in a recent interview reflecting on Silksong's success.
Hollow Knight: Silksong's long-awaited September 4 release made history by crashing multiple major storefronts. The game is estimated to have reached over 5 million players in under a week. While its inclusion as a day-one Xbox Game Pass title undoubtedly boosted launch momentum, more than half of its early adopters (~3 million) are estimated to have purchased it on Steam.
The studio behind the highly anticipated sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong sheds some light on the game's notoriously long development process.
Team Cherry has reflected on Hollow Knight: Silksong's massive success in a recent interview with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, found in the paperback edition of ACMI's official guide for the hit game. Co-directors Ari Gibson and William Pellen said they were satisfied with how the metroidvania turned out, asserting it had achieved the "goal" of being "the best version" of their initial concept....
