Summary
- Monster Hunter Wilds overtakes Hollow Knight: Silksong as the most-wishlisted game on Steam.
- Hollow Knight: Silksong is now the third most-wishlisted game behind Valve's Deadlock.
- Monster Hunter Wilds' imminent launch in February is likely a factor behind the game's rise on Steam's top wishlists page.
Hollow Knight: Silksong has been dethroned as Steam's most-wishlisted game with Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds taking the top spot. After dropping Hollow Knight: Silksong to the third spot, Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed Valve's Deadlock in total wishlists on Steam as the Monster Hunter community prepares for the game's launch next month.
Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced in February 2019, roughly two years after the critically acclaimed Hollow Knight game was released. At first glance, 2019 seemed like a year that would have been full of updates for Hollow Knight: Silksong, but this didn't turn out to be the case. Nearly six years have passed since the initial reveal with just a few updates from Team Cherry in recent years. On January 18, Team Cherry's head of marketing and publishing, Matthew Griffin, confirmed that Hollow Knight: Silksong is still in development and "will release" at some point. Further details weren't given about the upcoming title, but Griffin's post gave fans hope of more updates and news from the developers in 2025, a year full of major game releases.
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Ahead of the game's February 28 launch, Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed Hollow Knight: Silksong on the Steam top wishlists page, as spotted by The Gamer. In addition, Monster Hunter Wilds has climbed into the top ten best-selling games on Steam's global list, which is a sign that many gamers around the world are preparing for the game's launch next month. A price and release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong have not been revealed yet, but its place as the third most-wishlisted game shows that there's still a lot of interest from Steam gamers in 2025. For example, Hollow Knight: Silksong fans recently came up with a theory while waiting for a news update from Team Cherry.
Monster Hunter Wilds Dethrones Hollow Knight: Silksong to Become the Most-Wishlisted Game on Steam
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The current top five most-wishlisted games on Steam:
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Deadlock
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Sid Meier's Civilization VII
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
Moreover, Hollow Knight: Silksong still has more wishlists than FromSoftware's Elden Ring: Nightreign, which is currently in fifth place on the top wishlists page. The top five are rounded out by Deadlock in second place and Sid Meier's Civilization VII in fourth place. There's an opportunity for Sid Meier's Civilization VII to climb further up the top wishlist and bestseller lists, since the game releases on February 11.
New details on Hollow Knight: Silksong's exact development progress may be scarce, but it's clear that Team Cherry's new title is still one of 2025's most anticipated games. Excitement for Hollow Knight: Silksong could be amplified if the game is confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 at the upcoming April 2025 Nintendo Direct, as it's been a speculated title for many Nintendo Directs and Indie World showcases in the years following the game's 2019 reveal.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 91 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- September 4, 2025
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+ / Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood
- Developer(s)
- Team Cherry
- Publisher(s)
- Team Cherry
WHERE TO PLAY
Become the Princess Knight
As the lethal hunter Hornet, adventure through a kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and taken to this unfamiliar world, prepare to battle mighty foes and solve ancient mysteries as you ascend on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. Journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover secrets tied to your nature and your past.
- Engine
- Unity
- Franchise
- Hollow Knight
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC
