Team Cherry has even more Hollow Knight Silksong information for fans, revealing what the studio has in store in terms of post-launch content following the game's release. After an extended wait for news or details, Gamescom has been a major boon of information for Hollow Knight Silksong fans.
It's been a long time coming since Hollow Knight Silksong was originally announced back in 2019, but Gamescom 2025 has finally delivered the news fans have been waiting for. Following various delays and long periods of silence, the developers of Team Cherry have finally confirmed that Hollow Knight Silksong will be launching on September 4, 2025. The news arrived with a brand-new trailer and gameplay, though that wasn't all as a new interview also confirmed DLC plans.
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Hollow Knight Silksong Has DLC Plans
In an interesting twist, considering that Silksong originally began life as DLC, Team Cherry has plans for more post-launch content. In an interview with Bloomberg, Team Cherry co-founders Ari Gibson and William Pellen reveal that there are plans for more content months after launch, and potentially years as well. The duo admit that some of the stuff the studio is working on is pretty ambitious, but is equally exciting.
While details remain slim, Pellen indicated that the studio continued to add new things to Silksong following its initial reveal, eventually outgrowing just a simple DLC expansion and instead becoming a standalone game. However, through the years, the team continued to add to the game, eventually realizing that in order to even ship the game, work on new content had to stop so focus could just be on getting to the finish line. Gibson recalled, "I remember at some point I just had to stop sketching, because I went, ‘Everything I’m drawing here has to end up in the game. That’s a cool idea, that’s in. That’s a cool idea, that’s in.’ You realize, ‘If I don’t stop drawing, this is going to take 15 years to finish.’"
Ultimately, the desire to keep adding and how fun the development process was the main reason why Hollow Knight Silksong was in such a lengthy development period. However, all of these ideas that ultimately couldn't make the launch version of the game will likely be available to be added as downloadable content. Based on just how many ideas the small team managed to come up with, it seems Hollow Knight fans will have plenty to look forward to down the road.
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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
