Summary
A recent update to theHollow Knight: Silksonglisting on Steam’s backend had fans excited about a potentially imminent beta test, only to be let down eventually. The wait forHollow Knight: Silksonghas been excruciating for many, and with 2025 just a few months away, there is still no concrete release window for the highly anticipated Metroidvania.
Developer Team Cherry first revealedHollow Knight: Silksongin 2019 after the sweltering success of its predecessor, 2017’sHollow Knight. Since then, however, the indie team has seemingly taken a vow of silence regarding the sequel’s release plans. Team Cherry did provide adevelopment update onHollow Knight: Silksonglast year, stating that the game was originally planned for launch in the first half of 2023, but will now take longer. The radio silence resumed after that, and it was recently noticed that over 2,024 days have passed sinceHollow Knight: Silksong’s first reveal, still with no release window in sight.
Predictably, many fans have taken it upon themselves to deduce when Team Cherry may provide another update onHollow Knight: Silksong’s release. This scavenger hunt for clues recently led to a seemingly huge discovery on SteamDB by Reddit user Frequent-Rest-2171, where they found a new update labeled “Hollow Knight: Silksongfor Beta Testing” on the backend of the game’sSteam storefront listing. The revelation of a possible beta test immediately piqued the attention of fans who’d been waiting for years to learn Knight: Silksong, but it unfortunately turned out to be a false alarm.
Recent Hollow Knight: Silksong Steam Update was a Nothingburger
It was soon realized that the “Beta Testing” update wasn’t unique toHollow Knight: Silksong, as over 55,000 Steam games received a similar update on their backends on July 11, 2025. At the moment, it’s unclear what this update entails for Steam titles, but it certainly doesn’t tease an imminent announcement forHollow Knight: Silksong. The prospect of an out-of-the-blue update on the game was also somewhat dubious, especially afterHollow Knight: Silksongskipped Gamescom 2024, one of the bigger gaming events of the year that recently concluded.
With 2024 set to close out in a few months, only a handful of gaming events remain whereHollow Knight: Silksongcould potentially be shown off. The current likeliest candidate is the 2024 Game Awards ceremony, which is scheduled to air on December 12. A PlayStation State of Play is also rumored for September 2024, but sinceHollow Knight: Silksongis a day one Game Pass release, its marketing rights may lie with Xbox. Regardless of whetherHollow Knight: Silksongis shown off this year, though, it seems almost certain that a 2024 release is not on the cards anymore.
