It’s mildly surprising that Hole Knight was simply $15 when it got here to PC again in 2017. It’s much more shocking that eight years and over one million Steam wishlists later, the sequel is barely $5 extra. Crew Cherry has confirmed Silksong‘s closing value and launch instances cementing this upcoming week because the official kick-off of the 2025 fall online game launch blitz.
Whereas most video games have gone up $10 or extra within the soar to the present console technology, Hole Knight: Silksong is aggressively going in opposition to the grain with only a $20 price ticket on Steam and elsewhere. Crew Cherry solely formally confirmed the quantity on Sunday evening after a weekend of hypothesis following leaks on GameSpot and elsewhere.
The transfer has gained Crew Cherry tons of further good will with followers who had been already praising it for withholding overview copies in order that Kickstarter backers would nonetheless be among the many first to get entry to the sport. Loads of gamers commenting on the most recent pricing announcement nonetheless can’t perceive why the sport isn’t extra.
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“Make it $40 or I’m not shopping for,” joked one. Others recalled co-director Ari Gibson’s earlier protection of charging so little for the primary sport, noting the event crew’s need for as many individuals as potential to play the sport. And with 15 million copies offered of the unique Hole Knight, Crew Cherry has the flexibleness to make that occur.
Looking back, it’s additionally wild to suppose one of many largest video games of the 12 months solely had a placeholder within the pre-order field till now. Possibly discussions had been nonetheless ongoing throughout the crew. In spite of everything, fellow indie darlings like Supergiant Video games’ Hades 2 are at present $30 and more likely to price much more on the finish of Early Entry (the studio behind Bastion and Transistor appears to be doing us all a favor by ready to launch its personal sequel till later within the fall).
What time does Silksong go dwell on Steam?
Whereas the September 4 launch date for Silksong has been recognized for simply over per week now, it wasn’t fully clear precisely when the sport would go dwell till as we speak. Alongside the worth, Crew Cherry additionally confirmed the launch time for every time zone:
7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST
That implies everybody throughout PC and console will start attending to play Hole Knight sequel at roughly the identical time. The
