The launch of Hole Knight Silksong has taken down the digital shops of PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and Steam as downloads went dwell.
Steam, PS Retailer, and Nintendo eShop Go Down
The nice gaming phenomenon of 2025 has begun with the discharge of Hole Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited sequel to Crew Cherry’s metroidvania. Lastly, 6 years after its official announcement, the sport is now accessible in digital shops and on Recreation Go.
Tens of millions of persons are already downloading the sport, and on Twitch it surpassed 200,000 concurrent viewers within the very first minute, proper after 4:00 pm CET, when it went dwell on all platforms.
We don’t recall any launch ever inflicting a world crash of Steam. Crew Cherry’s metroidvania can now declare that achievement, however issues went even additional.
Valve’s platform was down for a couple of minutes, and the identical occurred with Nintendo eShop, PS Retailer, and Microsoft Retailer, though it appears Recreation Go remained accessible.
Because the scenario slowly returns to regular, reviews point out that Nintendo’s digital retailer remains to be having points loading the sport’s web page, although some customers have managed to buy it.
On Steam, the shop web page is now accessible and the sport may be bought, because the pre-download queue clears up minute by minute.
A File-Breaking Launch
At 4:00 pm CET, Hole Knight: Silksong launched, and tens of millions of gamers rushed to digital shops to buy or set up it on PCs and consoles. The identical occurred with Recreation Go on Xbox and PC.
For a couple of minutes, it was not possible, as the discharge triggered the crash of Steam, stopping entry to the sport’s web page or buy.
The identical points hit PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo shops, with no bodily editions accessible.
Now issues appear to be stabilizing, as many gamers have confirmed they’re already enjoying as Hornet.
In line with SteamDB, Hole Knight Silksong has surpassed 450,000 concurrent gamers (and climbing), whereas Twitch streams hit 300,000 viewers.
That is solely the start of an excellent day for gaming, with extras like ultra-wide display screen help on PC, fan requests to pay extra, and its day-one arrival on Recreation Go.
Hole Knight: Silksong is now accessible at a diminished worth of $19.50 on PC (Steam, Microsoft Retailer, GOG), PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Swap 2, and Nintendo Swap. You can too play it proper now with Recreation Go Final and PC Recreation Go.
