Hollow Knight: Silksong Launches Today, Here’s When You’ll Get to Play

Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong has long been in development, becoming one of the most anticipated games in contemporary games. Today, Thursday September 4th, the game finally launches across all platforms.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is a Metroidvania, originally conceived as a piece of DLC for Hollow Knight. However, it quickly grew in scope, becoming its own standalone experience and true successor to the 2017 title. In Hollow Knight: Silksong, players follow Hornet, the former princess of Hallownest. Captured and taken to Pharloom, players will find themselves in an interconnected world, filled with deadly enemies and bosses.

The game is expected to expand on Hollow Knight’s traversal and combat mechanics. From the trailers, it appears as though Hornet moves faster and is more agile. With a needle-based weapon at her disposal, it will be interesting to see how combat is expanded from its light Soulsborne system in the original. Hollow Knight: Silksong also adds a quest system for streamlined exploration.

Here are the global launch times for Hollow Knight Silksong on September 4th:

• Canada (East Coast): 10 AM ET
• Canada (West Coast): 7 AM PT
• United Kingdom: 3 PM BST
• Central Europe: 4 PM CEST
• Japan (Tokyo): 11 PM JST
• Australia (Sydney): 12 AM AEST (on September 5th)

Hollow Knight Silksong is launched on virtually all major platforms today. Upon the global launch time, the game will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 Windows PC, Linux, and MacOS.

Here are the ‘Recommended’ PC specs in case you’re looking to play on your desktop or laptop:

• CPU: Intel Core i5
• RAM: 8 GB
• Graphics GeForce GTX 560+
• OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
• DirectX: Version 10
• Storage: 9 GB

Finally, when it comes to cost at launch, Hollow Knight Silksong is being made available for $19.99 USD. It’s yet to be announced the pricing in Canada. However, it’s worth pointing out that Hollow Knight Silksong will be playable as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at launch.