Hollow Knight hit a new all-time Steam concurrent-player record of 23,819 on August 22. The spike followed developer Team Cherry's announcement of Silksong's release date and reflects increased player interest ahead of the sequel. Previous concurrent peak was about 20,000 in May 2022 according to SteamDB. Steam sales data placed Hollow Knight among the platform's top 50 best-selling games, while console sales figures remain unavailable. Hollow Knight is available on Game Pass, and Silksong will be as well. At least three other game releases have reportedly been delayed partly because of Silksong. Silksong is scheduled for release on September 4.
Measuring a game's popularity by Steam concurrent numbers is never a perfect or complete encapsulation of a game's popularity, and Hollow Knight being an exclusively single-player game that doesn't rely on people playing at the same time muddies the waters as well. But what is evident here is that Hollow Knight's popularity on Steam is growing in the wake of the big Silksong reveal.
Hollow Knight's previously Steam concurrent record of around 20,000 players was achieved in May 2022. All of this data comes from SteamDB. Steam's own sales data shows that Hollow Knight jumped into the top 50 overall best-selling games on the platform. The game is also available on console platforms, but sales or engagement data is not available. Hollow Knight is also available on Game Pass (and Silksong will be as well).
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