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Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> is already a huge hit on Steam despite causing Valve\u2019s storefront to crash<\/a>, posting massive concurrent player numbers.<\/p>\n

At the time of this article\u2019s publication, and as those storefront problems ease, Silksong was on a huge 453,993 concurrent players on Steam, making it the third most-played game on Valve\u2019s platform behind only Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2.<\/p>\n

This number looks set to rise, too, as more people download the game ahead of its first weekend on sale. The question now is, just how big will it be? It\u2019s already the 29th most-played game on Steam of all-time, with the likes of Helldivers 2 in its sights.<\/p>\n

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Silksong is one of the most anticipated games of 2025. Over six years after its initial announcement and as the most wishlisted game on Steam, Silksong finally launched today, September 4, across PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S priced $19.99 and weighing in at 7.62GB.<\/p>\n

Of course, Silksong\u2019s true player count will be much bigger across all platforms. Neither Sony, Nintendo nor Microsoft make player numbers public, but Silksong crashed those storefronts, too, so it will be massive everywhere. And let\u2019s remember Silksong is a day-one Game Pass title. Yep, this one\u2019s enormous, perhaps even the biggest indie game launch of all time.<\/p>\n

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Little was known about Silksong ahead of launch, so players are only now discovering its secrets. One of the first revelations is the achievements list<\/u><\/a> (Silksong has 52 Achievements and 53 Trophies to unlock and discover).<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out IGN’s Silksong coverage, which includes the story of the superfan behind the YouTube Channel Daily Silksong News, who can finally rest after an incredible 1,693 days of videos<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Be sure to stay up-to-date with all the latest from IGN by clicking <\/em>here<\/em><\/u><\/a> and setting IGN as a preferred source in Google.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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