Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s development cycle has been painfully long, but as abnormal as this might seem for an indie game sequel, this is one situation where it isn’t all that inexplicable. Announced in 2019, Silksong finally received a fresh release update in the recent Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, which briefly highlighted the game alongside a 2025 launch window. The cycle has been significantly longer than the two years and change that passed between the 2014 Kickstarter reveal of the original Hollow Knight and its 2017 release, and the frequent radio silence has been even worse.