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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop
Hollow Knight: Silksong attracted over 75,000 concurrent Steam players within 10 minutes, causing major digital storefronts to experience outages due to unprecedented demand.
- Team Cherry, an Australian developer, released Hollow Knight: Silksong on September 4, 2025, across major platforms including PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo.
- Silksong started as DLC for the original game before expanding into a full standalone sequel, with fans awaiting its release for nearly seven years.
- The game's launch caused heavy traffic surges that crashed digital storefronts like Steam, Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store, and PlayStation Store, preventing many users from purchasing or playing immediately.
- SteamDB reported over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, while error messages such as "Something Went Wrong" and slow loading times affected many users.
- Although some platforms recovered, these issues highlight the massive demand for Silksong and suggest similar challenges may recur as more players join.
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Silksong Steam Server Crash
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