Fri, 05 Sep 2025

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 Gamers frustrated as Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes stores on launch

Social media users also struggle to grab the game on the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox game stores.

* Online video game stores including Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox crashed on Thursday due to high demand for Hollow Knight: Silksong.
* Thousands of users reported being unable to buy the game on PC store Steam after its release at 15:00 BST, with errors persisting until around 17:30.
* Fans took to social media to share their difficulties trying to purchase Silksong and criticise the platforms for not offering pre-orders.
* The high demand for the game was so significant that over 100,000 people were playing it on Steam within half an hour of its launch.
* Some users reported being able to buy the game after visiting other online stores.
* The chaos caused by the demand for Silksong has been likened to "crashing the internet" by Christopher Larkin, a composer who worked on Hollow Knight and its sequel.
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