Hole Knight: Silksong, Crew Cherry’s sequel to Hole Knight that has been in improvement for seven years, is releasing later this week for simply $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hole Knight’s unique $14.99 price ticket.
Whereas Crew Cherry might have charged extra for Silksong, it’s primarily pricing it the identical as the unique once you consider inflation over the previous eight years. The workforce revealed seven years in the past that it stored the Hole Knight pricing low to make sure as many individuals performed it as doable. “$15 US is definitely fairly a bit of cash for many individuals, particularly in different nations than the US,” defined Crew Cherry cofounder Ari Gibson in a 2018 Reddit post. “In the end, our essential curiosity is that as many individuals as doable play our video games, and we wish to worth them such that gamers can achieve this.”
The thoughtful selection on the pricing of Hole Knight allowed hundreds of thousands of individuals to play the sport, with the unique promoting greater than 15 million copies. That’s made Hole Knight one of the profitable indie video video games ever, so a $19.99 price ticket for Silksong might produce related gross sales outcomes — particularly because it’s presently the most wishlisted game on Steam.
Silksong is releasing at 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 3PM UK on September 4th. Will probably be obtainable on Nintendo Swap, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and Crew Cherry has additionally struck a deal to incorporate Silksong on Xbox Recreation Move on day one.