Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited Metroidvania follow-up to the indie phenomenon Hollow Knight, has just received a rare early discount—20% off across nearly every major platform. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to jump in, this is one of the best prices we’ve seen since launch, especially for a game that quickly became one of 2025’s most talked-about indie releases.
Right now, Silksong is priced at $15.99 on PC storefronts and is also showing the same $15.99 sale price on the PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop. The timing is especially appealing for newcomers, with Sea of Sorrow recently revealed as a free content drop planned for next year—giving players even more reason to get comfortable with Silksong’s fast, demanding combat and exploration now.
There’s one obvious catch: Xbox players are left out.
While PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo users can grab the 20% discount, Silksong remains full price at $19.99 on the Microsoft/Xbox Store. There hasn’t been a clear explanation for why the Xbox version isn’t participating. It could be a business decision tied to subscription availability, a storefront policy issue, or simply a platform-specific choice that didn’t line up in time for the broader sale. Whatever the reason, it creates a strange situation where one of the biggest indie games of the year is discounted almost everywhere—except on Xbox consoles.
Discount aside, Silksong has earned widespread praise for its sharp controls, gorgeous art direction, and the kind of precision-focused action that fans of challenging 2D games love. It also scales well across hardware, which matters for players who care about performance as much as price. On last-gen systems like Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, Silksong targets 1080p at 60 FPS. On current-gen hardware like PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, it can reach higher refresh rates and resolutions, including 120 FPS and 4K options depending on the setup. If you’ve never played a demanding 2D action platformer at 120Hz, it’s one of those upgrades that’s instantly noticeable—movement feels cleaner, inputs feel tighter, and fights become even more responsive. PC players, of course, have the most flexibility, with frame rates limited mainly by monitor refresh rate and system power.
Considering Silksong already launched at a relatively low price point of $20, seeing it drop to $15.99 this soon is a solid deal—especially for players who were on the fence or who want to experience the game before next year’s content update arrives. Even if it doesn’t dip below $15 yet, the consensus from fans of Silksong and the original Hollow Knight remains consistent: the experience is worth the buy-in, as long as you’re ready for the game’s famously punishing difficulty.
