Hollow Knight: Silksong

4 Sep, 2025Steam Store

★ 88%419,722 reviews19.50 €

DeveloperTeam Cherry

PublisherTeam Cherry

Metroidvania Difficult Indie Great Soundtrack Souls-like 2D Singleplayer Platformer Exploration Female Protagonist Adventure Beautiful Atmospheric Story Rich Sequel Hand-drawn Action Multiple Endings

Most distinctive niche

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Among all this game's genres, this is the one where players have the most distinctive taste — they rate games very differently from the average Steam gamer, suggesting a more passionate, selective community. It's not about what the game is most tagged as — it's about which of its communities has the most opinionated audience.

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Est. Gross Revenue$000,000Unlock →

Copies Sold000,000Unlock →

Avg Playtime48.0h

Median Playtime40.1h

Reviewer Lifetime Playtime

Lifetime playtime reported by Steam for 500 sampled reviewers when the data was collected - non-reviewing owners excluded.

Mean and median are close - lifetime playtime is roughly symmetric across sampled reviewers, with no extreme outliers skewing the average. Most reviewers invest a similar amount of time. The game likely has a natural stopping point - a story ending, a skill ceiling, or a genre convention - that the majority reaches before putting it down.

10th %ile13.8h

90th %ile155.3h

Median67.6h

Mean81.2h

MedianMeanP10-P90 range

Review History Summary

Monthly reviews — positive up, negative down. Dotted lines: Releases = EA · 1.0 · DLCs (soundtracks, radio, music EPs excluded). Hover a release date to see details in the tooltip.

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