Hollow Knight: Silksong Hit the Bullseye with Massive Sales Right After Launch
After an extended development period with several delays, Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong launched amidst widespread acclaim and has already begun breaking records. The sequel to the 2017 award-winning Hollow Knight seems to be a huge commercial success for the Australian indie developer.
By the Numbers with Record-Breaking Launch
Very few days after the release, Alinea Analytics updated the game performance numbers, which looked very impressive three days after the game launched. These numbers now testify to how much of an impact the game is having across many platforms.
- Overall, 5 million-plus players across platforms have experienced the game.
- Steam: More than 3 million copies were sold, which generated an income of $50 million for that platform alone.
- Game Pass: Console Game Pass alone brought in 1 million players in total.
- More than 562,000 concurrent players on Steam.
Unprecedented Anticipation and Global Reach
The success of this game was foretold by the huge success it amassed on Steam, where it was the most-wishlisted game for this year with 5.2 million wishing users.
Countless players around the globe are playing the game on different platforms. Alinea Analytic states that the top countries for the game on Steam are the USA, China, Russia, Japan, and Brazil. PlayStation audience distribution differs significantly, with an approximate 30 percent of users in North America, another 14 percent in Western Europe, and another 14 in Eastern Asia.
The immediate and wide-downloading of Hollow Knight: Silksong stamps it as yet another major success for Team Cherry.
