Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally available, and it’s putting up huge numbers on Steam. The game blasted off today with 5,000 concurrent players in the first five minutes, growing to 50,000 within 30 minutes and 100,000 after the first 45 minutes of availability. It’s now exceeded 350,000 concurrent players.
Silksong is currently the No. 3 most-played game on Steam right now. The game is putting up these massive figures despite numerous and serious issues on Steam that are preventing people from accessing the store, let alone buying and playing the game.
The 2017 original Hollow Knight, meanwhile, capped out at a peak concurrent-player record of 72,916–a record that was, in fact, achieved just recently on September 3. The game’s player numbers no doubt spiked due to interest in the sequel.
