It’s becoming more and more expensive to keep up with video games these days, with $80 launch prices threatening to become the new norm, and Rockstar chomping at the bits to release Grand Theft Auto 6 for a whopping $100. This is despite lower-priced titles like Peak and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, as well as free-to-play games like Marvel Rivals and Overwatch 2, exploding in popularity recently.
It feels as though the more hype that surrounds a game, the more developers and publishers feel like they can get away with charging for it, which i guess makes sense from a purely capitalistic point of view. One of the most highly-anticipated games to launch this year is Hollow Knight: Silksong, and despite launching in less than a week, the game’s price has yet to be revealed by Team Cherry.
We don’t know why the studio is being so coy about the game’s pricing, and it’s led to a lot of theorycrafting about what Team Cherry could potentially get away with. It’s been in development for a long time, and the hype surrounding it means it could easily sell for upwards of $50. There have been far worse and shorter games that have tried to do that, with zero justification. Looking at you, Mindseye.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Price Leaked By GameStop
Thankfully, it appears as though all the pricing debates can be put to bed, as GameStop has seemingly put the cart ahead of the horse and revealed the price itself. First shared to the Gaming Leaks And Rumors subreddit by E1338, the Nintendo Switch 2 listing for Hollow Knight: Silksong on GameStop has a price tag of $19.99 listed.
It’s possible that this could be a placeholder, but it’s also worth noting that GameStop is actually charging people for the game now, making it far less likely. It doesn’t appear as though this is a general reveal either, as platforms such as Steam and the PlayStation Store don’t have any prices listed at the time of writing.
If this pricing is legitimate (which it almost definitely is), then this makes Hollow Knight: Silksong $5 more expensive at launch than the original Hollow Knight, but it still feels like pennies these days, especially when you have Nintendo charging full price for fancy ports of almost a decade-old games. A new game with this much hype around it launching for $20 is almost unheard of, and sets the game up to be even more of a commercial success than it’s guaranteed to be.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Released
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September 4, 2025
- Developer(s)
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Team Cherry
- Publisher(s)
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Team Cherry
- Engine
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Unity
- Number of Players
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Single-player
- Steam Deck Compatibility
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Verified
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