{"id":347712,"date":"2025-09-17T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=396068"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:20:49","slug":"silksong-surpasses-3-million-copies-sold-also-dominating-on-xbox-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/silksong-surpasses-3-million-copies-sold-also-dominating-on-xbox-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Silksong surpasses 3 million copies sold, also dominating on Xbox Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of Hollow Knight: Silksong has marked a significant milestone in the video game genre, reaching over 3.2 million copies sold on Steam and nearly 1.5 million downloads through Xbox Game Pass. <strong>These figures are especially impressive for an indie title from a small production team, reaffirming the great interest generated by the Hollow Knight franchise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is already one of the most successful games of the year<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to estimates from the analytics firm GameDiscoverCo, Silksong has outsold other titles in the Metroidvania genre released this year, selling 69 times more copies on Steam than the next best game, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance from Sega. <strong>This commercial impact highlights player loyalty, as 79% of those who purchased Silksong have also played or owned the original title, Hollow Knight, which has sold over 11.4 million copies on Steam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XGeJwsUP9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-year wait for the release of Silksong has significantly contributed to its reception, <strong>but the true driving force behind this success is the recognition of the original game<\/strong>. The fan community, estimated to be between 20 and 30 million people, has shown great enthusiasm for the sequel, and 22% of all Hollow Knight players on Steam have already purchased this new installment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Silksong has performed exceptionally well upon its release, analysts point out that this phenomenon is not entirely comparable to other video game launches due to its highly specific and dedicated fan base. <strong>As experts comment, the success of Silksong should be conceived more as a gift for a fervent audience than as a new standard<\/strong> in the evaluation of releases within the video game industry.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong has marked a significant milestone in the video game genre, reaching over 3.2 million copies sold on Steam and nearly 1.5 million downloads through Xbox Game Pass. These figures are especially impressive for an indie title from a small production team, reaffirming the great interest generated by the Hollow Knight franchise. It is already one of the most successful games of the year. According to estimates from the analytics firm GameDiscoverCo, Silksong has outsold other titles in the Metroidvania genre released this year, selling 69 times more [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":347713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[16149,16150,16151,6434,9773,6153,6435,1056,5653],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-347712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-11-4-millones","tag-gamediscoverco","tag-hinobi-art-of-vengeance","tag-hollow-knight","tag-hollow-knight-silksong-2","tag-metroidvania","tag-silksong","tag-steam","tag-ventas","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347730,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347712\/revisions\/347730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347712"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=347712"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=347712"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=347712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}