Silksong’s Steep Difficulty Curve Is All Hornet’s Fault, Says Team Cherry

It’s been over a year since Hollow Knight: Silksong finally graced our screens—September 4, 2025, a date etched into the memories of patient fans everywhere—and yet the gaming community still hasn’t fully caught its breath. No, not from the exhilaration. From the sheer, unrelenting brutality of it all. The sequel to 2017’s beloved Hollow Knight landed like a needle-knitted meteor, and the difficulty leap left many players wondering if they’d accidentally signed up for a masochism simulator. Now, Team Cherry has cracked open the mystery with a refreshingly candid explanation: the whole thing is Hornet’s fault. And honestly, she isn’t even sorry.

Let’s rewind a bit. After years of memes, clown makeup, and desperate speculation, Silksong arrived as an indie game with the hype engine of a AAA blockbuster. And within hours, the conversation pivoted from “Is it finally out?” to “Why am I dying to the first crawling grub?” The early-game experience felt less like a warm hug and more like a stern lesson from a needle-wielding ballet instructor. A rapid hotfix “slightly” nerfed two early boss encounters, but the perception stuck: Silksong is hard. Like, really hard. Cue the developer response at the ACMI Game Worlds Exhibition, where Ari Gibson and William Pellen laid their cards on the table.

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