Well if you thought we were done with the Silksong excitement for 2025, think again. Team Cherry is wrapping up its year with a few last bits of business, including news of an enhanced version of the original Hollow Knight for Switch 2 and, most excitingly, a first look at Silksong’s first big – and completely free – expansion Sea of Sorrow, coming next year.
We already knew some sort of Silksong DLC was on the way, of course; Team Cherry confirmed plans for post-launch “stuff” shortly after the game’s release, and reiterated its intentions back in November. Now, though, we’ve got a much clearer idea of what the studio’s been working on. It’s first big expansion is called Sea of Sorrow, and it’s coming to Silksong in 2026.
“Voyage across and beneath the salt-stricken seas in this thrilling expansion”, Team Cherry teases, before elaborating further elsewhere. Sea of Sorrow is, as you’ve no doubt guessed, “nautically themed”, and will include new areas, bosses, tools, and more when it arrives as a free update for all players. Expect more details “shortly before” the expansion’s release.
Additionally, Team Cherry has announced a Hollow Knight Switch 2 Edition, which will feature similar enhancements to those already enjoyed by Silksong on the platform, including “high frame-rate modes, higher resolutions, and many additional graphical effects”. It’ll be free for owners of the existing Switch version, and there’s a free update coming to other platforms too.
PC players can check out many of the update’s features right now in a public-beta branch available for Steam and GOG. A full list of current additions can be found in Team Cherry’s patch notes, but expect to see the likes of expanded controller support, the inclusion of 21:9 and 16:10 resolutions, smoother map panning, and the ability to pause in inventory menus. More improvements will be added before the update’s full release next year.
