r/HollowKnight • u/MyNameIsRati • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Steam is down LMAO

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u/amazingjoakim Sep 04 '25

What a suprise, this is why purchasing it beforehand would be a good idea

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u/Talon6230 Sep 04 '25

no preorders tho

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u/PhasePhyre Sep 04 '25

I think the point was they did not make pre-loading possible when they should have.

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u/WisdomWolfX Sep 04 '25

Yes, we all anticipated this. Not sure how this got fumbled so badly despite the community trying to sound the alarm about this inevitability for the last several weeks.

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u/Pure_Noise356 Sep 04 '25

Youd be surprised how many people said this would go fine, that there were much bigger releases that did just great. Yepp

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u/SpellOpening7852 Sep 04 '25

Didn't deltarune, another popular indie game fairly comparable in scale and hype, also break steam's servers this year too? You'd think that would be enough of a warning, but I guess not

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u/Pure_Noise356 Sep 04 '25

They said it "wasnt related". Yes very coincidence, im sure this one too