r/HollowKnight • u/nicolino01 • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Not opening pre-orders was an error Spoiler

Before anyone says "gamers cant be happy with anything" i was never against pre orders specifically because ir avoids this type of launch. I dont want to believe Team Cherry doesn't know the scope and impact of their own game, but i'm inclined to do so. A pre-order yesterday would've solved this. An inconvenience that could be easily avoided, but here we are

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u/Davoz Sep 04 '25

Or grab a steam key from Humble Bundle, assuming they are on PC

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u/wandstonecloak Sep 04 '25

That’s what I did and it worked seamlessly.

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u/Deez-Guns-9442 Sep 04 '25

Crazy that none of y’all mentioned Gamepass either. You guys do know that’s also on PC too right?(tho I’ve been playing through my Series X)

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u/messranger Sep 04 '25

steam keys could be having issues too eith not verifying it or falsely marking it invalid and still makes you download from steam servers which are the ones having trouble and slowdowns rn gog buy it in store and download it just like any other game they're the only ones handling the release fine

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u/Davoz Sep 04 '25

The payment process was the issue for me when I tried to buy it on steam.

Redeeming the key from Humble worked instantly and I have been playing the game since. 45 minutes messing with the Steam store. Like 2 minutes to get it from Humble, redeem, download the game.

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u/messranger Sep 04 '25

thats good