How long is Hollow Knight Silksong?

How long does it take to beat Hollow Knight Silksong, the long-awaited metroidvania sequel, even if you plan to find every single secret.

How long is Hollow Knight Silksong? Team Cherry's long-awaited sequel is finally here, and there's a lot to discover. With over 40 bosses to beat and countless secrets to unearth, progression in Silksong can be different for everyone.

Taking a closer look at the size of the Silksong map, most players will get lost occasionally, making it difficult to determine exactly how long the journey in the Metroidvania game will last. As a result, your final completion time depends on how good you are at the game and how much time you spend combing through every path. We can make an educated estimate of how long Hollow Knight Silksong takes to beat, though.

Hollow Knight Silksong length

Based on the claims made in the release trailer about the number of bosses in Silksong, we believe it's similar in length to the first game. Our Hollow Knight expert, Nat Smith, took 40 hours to beat the game at launch in 2017, so Silksong should take roughly the same amount of time.

Judging by the amount of time it took the average player to 100% complete the first game, if you want to find every secret and beat every optional boss in Hollow Knight Silksong, you're most likely looking at sinking around 100 hours. Speedrunner 'BlueSR' achieved a 100% clear in just 38 hours, though it should be noted that his skill level is far above that of us mere mortals.

One player posted on Twitter that it took them 16.5 hours in one sitting to beat Silksong. They posted a screenshot of the completion time, but I'd still take this with a grain of salt. It'll take 99% of players longer than that.

We'll update the figures above with precise completion times once we roll credits in Silksong ourselves. To some degree, it'll depend on how good at the game you are and whether you struggle with bosses for hours on end.

How many acts are in Silksong?

One way to see how far through the game you are is to track your progression through the game's acts.

The final number of acts is yet to be confirmed, but it seems like there are only a maximum of three acts in Silksong. We'll confirm that figure once we're sure, but that does mean it's not as useless for tracking progression, as the acts will be very long.

In the meantime, check out our Silksong bosses list to see how far through the game you are. We also have a list of the best upcoming PC games, most of which we're hoping won't take seven long years to release.