{"id":1007,"date":"2025-08-22T19:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/silksong-is-out-soon-and-indie-games-are-getting-out-of-the-way\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:53:34","slug":"silksong-is-out-soon-and-indie-games-are-getting-out-of-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/silksong-is-out-soon-and-indie-games-are-getting-out-of-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Silksong is out soon, and indie games are getting out of the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ss_09ccaa6c16f158f9df8298feb5d196098506a028.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Yesterday, <em>Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/em> developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of the launch. <em>Silksong<\/em> is a full sequel to the excellent <em>Hollow Knight<\/em> and is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam, so it\u2019s likely going to be very popular when it\u2019s finally available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Panik Arcade, which was set to release its \u201chellish gambling roguelike\u201d <em>CloverPit<\/em> on September 3rd, has pushed the game\u2019s launch to September 26th. \u201cWe poured our hearts into our little game so of course we want to give it the best possible shot,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3314790\/view\/520848458437886253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panik Arcade says<\/a>. \u201cWe hope you can understand \u2014 we\u2019ll use the extra time of course to polish the game even further and we hope for your support at launch either way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8GAME DELAY \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>due to Silksong (can\u2019t wait to play) launching just a day after CloverPit, we decided to delay our release<\/p>\n<p>our new release date is 26th Sept<\/p>\n<p>we poured our hearts into our little game, so we want to give it the best possible shot. thanks for understanding!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwKwBrBuFJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QwKwBrBuFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Panik Arcade \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f making CloverPit \ud83c\udf52\ud83c\udfb0 (@PanikArcade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PanikArcade\/status\/1958882570210304059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Talegames, which was planning to launch the adventure RPG <em>Faeland<\/em> out of early access on September 9th, is postponing the release and plans to share a new date soon. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t an easy decision,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1280080\/Faeland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talegames says<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve poured years of work and love into <em>Faeland<\/em>, and we want to make sure it arrives at a time when it can receive the attention and care it deserves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our v1.0 launch was set for Sept 9, but with today\u2019s Silksong news we\u2019ve made the tough call to postpone. A new date is coming soon, thank you all for the love and support \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lh07iGLHHn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Lh07iGLHHn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TALEGAMES (@Talegamesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Talegamesnews\/status\/1958593783161135519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Aeternum Game Studios, which is developing a 2D sidescrolling game focused on combat and exploration called <em>Aeterna Lucis<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aeternathegame\/status\/1958804217373634579\" target=\"_blank\">is postponing<\/a> a planned September release to sometime in 2026 because the game \u201cwouldn\u2019t have the visibility it deserves.\u201d Aeternum also says that it still doesn\u2019t have the development kits to \u201censure a simultaneous release on all next-generation platforms,\u201d so the delay means it can \u201cbring you <em>Aeterna Lucis<\/em> at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CUomiRcsZU\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CUomiRcsZU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aeternum Game Studios (@aeternathegame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aeternathegame\/status\/1958804217373634579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Frogteam Games, which is working on the 2D exploration game <em>Stomp and the Sword of Miracles<\/em>, is delaying a planned August 29th demo launch, as spotted <a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/silksong-indie-delays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by <em>Aftermath<\/em><\/a>. \u201cTrying to market an indie game is already really, really hard,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2837590\/Stomp_and_the_Sword_of_Miracles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frogteam Games says<\/a>. It\u2019s the task of trying to get attention in a deep sea of other amazing games. In the case of <em>Silksong<\/em>, however, I feel like a little krill trying to not get eaten by a blue whale. Tiny devs like me rely on word of mouth and streamers to bring in visibility, and everyone\u2019s gonna be busy with <em>Silksong<\/em> for quite a while!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:24amusj3zkjjwpqxdi4f5xm4\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lwwege2ipc2e\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreif7is4js4vk55gqx5gamgy62uv2aeb4efmd7wk3rfrte5sm5zkr5u\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Head&rsquo;s up \u2013 the Stomp demo has had to be suddenly delayed. I&rsquo;ll keep you all updated when I know what the plan is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:24amusj3zkjjwpqxdi4f5xm4?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stomp and the Sword of Miracles (@frogteam.games)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:24amusj3zkjjwpqxdi4f5xm4\/post\/3lwwege2ipc2e?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025-08-21T16:29:41.176Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Even with these delays, early September is still packed with notable game releases, including Necrosoft Games\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1900250\/Demonschool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Demonschool<\/em><\/a> (September 3rd), Rogue Factor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacongaming.com\/en-US\/hell-is-us?srsltid=AfmBOopyqoJA7xkXuNy6kkA0Y7NrJpCZgYeUYqUce5c3lw90_m77bDYL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hell is Us<\/em><\/a> (September 4th), and Bloober Team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/17\/24272787\/bloober-gets-bloody-in-its-next-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cronos: The New Dawn<\/em><\/a> (September 5th). We\u2019ve reached out to the developers of those games to ask if they are changing their release plans because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/680636\/hollow-knight-silksong-release-date-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of <em>Silksong<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><strong>Update, August 22nd<\/strong>: Added the delay for the demo of <\/em>Stomp and the Sword of Miracles<em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}