Hollow Knight: Silksong Physical Copies Are Reaching Players, With a Free Expansion Ahead
Physical copies of Hollow Knight: Silksong are arriving more than a year after the game first came out. Eurogamer reports that the boxed editions were originally set to be delivered from 10 November 2026, and the booklet packed with them points to what comes next.
Images of the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, including the physical copy and its booklet, were first posted on Reddit by user Me_975. The booklet says the world will grow through free content packs. It promises new companions, new abilities and new enemies.
The first of those packs is Sea of Sorrow, which the booklet calls the first giant expansion. Players sail across and beneath a salt-stricken ocean that the booklet describes as full of mystery and menace. The physical booklet lists the expansion as Coming Soon.
Developer Team Cherry first named Sea of Sorrow as a nautically themed expansion in a blog post dated 15 December 2025. The studio said it would be free for all players in 2026. The booklet's Coming Soon label is the most recent word on the expansion's status, so the release date remains unannounced.
Physical editions are built for a collector's shelf. The package includes a big map of Pharloom, the game's world, and a 32-page manual. The Standard Edition adds a 9-by-12-inch poster illustrated by Rubén Molina, according to Fangamer, which sells the boxed releases. Fangamer lists physical editions for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox.
Team Cherry's earlier game, Hollow Knight, has also had a new round of attention. It is now available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the versions on those machines offer higher frame rates, higher resolution and extra visual effects. Team Cherry is also offering that next-generation upgrade free to all Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox players. The studio has released further updates and refinements for the game on every platform.
For anyone opening a boxed copy, the map and booklet offer the first printed look at where the world is heading. The delivery timing has moved from the original 10 November start, and the publisher has not said why. The expansion's free release is the next thing to watch.
