At this point, Hollow: Knight Silksong might as well be the Sun – smaller indie games are helplessly caught in its orbit, though an increasing number of them are plotting an escape. As of writing, at least eight games have delayed their planned launch dates after Silksong developer Team Cherry revealed only five days ago that the Metroidvania of the millennia would come out on September 4.
"I feel like a little krill trying to not get eaten by a blue whale," writes developer Frogteam in a Bluesky post announcing its decision to indefinitely push back the demo release for Stomp and the Sword of Miracles, a 2D Metroidvania dedicated to a tiny lizard and its magic sword. "Tiny devs like me rely on word of mouth and streamers to bring in visibility, and everyone's gonna be busy with Silksong for quite a while!"
