GameStop Casually Leaks a $20 Price Tag for Silksong, Then Panics and Deletes It

Just days before its long-awaited release, the biggest remaining mystery about Silksong might have been solved by a clumsy retail listing.

In what has become a time-honored tradition in the games industry, a major retailer appears to have gotten a little too excited and hit the "publish" button too soon. For a brief, glorious moment, a live product page for Hollow Knight: Silksong appeared on GameStop's website. And right there, nestled among the product details, was the one piece of information fans have been dying to know: the price. According to the now-vanished listing, Team Cherry's monumental sequel will set you back a mere $20.

Of course, the page was yanked offline almost as soon as it appeared, leaving everyone to frantically debate whether this was a genuine leak or just another case of a hapless retail employee typing a placeholder into a box.

The Twenty-Dollar Question

Let's be honest, a $20 price tag feels both completely insane and entirely plausible. In an era of $70 price tags for base games and a labyrinth of deluxe editions, charging just twenty bucks for what is easily one of the most anticipated games of the decade would be a power move. But this is Team Cherry we're talking about. The original Hollow Knight offered a sprawling, 40+ hour masterpiece for a budget price, so a $20 sequel would be perfectly in character. It's a pro-consumer price point that feels like a throwback to a better time.

A Community Starved for Details

You have to understand why a simple price leak for this game is causing such a stir. The seven-year wait for Silksong has turned its community into some of the most dedicated and information-starved fans on the planet. This is a fanbase so unhinged by hype that just last week, one speedrunner set a world record on the game's temporary demo at Gamescom. When people are speedrunning a game that doesn't even exist yet, you can be damn sure they're going to lose their minds over a potential price leak.

Now You See It, Now You Don't

The quick deletion of the GameStop page is what makes this so intriguing. On one hand, it could be a classic case of damage control. Someone at corporate got an angry call from Team Cherry, a flurry of panicked emails were exchanged, and the page was nuked from orbit. This scenario suggests the information was accurate. On the other hand, it could have just been a standard placeholder price that was never meant to be public, and they took it down to stop the inevitable wave of speculation. Both are equally likely.

For now, this remains firmly in the "rumor" category, albeit a very juicy one. Whether it’s $20 or $40, the agonizing wait is nearly at an end. With the September 4th release date just days away, we’ll have our definitive answer soon enough. But for a community that's mastered the art of waiting, another few days of frantic speculation is just part of the fun.