Summary

  • Nearly four years ago, an impressive fan-made expansion for Hollow Knight called The Sanctuary was announced.
  • Not much has been said about it since then, but one of the project members has confirmed that it's "alive".
  • More news about Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary is expected to come in the following weeks.

Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary, a fan-made expansion that was announced all the way back in 2021, has re-emerged out of nowhere to confirm that it's "alive" and more news is coming soon.

Considering the Silksong-sized elephant in the room, it can often feel like all Hollow Knight fans have had to do over the past few years is sit around waiting for something to happen. That's certainly the case when it comes to official releases, but it also applies to some of the ambitious fan-made projects that have popped up since Hollow Knight first released.

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Which brings us to Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary, a fan-made project that acts as a free expansion to Hollow Knight and sees players exploring a new area, the titular Sanctuary. The expansion was announced nearly four years ago and has been mostly missing in action since its reveal trailer - until a few days ago, that is.

Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary Is Alive, And More News Is Coming In The Next Few Weeks

We Really Might Get Sanctuary Before Silksong

As pointed out by GamesRadar+, the announcement that Hollow Knight: The Sanctuary is alive and well comes from a tweet made by Stizzl, one of the leading members of The Sanctuary team. Out of nowhere a few days ago, Stizzl tweeted a gameplay clip from The Sanctuary and eased everyone's concerns by simply saying, "The Sanctuary is alive".

The new footage gives us a brief but new look at The Sanctuary in action, and confirms once again that it's aiming to be quite an ambitious project. While there wasn't much more shared about it beyond the fact that it hasn't been cancelled in the nearly four years since it was announced, Stizzl did give a bit of an update in the tweet's replies.

The Sanctuary was previously promised to feature "all-new custom assets, a soundtrack handcrafted by well-known Hollow Knight musicians", and "a whole lot more".

After initially asking for more playtesters to sign up to try out The Sanctuary, Stizzl said that they hope that fans "will stay tuned to learn more about this mod in the coming weeks". Playtesters suggest there's still a fair bit of work to be done on The Sanctuary, but it does look like the years of near-silence are going to be coming to an end very soon.

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Hollow Knight

Metroidvania Systems 10.0/10 Released February 24, 2017 ESRB E10+ for Everyone 10+: Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood Developer(s) Team Cherry Publisher(s) Team Cherry
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