Team Cherry has announced Hollow Knight – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. It will launch in 2026 as a free upgrade for users who already own the Switch version of Hollow Knight.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will incorporate “all the updates and enhancements” Hollow Knight: Silksong received on Switch 2, including high frame rate modes, higher resolutions, and additional graphical effects.
In preparation for the Switch 2 release, Team Cherry plans to update “all versions of the original [Hollow Knight] for current platforms, adding features and fixing bugs.” PC users can experience “many” of those updates now via public-beta branches on Steam and GOG. New features now available in the public-beta branch include:
- Added support for 21:9 and 16:10 resolutions.
- Game now pauses while in inventory menus.
- Upgraded to Unity Input System for broader controller support (original input system is still available, if preferred, via Options>Controller>Advanced Settings).
- Added dithering effect, and dithering options, to reduce color banding.
- Fixed a softlock in City of Tears Grub room.
- Reduced Grey Prince Zote’s stagger bounce height.
- Updated Sly’s Great Slash collider to closer match visual.
- Salubra’s Blessing now deactivates after reaching max Soul.
- Map panning is now smoother
- Various smaller fixes and tweaks.
Hollow Knight is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and GOG.