It's been a week since Hollow Knight: Silksong came out, and much of that time has been filled with Discourse over the game's immense challenge. Like Hollow Knight before it, Silksong is a game full of tough bosses and precise platforming that, at first glance, seem borderline impossible. It's easy to get stuck in a boss fight for hours and wonder if you might ever climb out of that hellhole. You'd think, then, that most players aren't making a ton of progress through the game. But based on the publicly available achievements stats, Silksong's gargatuan challenge might be slightly overstated online.

On Steam, 87% of all players as of this writing have beaten the first real boss, the Bell Beast. Players on PSN, meanwhile, have a clear rate of 83%, making the achievement common. Compare that to the available stats for Hollow Knight, its predecessor: 71% on Steam, and 59% on PSN.

Obviously, both sales numbers and time influence these statistics; Hollow Knight has been out for nearly a decade, and there are at least 15 million copies out in the wild. Silksong is also selling millions and breaking records, but its........

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