Hollow Knight: Silksong Plunges to ‘Mostly Negative’ in China Amidst Translation Controversy; Developers Promise Fix

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the highly anticipated sequel, is facing significant backlash from its Simplified Chinese player base, with its Steam rating plummeting to ‘Mostly Negative’ due to widespread complaints about confusing and bizarre translations. While the game maintains a ‘Mostly Positive’ rating across all languages, filtering reviews to Simplified Chinese reveals a stark contrast, highlighting a critical localization failure.

Players have described the translations as an jarring mix of ancient and modern Chinese, with one prominent indie RPG translator, Tiger Tang, likening it to a ‘Wuxia novel’ that fails to capture the game’s intended tone. These issues are a recurring theme among negative reviews, overshadowing other common complaints about the game’s difficulty.

In response to the growing outcry, Matthew Griffin, responsible for Silksong’s marketing and publishing, has confirmed that the development team is aware of the ‘quality issues’ with the current Simplified Chinese translation. He assured players that efforts are underway to ‘improve the translation over the coming weeks,’ aiming to rectify the problem and restore the game’s standing with its Chinese audience. This situation contrasts sharply with the original Hollow Knight, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews even from its Simplified Chinese players, a title that benefited from a larger localization team.

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