Stardew Valley Creator ConcernedApe has a Cameo Role in Hollow Knight: Silksong

Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has a cameo relation successful Team Cherry’s caller mega deed indie game, Hollow Knight: Silksong.

The sequel to Team Cherry’s archetypal bleak and beloved metroidvania crippled yet launched crossed PC and consoles earlier today, bringing an extremity to much than six achy years of anticipation. As what is definite to beryllium millions of fans swarm to spot if the hold was worthy it, The Verge has pointed retired that the Hollow Knight: Silksong credits tease a peculiar cameo from 1 of the astir notable indie developers of the past decade.

Those who navigate to the Hollow Knight sequel’s credits – which tin beryllium recovered successful the “extras” enactment connected the main paper – volition announcement that Barone is featured among the shortlist of names included nether “Additional Character Voices.” It means that, if you cognize wherever to look, you’ll beryllium capable to perceive the mastermind down farming sim sensation Stardew Valley among those lending their dependable talents to the onshore of Pharloom and each of its insect inhabitants.

Hollow Knight: Silksong Credits Feature Stardew Valley Creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. Image captured successful Hollow Knight: Silksong by IGN.

Unfortunately, it’s a spot unclear however precisely Barone is featured successful Hollow Knight: Silksong. ConcernedApe’s caput of operations and concern development, Cole Medeiros, confirmed with The Verge that, portion the Stardew Valley creator does so play a relation successful the Hollow Knight follow-up, they aren’t acceptable to uncover who helium plays. Medeiros added that Barone would “rather not accidental which character(s) truthful arsenic not to spoil immoderate surprises for anyone.”

Although hundreds of thousands of players person already logged successful to Steam to play Hollow Knight: Silksong connected a Thursday morning, it mightiness instrumentality immoderate clip to find however Barone is featured. Team Cherry made the metroidvania sequel disposable for players today, September 4, 2025, for $19.99 for PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S, and it instantly helped origin integer storefronts similar Steam and the Nintendo eShop to crash. As fans proceed to determination in, they’ll beryllium met with a crippled that appears to beryllium substantially bigger than the already rather ample archetypal Hollow Knight.

As fans proceed to crook implicit each bug brag and creepy force successful hunt of Barone, you tin spot however players tin instrumentality vantage of enhanced features successful the Switch 2 mentation of Hollow Knight: Silksong. You tin besides spot wherefore the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s merchandise day had a fewer different developers acceptable to alteration their ain schedules.

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