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Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here, and it's clear that the indie game is already a massive hit. It's shot up the charts on PC gaming platform Steam, with more than 535,213 players at one time at its peak.

While player reactions have thus far been mostly positive, some have been taking issue with its difficulty, which is said to be significantly higher than the first game. Players have been venting their frustrations in threads on the Silksong subreddit.

"I feel like they’re really overusing double damage so far," a poster said, referring to the fact that hits from many enemies take away two masks, icons in the game's health meter, rather than one.

"Touching [an enemy] should only ever be one [mask], some of the hitboxes have felt a little janky, and accidentally touching them for two masks is the rough part for me ...