This is quite possibly the strangest thing to happen in recent memory. Normally many games try to release as soon as possible, but Indie Devs are purposefully delaying their games. Now, what started as a few delays has skyrocketed to near every Indie release slated for October. As it turns out nothing is wrong with the games, but rather attention. Indie Devs do everything to get attention on their games and that means trying to not get much competition so they are delaying because of one game, Hollow Knight: Silksong. The sequel to Hollow Knight a Metriodvania with amazing art, fun gameplay, and one of the best Indie games out right now. So when its sequel was announced people were excited and Indie Devs panicked. Initially they were saying simple bug fixes was the reason so many games were delayed, but eventually it came out that they were avoiding Silksong’s release as much as they could. Several Indie Games have delayed their games even games from different genre aren’t taking the risk of people buying Silksong over their game. I don’t know if this is a statement on how good Hollow Knight actually is and what is expected of its sequel or how things in the industry work. I also know that over hyping a game could lead to its ruin Hollow Knight is amazing and blew its own expectations out of the water, but if those same expectations aren’t met then it can be bad even if the game is as good as the original.