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4.16 from 2803 ratings · #231 top rated on Grouvee
6628 members have it in their collection · 376 playing now · 1937 backlogged · 1437 wish listed
How long? Main story 11h · with extras 12h · 100% 68h (from 75 logged playthroughs)
Status shinespark May 29, 2026
With Mina the Hollower releasing today, and considering I've got a stubborn blank spot for 2014 in the millennium challenge, I thought I'd revisit Yacht Club's first game! Don't think I've played it at all since it first came out.
Have y'all played any of its many expansions? Are they any good?
Status killerstar Mar 21, 2026
Oh, no. The final challenge is just a gauntlet of all the same bosses I fought before. Man, if they had ended the game just one level before I would've like it much more.
Status killerstar Mar 21, 2026
This game occasional use of high contrast makes for some stunning moments. And I love the subtle distinctions between platforms you can stand on made by the rain.
Status killerstar Mar 19, 2026
Ok, this game is pretty good. Solid platforming and bosses and one of the most satisfying pogos in gaming. I don't love how your lost gold when you die stays there floating because most of the time I die down a bottomless pit so it's impossible to get it back. But the bosses are great and I the art is …
Read moreOk, this game is pretty good. Solid platforming and bosses and one of the most satisfying pogos in gaming. I don't love how your lost gold when you die stays there floating because most of the time I die down a bottomless pit so it's impossible to get it back. But the bosses are great and I the art is great even for someone with no strong nostalgia for that era of games.
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Status LordEnglish Oct 5, 2024
Mixed bag. I like the varied level design, but the combat damage is messed-up. It's a bit too easy to get health powerups that make your lifebar big enough to make it a viable strategy to tank through boss attacks to ensure that you hit them more than they hit you, which did make the game easier for me but …
Mixed bag. I like the varied level design, but the combat damage is messed-up. It's a bit too easy to get health powerups that make your lifebar big enough to make it a viable strategy to tank through boss attacks to ensure that you hit them more than they hit you, which did make the game easier for me but just feels like it shouldn't be a legitimate strategy. So half the time the lifebar feels like it's a bit too big, but the prevalence of one-hit kill traps (and the game's increasing reliance on them for difficulty in the second half) ensures that the other half of the time it feels like the lifebar shouldn't exist at all.
I dunno. It's fun enough, but its difficulty isn't constructed in a way that I find particularly engaging.
Status Sir_Laguna Jun 12, 2024
Finally finished this book.
If you're interested in learning how indie games are made, what inspires their devs and the difficulties of the craft, this is a great read. If you're also a Shovel Knight fan, this is an imprescindible read.
My second favorite boss fights book to date, just below the Spelunky one.
Status Sir_Laguna Jun 5, 2024
I just recieved an email from Yacht Club Games announcing the Shovel Knight 10th anniversary celebration
Shovel Knight...
10th anniversary...
Status Skfjil Mar 14, 2021
This game adds nothing new to the 2D platforming genre.......and still is one of the most memorable games I have ever played.
This game has so much quality in it, all the secrets, all the fictional fables, all the unique boss fights. Shovel knight reinvents an entire game genre becoming one of its kind. It brings all the jumping over …
This game adds nothing new to the 2D platforming genre.......and still is one of the most memorable games I have ever played.
This game has so much quality in it, all the secrets, all the fictional fables, all the unique boss fights. Shovel knight reinvents an entire game genre becoming one of its kind. It brings all the jumping over enemies to beating them with a shovel and transforms these simple mechanics into a good ass video game full of unique gameplay.
Overall, this game is simply good and effective on the points it tries to hit on. Truly a must play for every gamer that's willing to become the one and only shovel knight.
Status AlfredoSalza Feb 14, 2021
Completed Shovel of Hope on PC, 3 hours. It was OK, I'm not really nostalgic about the old NES games so SK was kind of "meh" to me. I skipped all cutscenes.
Something a bit strange was that I never got any magic power or attacks, I just upgraded health points and beat the game with normal shovel hits.
Not …
Completed Shovel of Hope on PC, 3 hours. It was OK, I'm not really nostalgic about the old NES games so SK was kind of "meh" to me. I skipped all cutscenes.
Something a bit strange was that I never got any magic power or attacks, I just upgraded health points and beat the game with normal shovel hits.
Not interested in playing any of the other SK campaigns.
Status marcosladarense Jul 1, 2020
I played up to beat the first boss because the game came on the internal storage of my second-hand Nintendo Switch. I stopped after that. I felt terrible as I rarely felt when playing games. I felt that I wasted +- 2 hours in that technically completely outdated thing! I can only think that the nostalgia factor (or even "my …
Read moreI played up to beat the first boss because the game came on the internal storage of my second-hand Nintendo Switch. I stopped after that. I felt terrible as I rarely felt when playing games. I felt that I wasted +- 2 hours in that technically completely outdated thing! I can only think that the nostalgia factor (or even "my times were better" oldschool mindset) makes people like it. It probably would have been a very good game if released on 1993.
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Status FinnQuill Jun 15, 2020
Ugh, I'm kinda regretting picking up the Treasure Trove. Instant death mechanics are the worst, I don't know what I was thinking.
I don't feel accomplished when I finish a stage filled with bottomless pits and spikes, I just feel glad I'm no longer playing that part of the game, and that's not great.
When I'm not dealing with that, …
Ugh, I'm kinda regretting picking up the Treasure Trove. Instant death mechanics are the worst, I don't know what I was thinking.
I don't feel accomplished when I finish a stage filled with bottomless pits and spikes, I just feel glad I'm no longer playing that part of the game, and that's not great.
When I'm not dealing with that, I really like the game, but seriously, fuck instant death mechanics.
