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Shovel Knight (2014)

Yacht Club Games

Linux · Mac · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Wii U · Xbox One

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)

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his … Read more
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade: a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly! But, between Shovel Knight and his beloved stands a cadre of villainous knights. These terrible foes, known as The Order of No Quarter, have been dispatched to prevent Shovel Knight from reaching the Enchantress, and will pursue their mission at any cost. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, crazy bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you! Read less

Details

Developers
Yacht Club Games
Publishers
Yacht Club Games
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Platform
Themes
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Franchises
Shovel Knight
Series
Shovel Knight
Events
PlayStation Experience 2014 Keynote, Nintendo Direct @ E3 2013
Steam
View on Steam

Release dates

  • Jun 26, 2014 (North_America) Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
  • Jun 26, 2014 (Worldwide) Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U
  • Sep 13, 2014 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Oct 08, 2014 (Worldwide) Linux
  • Nov 05, 2014 (Europe) Wii U
  • Apr 21, 2015 (North_America) PlayStation 3
  • Apr 21, 2015 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
  • Apr 29, 2015 (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • Jun 11, 2015 (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 03, 2017 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch

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Featured in lists

Essential Indies by Human_Traffic · 50 games · 6
Favourite PS Vita Games by BMO · 55 games · 3
Games me played by SirPyschoJeff · 113 games · 0
Best Art Sytle by Pogee · 33 games · 0
Played + Completed (Main Story) by Teh_Cheat · 99 games · 0
Nintendo 3DS by Pogee · 47 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
1123
4 stars
1112
3 stars
461
2 stars
90
1 star
15

Community All Reviews Statuses

2StepInMidair

Status 2StepInMidair Dec 15, 2019

I've been doing some reflecting, as I just beat Shovel Knight: King of Cards today, and damn, I think the whole SK: Treasure Trove package may be a strong contender for my game of the decade. The variety in the game with all 4 campaigns (plus a party game??) is insane. Yacht Club deserves so much praise for the work …

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I've been doing some reflecting, as I just beat Shovel Knight: King of Cards today, and damn, I think the whole SK: Treasure Trove package may be a strong contender for my game of the decade. The variety in the game with all 4 campaigns (plus a party game??) is insane. Yacht Club deserves so much praise for the work they've done.

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TsugaruMJS

Status TsugaruMJS Jun 4, 2019

Done with all three stories. What. A. Game. Can't wait for the next DLC.

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TsugaruMJS

Status TsugaruMJS Jun 1, 2019

I am a little over halfway through the main story. This game kicks ass and I can't believe it took me so long to play it.

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Sappholopod

Status Sappholopod Jan 21, 2019

FINALLY got around to finishing Shovel Knight and now I can't stop playing it. Three times in the past couple days, very quickly became one of my favorite games ever.

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AlexGarbus

Status AlexGarbus Mar 22, 2018

Finally finished New Game + after starting it years ago. The boss rematches were utter torture.

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xch1n

Status xch1n Mar 11, 2018

Picked this up after a long time away and I had a lot of trouble with it. Getting through The Lich Yard was tough - segments with no lighting and blind jumps, plus those electrified frogs and unkillable ghosts made it slow going through the platforming sections.

Then I hit the boss fight. I found that some of the scythe …

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Picked this up after a long time away and I had a lot of trouble with it. Getting through The Lich Yard was tough - segments with no lighting and blind jumps, plus those electrified frogs and unkillable ghosts made it slow going through the platforming sections.

Then I hit the boss fight. I found that some of the scythe patterns were learnable, but the tells were pretty difficult differentiate between for me at first. I'm also fighting the joycons - I accidentally activated my relic instead of hitting the boss more times than I want to remember.

But, and I'm guessing this is why so many people like hard games, when he finally fell I had a fist pump of pride and felt pretty good about not giving up. As someone who bounces off of hard games more often than not, it felt really good to stick with something that was starting to get frustrating.

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8BitHero

Status 8BitHero Feb 21, 2018

Making some good progress after having not played for awhile. Beat propeller knight and the black knight.

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GigaDeathNullGolem

Status GigaDeathNullGolem Jan 29, 2017

Finished Plague of Shadows with the help of a little... alchemical improvisation. Hehehe. Was having real tough time on areas that were easy on the first go in regular game (like the beginning of the very last area) In some ways liked it more in some ways not as much. Mostly the jumping was just too tricky for my …

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Finished Plague of Shadows with the help of a little... alchemical improvisation. Hehehe. Was having real tough time on areas that were easy on the first go in regular game (like the beginning of the very last area) In some ways liked it more in some ways not as much. Mostly the jumping was just too tricky for my abilities. I look forward to the third installment.

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BMO

Status BMO Dec 2, 2016

The trailer has dropped for the new Specter Knight expansion for one of the best games of the past couple years.

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BMO

Status BMO Jun 23, 2016

Oh my! Shovel Knight will receive more content, including campaigns for Spectre Knight and King Knight, and body swap and battle modes. This is super exciting. Given The Plague Knight campaign was my favourite part of the game, I am excited for what Yacht Club has in store for the new campaigns. This is amazing.


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iamlost26

Status iamlost26 May 16, 2016

Really liked it, and though it was tough at certain points, it just took patience and a little trial and error. The boss battles were tough but not impossible, and the controls handled greatly, making it known that if there was a really hard jump, it's your fault that you didn't make it (not the game's).

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BMO

Status BMO May 15, 2016

Just finished Plague of Shadows and really enjoyed the second half of Shovel Knight. I cannot recommend Shovel Knight enough. Everything I loved about the first half was improved upon in the second. The two halts compliment each other quite well. Fantastic game.

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