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Shovel Knight

Release Date: June 26, 2014 Genres: Adventure, Platformer, Action, Indie
Publisher: Yacht Club Games, Developer: Yacht Club Games Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, crazy bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!

Shovel Knight — Rank #136

Our Scores

  • Genres
    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Indie
    • Platformer
  • Bang For Your Buck
    • Hours Played vs. Cost of Game
  • Cinematics
    • Animated (Cartoon/Anime)
  • Gameplay
    • Boss Fights
    • Difficulty
    • Hack & Slash Combat
    • Minigames
    • Puzzles
    • Twitch / Real Time
  • Graphics
    • 2D
    • Cartoon/Unrealistic
    • Retro 8/16-bit-era
  • Mini Genres/Tags
    • Short
    • Masterpiece
    • Metroidvania
  • Miscellaneous
    • Steam Trading Cards
    • PC Controller Support
  • Perspective
    • Side Scroller Perspective
  • Replay Value
    • Achievements
    • Challenges
    • New Game Plus
    • Re-Playable Content
  • Soundtrack
    • Catchy
    • Epic Soundtrack
    • Sound Effects
  • Story/Setting
    • Fantasy
    • Humorous
    • Lore
    • Medieval
    • Minimalist

User Scores

9.7
  • Genres
    • 9.2 Adventure
    • 9.5 Action
    • 9.5 Indie
    • 9.0 Platformer
  • 10.0 Bang For Your Buck
    • Hours Played vs. Cost of Game
  • 10.0 Cinematics
    • 10.0 Animated (Cartoon/Anime)
  • 9.8 Gameplay
    • 10.0 Boss Fights
    • 9.8 Difficulty
    • 9.3 Hack & Slash Combat
    • 3.0 Minigames
    • 8.0 Puzzles
    • 8.0 Twitch / Real Time
  • Graphics
    • 9.7 2D
    • 9.5 Cartoon/Unrealistic
    • 9.7 Retro 8/16-bit-era
  • 9.5 Mini Genres/Tags
    • Short
    • Masterpiece
    • 10.0 Metroidvania
  • Miscellaneous
    • Steam Trading Cards
    • PC Controller Support
  • Perspective
    • Side Scroller Perspective
  • 9.0 Replay Value
    • Achievements
    • Challenges
    • New Game Plus
    • Re-Playable Content
  • 9.0 Soundtrack
    • Catchy
    • Epic Soundtrack
    • 10.0 Sound Effects
  • 8.3 Story/Setting
    • 8.2 Fantasy
    • 9.5 Humorous
    • 9.0 Lore
    • 9.0 Medieval
    • 10.0 Minimalist

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