The Game Census
Bucket Knight cover art

Bucket Knight

PigeonDev · 2019-09-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Feb 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Feb 28, 2020 (PlayStation Vita)

Bucket Knight: A pixelated platformer adventure! Help the valiant knight find the Holy Grail, make money to pay his loan, and survive deadly dungeons. Shoot enemies, avoid traps, and collect treasures. Classic run-and-gun action awaits!

83%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.76★
PlayStation Store rating (160 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 15,806 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620192026Week of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.742019-08-292026-09-132019-08-29 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $2.742020-03-05 — best price $2.492020-07-29 — best price $2.492020-12-02 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $2.492022-01-06 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-10-15 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.242023-08-16 — best price $4.992023-09-19 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-03-02 — best price $4.992024-03-20 — best price $0.992024-04-15 — best price $0.992024-04-30 — best price $1.242024-06-13 — best price $4.992024-07-16 — best price $0.992024-07-26 — best price $4.992024-08-13 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $4.992025-01-11 — best price $0.992025-04-16 — best price $0.992025-08-19 — best price $0.742025-12-01 — best price $0.742026-03-19 — best price $0.742026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-09-13 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyActionArcadeShooterColorfulAdventurePlatformerRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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