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Knights of the Road

Shiny Byte Studio · 2024-08-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 17, 2024 (Mac), Aug 17, 2024 (Linux)

An adventure game with focus on acrobatics and discovering secrets. Classic platformer gameplay in the spirit of the 8-bit era games.

93%
positive of 94 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 41% of 25,905 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020242026Week of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-10-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeAdventureControllerPlatformerSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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