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Shady Knight cover art

Shady Knight

Alexey 'cptnsigh' · 2024-10-09

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shady Knight is a first-person skill-driven melee action game centered around swift swordplay, acrobatic archery, and fluid platforming that seamlessly blends combat and parkour skills into a stylish dance of death full of creative chaos.

5
playing now
94%
positive of 954 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (268 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 954 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-08-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24724720242026Week of 2024-10-09: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-08-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-10-092026-08-212024-10-09 — best price $16.992024-10-23 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $15.992025-06-09 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-09-03 — best price $14.392025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-23 — best price $12.992025-10-30 — best price $19.992025-12-01 — best price $13.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-28 — best price $12.992026-02-11 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $12.592026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $13.392026-06-08 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
37.3%
earned "THE PATH TO MASTERY"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2653%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSActionCombatArcheryParkourFightingDifficultSwordplayFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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