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Shovel Knight Dig

Nitrome · Yacht Club Games · 2022-09-23

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Franchise: Shovel Knight · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 23, 2022 (Mac), Sep 23, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 23, 2022 (iOS)

Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself on a quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in this standalone Shovel Knight adventure.

Shovel Knight Dig is a 2022 Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $24.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 908 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

8
playing now
75%
positive of 908 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (82 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Shovel Knight Dig is a 2022 roguelite platform game developed by Nitrome and Yacht Club Games and published by Yacht Club Games. It is the third game in the Shovel Knight franchise and a prequel to the original game. The player controls the protagonist Shovel Knight as he fights enemies and collects treasure while descending down a hole to recover his stolen treasure bag. When the player dies, they lose all obtained upgrades, returning to the surface with a fraction of the treasure they collected while playing. At the surface, they can spend treasure on a variety of items that make gameplay easier.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (311 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 908 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-05-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22422420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2343Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 234 · peak 610Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 21 · peak 88May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 34Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 21 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 39Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$9.992022-09-232026-07-092022-09-23 — best price $22.492022-10-03 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-26 — best price $24.992023-10-02 — best price $24.992023-11-24 — best price $14.992023-12-04 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-06-24 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-16 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-18 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-01 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-29 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

331212026-06-02 — 331 pageviews2026-06-06 — 100 pageviews2026-06-10 — 77 pageviews2026-06-14 — 73 pageviews2026-06-18 — 74 pageviews2026-06-22 — 75 pageviews2026-06-26 — 58 pageviews2026-06-30 — 47 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-08 — 56 pageviews2026-07-12 — 49 pageviews2026-07-16 — 38 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 43 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-08-01 — 42 pageviews2026-08-05 — 41 pageviews2026-08-09 — 35 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 38 pageviews2026-08-21 — 48 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 26 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 55 pageviews2026-09-14 — 42 pageviews2026-09-18 — 28 pageviews2026-09-22 — 33 pageviews2026-09-26 — 29 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 36 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews2026-10-12 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "Student of Shovelry"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3422%50
PS5 (PlayStation)2349%51
Switch (Nintendo)2340%0
Xbox Series (Xbox)9210%50

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyActionLinearFantasyCartoonyColorfulAdventureRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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