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Shovel Knight: King of Cards cover art

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Yacht Club Games · 2019-12-10

SteamGOGAmazon

ActionAdventureIndie

Franchise: Shovel Knight · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 10, 2019 (PlayStation Vita), Dec 10, 2019 (Wii U), Dec 10, 2019 (Linux), Dec 10, 2019 (Amazon Fire TV), Dec 10, 2019 (Nintendo 3DS), Dec 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!

2
playing now
90%
positive of 206 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is a 2019 downloadable content (DLC) expansion for the 2014 platform game Shovel Knight, developed and published by Yacht Club Games. The player takes control of a dandy named King Knight as he goes on a quest to win a card game and be awarded the title "King of Cards". King Knight attacks enemies by charging towards them, and is flung into the air after making contact with a surface or enemy. Gameplay is similar to the original Shovel Knight, and features several new locations. Compared to the original, there are more levels, but each one is shorter. Aside from the platforming, the player can engage in a card minigame called Joustus where they must strategically place cards on a board to ensure they occupy certain spaces.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 206 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2023-05-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 25 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-12 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992019-12-102026-08-302019-12-10 — best price $9.992020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $6.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-19 — best price $9.992020-09-12 — best price $9.992020-10-21 — best price $6.992020-11-27 — best price $4.992020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-01-08 — best price $9.992021-04-08 — best price $7.992021-06-05 — best price $9.992021-07-10 — best price $9.992021-09-10 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-20 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-04-19 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $6.492022-07-09 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $6.992022-11-23 — best price $5.692022-12-06 — best price $5.692023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992024-05-07 — best price $2.992024-09-02 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $5.492025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-08-23 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

22682026-05-28 — 226 pageviews2026-05-31 — 118 pageviews2026-06-03 — 119 pageviews2026-06-06 — 57 pageviews2026-06-09 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 25 pageviews2026-06-15 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-27 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-03 — 27 pageviews2026-07-06 — 33 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 16 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 20 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
39.3%
earned "Gem Sweep"
9.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)958%20
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionAdventureCard GamePlatformerSingleplayerPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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