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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

VINE · Yacht Club Games · 2021-12-13

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ActionAdventureIndie

Franchise: Shovel Knight · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 13, 2021 (Mac), Dec 13, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 06, 2023 (iOS), Jun 06, 2023 (Android)

Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is a 2021 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 632 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 632 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (93 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is a roguelike puzzle game co-developed by Vine and Yacht Club Games, and published by Yacht Club Games. A spin-off of the platform game Shovel Knight, the player takes control of the namesake adventurer as he becomes trapped within a magical artifact, the Pocket Dungeon, and is forced to fight his way out while battling other knights who befell the same fate.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (144 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 632 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720212026Week of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
733Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 73 · peak 329Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 48Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 47Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-12-132026-07-092021-12-13 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $16.992022-07-29 — best price $15.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992022-12-21 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-09 — best price $14.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-02-12 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-06-17 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-12 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-09 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-03 — best price $13.482025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-21 — best price $12.992025-11-18 — best price $12.992025-11-28 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-05-17 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

330112026-05-29 — 330 pageviews2026-06-02 — 213 pageviews2026-06-06 — 82 pageviews2026-06-10 — 58 pageviews2026-06-14 — 67 pageviews2026-06-18 — 55 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 37 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 23 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 23 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "Unlock Shovel Knight"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8241%102
PS4 (PlayStation)4125%72
PS4 (PlayStation)2546%72
Switch (Nintendo)1510%0

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

Player tags

2DPvEPvPIndieActionPuzzleStrategyAdventureRogue-liteCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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