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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope cover art

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

Yacht Club Games · 2019-12-10

SteamGOGAmazon

ActionAdventureIndie

Franchise: Shovel Knight · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 26, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Jun 26, 2014 (Wii U), Jun 26, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 21, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Oct 08, 2014 (Linux)

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!

2
playing now
94%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (526 ratings)
7.6h
to beat · rushed 2.7h · completionist 10h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Shovel Knight is a platform game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. Development was crowdfunded and the game was released for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Windows in June 2014. It was ported to OS X and Linux in September 2014, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One in April 2015, Amazon Fire TV in September 2015, and Nintendo Switch in March 2017. Shovel Knight is inspired by gameplay and graphics of platformer games developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,006 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Humble Store (2026-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 11 of 25 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-12 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992019-12-102026-08-302019-12-10 — best price $9.892020-01-24 — best price $10.792020-05-07 — best price $10.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-09-02 — best price $10.492020-10-10 — best price $10.492020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-16 — best price $9.442021-01-15 — best price $10.492021-04-09 — best price $11.992021-06-09 — best price $11.992021-08-11 — best price $11.992021-09-17 — best price $14.992021-11-03 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $8.992022-03-21 — best price $10.492022-04-22 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $9.742022-08-22 — best price $10.492022-10-31 — best price $10.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-10 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-07 — best price $14.992024-06-14 — best price $7.492024-08-15 — best price $8.992025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $8.992025-11-20 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $12.742026-05-29 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $11.252026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.9k2182026-05-29 — 2,904 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,701 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,212 pageviews2026-06-07 — 755 pageviews2026-06-10 — 635 pageviews2026-06-13 — 560 pageviews2026-06-16 — 473 pageviews2026-06-19 — 474 pageviews2026-06-22 — 449 pageviews2026-06-25 — 427 pageviews2026-06-28 — 517 pageviews2026-07-01 — 365 pageviews2026-07-04 — 343 pageviews2026-07-07 — 371 pageviews2026-07-10 — 370 pageviews2026-07-13 — 331 pageviews2026-07-16 — 345 pageviews2026-07-19 — 289 pageviews2026-07-22 — 294 pageviews2026-07-25 — 250 pageviews2026-07-28 — 311 pageviews2026-07-31 — 218 pageviews2026-08-03 — 259 pageviews2026-08-06 — 231 pageviews2026-08-09 — 251 pageviews2026-08-12 — 273 pageviews2026-08-15 — 277 pageviews2026-08-18 — 279 pageviews2026-08-21 — 313 pageviews2026-08-24 — 306 pageviews2026-08-26 — 285 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
76.3%
earned "First Purchase"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam Cloud

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)6442%45
Switch (Nintendo)440%0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieRetroActionAdventureDifficultPlatformerSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

Players also track

Legends of EisenwaldHyper Light DrifterDarkest Dungeon®Enter the GungeonChasmVaganteHollow KnightCeleste

Similarity via IGDB.

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