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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Yacht Club Games · 2017-04-05

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: Apr 05, 2017 (Mac), Mar 03, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 16, 2017 (Xbox One), May 03, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Apr 05, 2017 (Wii U), Apr 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with Very Positive sentiment (94% of 493 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 493 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (159 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a 2017 downloadable content (DLC) expansion for the 2014 platform game Shovel Knight, developed and published by Yacht Club Games. The player takes control of Specter Knight, an undead warrior tasked with recruiting a group of knights for the Enchantress, the main villain of Shovel Knight. Specter Knight can run up walls and jump off them, and slash through enemies and objects with his scythe to move through the air. Gameplay is similar to Shovel Knight, but features new levels and redesigned boss fights.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 72 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992017-04-052026-10-142017-04-05 — best price $9.992017-11-02 — best price $9.992018-04-11 — best price $7.992018-04-19 — best price $9.992018-10-24 — best price $6.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-08-10 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-04 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-09-12 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $6.292021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-07-10 — best price $9.992021-10-27 — best price $7.992021-12-22 — best price $5.992022-04-14 — best price $6.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $6.992022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-10-14 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-05-29 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $7.492026-09-20 — best price $7.492026-09-28 — best price $6.992026-10-06 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11332026-05-28 — 113 pageviews2026-06-01 — 41 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 37 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 8 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 8 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
46.2%
earned "Spirit of Giving"
5.2%
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, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)43828%21
Steam (Steam)3357%20
Switch (Nintendo)660%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionAdventureDifficultPlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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