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Spiral Knights cover art

Spiral Knights

Grey Havens · 2011-06-14

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Apr 04, 2011 (Mac), Apr 04, 2011 (Linux), Apr 04, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

497
playing now
84%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
51/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

497 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Spiral Knights is a massively multiplayer online game created by Three Rings Design and now owned by Grey Havens. The free-to-play, Java-based game was released in 2011 and is still updated with new content and re-occurring events.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 497 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 583 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2018-10-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28228220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

694982026-08-06 21:00 — 202 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 143 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 132 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 220 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 169 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 168 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 254 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 173 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 138 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 268 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 147 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 135 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 211 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 129 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 156 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 194 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 131 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 139 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 211 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 154 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 127 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 210 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 527 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 174 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 333 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 532 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 290 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 478 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 497 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-01-012018-10-312015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-07-07 — best price $39.992016-07-08 — best price $0.002016-07-09 — best price $0.002016-07-10 — best price $0.002016-07-12 — best price $39.992016-07-13 — best price $0.002016-07-15 — best price $0.002016-07-16 — best price $39.992016-07-18 — best price $0.002016-07-19 — best price $0.002016-07-20 — best price $0.002016-07-21 — best price $39.992016-07-22 — best price $0.002016-07-23 — best price $0.002016-07-24 — best price $0.002016-07-25 — best price $0.002016-07-26 — best price $0.002016-07-27 — best price $0.002016-07-28 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $39.992018-10-31 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59132026-05-30 — 47 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-05 — 50 pageviews2026-06-08 — 52 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 38 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-05 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 35 pageviews2026-07-14 — 28 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-23 — 28 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-04 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 21 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-16 — 20 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews2026-08-27 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4702026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "First Steps"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editor1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47,8751%54

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

Player tags

RPGCuteCo-opActionMMORPGSci-fiAdventureAction RPGMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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