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Shovel Knight

Yacht Club Games
Jun 24, 2014 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PC, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
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OpenCritic Rating

89

Top Critic Average

90%

Critics Recommend

PC Gamer
80 / 100
Game Rant
4.5 / 5
Eurogamer
7 / 10
IGN
9 / 10
Game Rant
4 / 5
Metro GameCentral
8 / 10
GamesRadar+
4.5 / 5
Game Informer
8.8 / 10

Shovel Knight Review Summary

MightyCritic Consensus

Shovel Knight is an excellent throwback to the classic NES era platformers. With its charming 16-bit aesthetic, its solid gameplay, genuine love for the genre and its innovation of it, Shovel Knight is a must buy for lovers of retro games and newcomers.


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Critic Reviews for Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight lovingly recreates the simple pleasures of 8-bit platformers and improves on them with modern ideas that make every level different and worth playing.

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'Shovel Knight', from Yacht Club Games, is a well-crafted love letter to the 8-bit era of gaming, as well as being a fantastic and addictive 2D platformer.

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There is gold in these old genres, and Shovel Knight is a successful dig.

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Shovel Knight -- in all of its old-school glory -- is arguably the best game released so far in 2014.

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The original game remains untouched and is still as challenging and addicting as ever, but consumers looking for something new won't find it here. The game's throwback sound and graphics look fantastic on the PS4 and the Xbox One, but obviously a game built around the 8-bit aesthetic doesn't benefit from a current-gen remake the way something like The Last of Us or Grand Theft Auto 5 is able to.

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One of the best retro homages of recent years, that cleverly combines the best elements of older 2D games with plenty of new ideas of its own.

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A varied and charming platformer, only blighted when it lets players get a little overpowered.

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A captivating, breezy journey that saves the most punishing levels for last. A New Game Plus boosts the replayability factor

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Industry Coverage

Shovel Knight's Showdown and King of Cards DLC Now Have a Release Date

Shovel Knight's Showdown and King of Cards DLC Now Have a Release Date

Yacht Club Games has announced a release date for the final Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove DLC

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