Shovel Knight Reviews

Shovel Knight

Yacht Club Games

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

OpenCritic Rating

Top Critic Average

90%

Critics Recommend

Eurogamer

7 / 10

PC Gamer

80 / 100

IGN

9 / 10

GamesRadar+

4.5 / 5

Metro GameCentral

8 / 10

Game Informer

8.8 / 10

GameSpot

7 / 10

Polygon

9 / 10

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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.

Critic Reviews for Shovel Knight

Eurogamer

Simon Parkin

7 / 10

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

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PC Gamer

Emanuel Maiberg

80 / 100

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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IGN

Colin Moriarty

9 / 10.0

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

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GamesRadar+

Tony Wilson

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

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Metro GameCentral

David Jenkins

8 / 10

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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Game Informer

Tim Turi

8.8 / 10.0

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

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GameSpot

Tom Mc Shea

7 / 10

Shovel Knight recalls, but doesn't rely on, many greats from gaming's past, but lacks the inventive spark that could have elevated it to classic territory.

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