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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

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!

Released Dec 10, 2019 Developer Yacht Club Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

94.2%positive890 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“You should play this game who ever is reading this reveiw”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fantastic game. Great music, great art style, just awesome. Here are some of the flaws in my opinion (Mainly applies to those who haven't played this genre much) 1. Shovel Knight dies instantly from spikes. I feel that the spikes should do double damage but not kill you. I know…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Classic platforming and good level of difficulty.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
724-hour peak
49all-time peak
0 10 20 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 15 avg · May 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

45achievements
8.1%median completion
1.0%rarest: HurryUp!
76.3% of players 65.4% of players 44.6% of players 41.0% of players 40.7% of players 32.1% of players 29.4% of players 27.2% of players 27.0% of players 26.8% of players 25.9% of players 25.8% of players 23.8% of players 16.9% of players 13.8% of players 13.2% of players 11.1% of players 10.3% of players 10.1% of players 9.4% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 7.6% of players 6.1% of players 6.1% of players 5.5% of players 4.9% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 76.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.3%First Purchase — Buy your first item.
65.4%Only You — Use caution and common sense around campfires.
44.6%Troupple Acolyte — Discover the secrets of the Troupple King.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%HurryUp! — Beat the game within 1 hour and 30 minutes.
1.1%Perfect Platformer — Finish the game without falling into a bottomless pit.
1.1%Impossible! — Finish the game without dying.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US14.99 USD
EU13.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 01, 2021
March 1st, 2021 Update - Mac Big Sur OS Fixes

Mac OS notary changes and an Open GL update for Big Sur users. Changelog: MacOS Big Sur OpenGL Fix Mac OS Notary

Jan 23, 2021
Mac OS Update macOSBigSur (11.0.0 +): Temporarily Incompatible

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and all the standalone versions of the Shovel Knight series are having compatibility issues with the latest Mac OS update, macOSBigSur (11.0.0 +). We are working on a sol

Feb 19, 2020
4.1 - Terra Firma

A new Shovel Knight update is here to keep your digging skills (and pixels) sharp! Changelog New! 1:1 Pixel Scaling mode is now available. It can be found within Options > Screen Scale. Change: Steam

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction · Adventure · Indie · Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Retro · Great Soundtrack · Co-op · Difficult · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements45
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.yachtclubgames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 250 MB available space