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The Knightling
The Knightling is an open world, action-adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way through the lands of Clesseia to become the unlikely hero.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“tl;dr: A fun but flawed open-world platformer with some nice movement tech. Not really worth the full asking price (30 USD), but well worth what I paid for it (8 USD). The Good Movement controls are reasonable (on a controller) and teching is both possible and fun, though…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“This game deserves much more attention. It's beautiful, has a ton of old school vibes like ol school Zelda and Jak.”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“A fun game, old school style made where you have to "♥♥♥♥ around and find out" there aren't many hints as how the mini games work so you have to run around and try everything. Its a gem in the sea of slop we are being forced to.. Keeps your brain in good shape , looks fun ,…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch Three - Patch Notes
Dear Knightlings, With the holidays fast approaching, here is a small gift for you: Patch Three! This update includes a number of fixes and improvements: Quest and gameplay fixes: Finding the libraria
The Knightling wins for Best Audio!
At the recent 2025 Dutch Game Awards, The Knightling took home the award for Best Audio! Congratulations to the teams at Twirlbound and Tumult Kollektiv! A big thank you to all of those who have playe
The Knightling - Security Hotfix
Dear Knightlings, We have released a small patch to resolve a security issue affecting games using the Unity engine. Thank you for your support!
The Knightling - Accolades Trailer
Looking for a new adventure? Immerse yourself in a world of knights, monsters, and... a talking shield!? 🛡 We have so much more to say, but don’t take our word for it; check out what others think abou
Patch Two - Patch Notes
Dear Knightlings, Patch Two is out today! We’ve been gathering your feedback, and you can check out all the fixes in this update below. This update includes a number of fixes and improvements: Added k
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action-Adventure · Open World · Story Rich · 3D Platformer · Cute · Hack and Slash · Platformer · Action · 3D · Linear · Controller · Colorful (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://saber.games/theknightling/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 13 GB available space