Franchise file / Yacht Club Games
Shovel Knight
Small knight, deep shovel
Yacht Club Games' 8-bit style hero, launched in 2014 after a 2013 Kickstarter. A platforming campaign grew into new playable knights, then puzzle and roguelike spin-offs.
- 2014
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Yacht Club Games
- Creator
Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Built like a lost NES cartridge.
Shovel Knight borrows the look and tight controls of 1980s console platformers, then adds modern design sense. Its villains went on to star in campaigns of their own, and the shovel later turned up in a puzzle roguelike with Vine and a digging game with Nitrome.
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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