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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!

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is a action, adventure and indie game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.
Released on December 10th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 890 reviews of which 838 were positive and 52 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.53€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope into these genres:

Action Adventure Indie Platformer Pixel Graphics 2D Retro Great Soundtrack Co-op Difficult Singleplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Compatible up to 10.15.17 Catalina
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
This game is banhger, Bangerbangerajd BANGer. However.. It had made me frustrated alot. I shouldnt have underestimated how much of a 2d platformer this game is. Wished there were either more checkpoints at places, (bonus levels) or have sections not be too long. (the ones that are unfair and dumb) MUSIC GREAT GAME LOOKS GREAT SHOVEL KNIGHT THE GOAT
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May 2025
Although there are some moments were I was having a rough time with this game, it was overall a really fun game. It's short and its sweet. After watching Indie cross I was interested to playing this game and I don't regret it. 8.5/10
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March 2025
classic game. I Love John Shovel. i do wish there was a harder difficulty at the start but its whateves.
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Dec. 2024
This game is the level design bible. 10/10 Absolutely worth its price
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July 2024
A great game, but if it's intriguing to you at all or seems like the kind of thing you'd like, I recommend just going ahead and buying Treasure Trove. It includes this game in a bundle with 4 other Shovel Knight games, 1 of which isn't sold separately nor offered in the standalone bundle (Plague of Shadows). It often goes on sale for about $20. As for the game itself, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is a platformer with simple and succinct, but also surprisingly heartfelt and humorous, writing, characters, graphics and mechanics. It's a challenging and relatively short game which can be beaten in a few hours (barring time lost from dying/setbacks), but has a lot of additional challenges which'll test your skills and offer additional content if you're interested in it. I highly recommend this game for anyone who likes somewhat challenging platformers and/or retro-inspired games with a bit of humor and sincerity.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope received 838 positive votes out of a total of 890 achieving a rating of 8.84.
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope was developed and published by Yacht Club Games.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope does not currently offer any DLC.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope.

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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope PEGI 7
13.99€ -61% 13.99€ 5.53€
8.8
838
52
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
9
Developer
Yacht Club Games
Publisher
Yacht Club Games
Release 10 Dec 2019
Platforms
Remote Play
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