Shovel Knight

 PlayStation 4
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 449 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 324 out of 449
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 449
  3. Negative: 65 out of 449
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  1. ClassyDevo
    May 5, 2015
    2
    Homage to old school games or rip off? This is just another repetitive, boring platformer. Plain and simple it's nothing special, it just takes from every old 8-bit game. Not worth the $15!
  2. SaxPower
    Aug 12, 2015
    0
    in 2010, it woud have been a nice little amateur project on the net, trying to create a rom for the NES console. Today, it's one of the best rated game on the PS4... has everyone in the game industry become total dumbass ?
  3. keithjonjonson
    Oct 24, 2015
    2
    This game is everything a retro game shouldn't be. The only retro feel it gives is the lack of tight and precise controls. When you win or lose based on control scheme, that takes the worst part of games pre-90's and shoves it down your throat. There are MUCH better retro games out there. Trust me, if you are under 50 don't waste your money.
  4. unclomz
    Oct 4, 2015
    4
    Let me start of by saying I have been playing 2d platformers for maybe close to 25 years they are my favouritegenre of game by a mile from captain keen to donkey kong tropical freeze I am there and I will complete them.

    Anway I wanted like this game. I had high hope from it. In reality to me its a ish mash of duck yales pogo stick and wom3 shoveling, not steam world dig levelk    Let me start of by saying I have been playing 2d platformers for maybe close to 25 years they are my favouritegenre of game by a mile from captain keen to donkey kong tropical freeze I am there and I will complete them.

    Anway I wanted like this game. I had high hope from it.
    In reality to me its a ish mash of duck yales pogo stick and wom3 shoveling, not steam world dig levelk shoveling i mean the boring kinf.
    The graphics are diharea I am sorry but a little more efoort dont give this 8 bit 16 bit bolloks Hokus Pokus made by apogee in the erlly 90s is leaps and bounds better its taht little polished touch i feel its missing. he music drove me insane.

    The one thing saving this game to me were hidden parts of the map im a sucker for that stuff and thats why i colppeted the game.

    Would i reccomened meh.
    NO
    is it overgyped.
    YES
    Isi tow roth 10 to 12 pound
    NO its worth 6.99 thankyou

    Sorry Il shut up now
    Its borderline crap

    on steam play freedom planet tesla grad the list goes on    … Expand
  5. AF1
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    A game that pisses one of time after time with unfair and idiotic situations only to lose all your gems you have collected . What an electronic **** !
  6. Tornado130
    Jun 9, 2015
    0
    VEry very bad this disappointed me in many ways ,being 2d and have bad graphics. Constant crashes of the game on the ps4 version stopped me enjoying it ,however, i dont know anyone else whos game crashed.
  7. leofravoline
    May 15, 2022
    0
    Outro daqueles jogos que insistem em colocar o assustador peixe demônio como um inimigo. Na vida real eu acho ele assustador o bastante, e não tenho vontade nenhuma de ver ele num jogo. Não. Parece interessante mas é injogável por eu ter fobia desse peixe.
  8. quittit1
    Jul 5, 2022
    4
    I got it but I don’t think so it doesn’t work lol lol but yeah that’s okay buddy but yeah that’s

Awards & Rankings

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#5 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#54 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
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#60 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Impulsegamer
    Sep 25, 2015
    84
    Shovel Knight perfectly encapsulates what is so great about playing modern-retro games inspired by the 8-bit era of the 1980s and early 90’s without being derivative or trapped in the past.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 30, 2015
    90
    A glorious, funny, occasionally touching and often maddening tribute to the 8-bit platformer. [July 2015, p.87]
  3. Play UK
    Jun 27, 2015
    90
    A well-written love letter to the classic games of the Eighties that blends a variety of classic platformers into a game that works regardless of any nostalgia. We dig it. [Issue#258, p.72]
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