Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a action, indie and adventure game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.
Released on April 05th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 457 reviews of which 430 were positive and 27 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

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

Action Indie Adventure Platformer Pixel Graphics 2D Retro Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Side Scroller Difficult Metroidvania

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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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

If you don't already have Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove you should probably just get that since it contains this amazing game with 3 other great campaigns included too (and a platform fighter). Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is my favorite platformer of all time. Its such an amazing game to play, everything in it is so well made. All the levels are very fun to go through, the soundtrack is a bop, the story is genuinely great, and theres even more great things with this game im not including, like how you can use your scythe as a SKATEBOARD!!! 10/10 video game please check this game out

Oct. 2024

7 hours may seem short for some people but I have a massive backlog of games so 7 hours is a reasonable time right now for me. Worth the money (I got it on sale for $4 but even full price it is justified. I will probably come back to this and get some more achievements for it when I get through some more of my backlog. This was also my first shovel knight game and I will definitely be playing the others. Overall 9/10

Sept. 2024

You can rail grind... 10/10 Being serious tho, this is an amazing game would definitely recommend it (:

July 2024

Really smooth gameplay accompanied by amazing remixes of the themes from the original game. Overall, relatively the best one in the "Treasure Trove" bunch.

June 2024

The difficulty of the game is balanced, challenging but not frustrating. The music is fast-paced and exhilarating. The art style is retro, but the design is quite modern. Specter Knight is satisfying to control with his Wall Climb and Dash Slash moves. No doubt a good action adventure game, so good that I completed all the Feats(achievements).

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9.99€

8.7

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Developer

Yacht Club Games

Publisher

Yacht Club Games

Release 05 Apr 2017

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