Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 466 reviews of which 440 were positive and 26 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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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

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Jan. 2025
The bones of the original Shovel Knight are so good that the developers basically released the same game three different times and bought and enjoyed each and every one. I don't know if I'd call this my favorite but Specter Knight is undeniably cool and fun to play as. What can I say? If you played the original you likely don't need any convincing from me, and if you haven't you should go do that first anyway.
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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
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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
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Sept. 2024
You can rail grind... 10/10 Being serious tho, this is an amazing game would definitely recommend it (:
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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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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
8.7
440
26
Online players
2
Developer
Yacht Club Games
Publisher
Yacht Club Games
Release 05 Apr 2017
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