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Yacht Club Games · 2017 · 94 % positive of 468

24 games that play like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Hollow Knight.

Player tags

  • Action
  • Indie
  • Adventure
  • Platformer
  • Pixel Graphics
  • 2D
  • Retro
  • Singleplayer

At a glance

What games like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment: Platformer (22 of 24), Pixel Graphics (19) and Retro (13).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2024, 15 of them after Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (2017).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Hollow Knight (97 % positive of 415,946).
  • 7 games both play and look like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, among them Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Odallus: The Dark Call.

By gameplay

Plays like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Voidwrought78 % positive of 611Shared: Platformer · Metroidvania · Action
  2. Foregone81 % positive of 1,350Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Side Scroller
  3. Chasm72 % positive of 2,495Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  4. Venture to the Vile76 % positive of 164Shared: Platformer · Side Scroller · Metroidvania
  5. Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin70 % positive of 255Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  6. Viktor70 % positive of 246Shared: Platformer · Action · Indie
  7. Demon Peak69 % positive of 232Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  8. Beholgar75 % positive of 308Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Side Scroller
  9. Cathedral75 % positive of 417Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
  10. DOOMBLADE83 % positive of 306Shared: Platformer · Side Scroller · Metroidvania
  11. Unworthy80 % positive of 804Shared: Pixel Graphics · Side Scroller · Metroidvania
  12. Dungeon of Zolthan76 % positive of 525Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro

By look

Looks like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Alwa's Awakening80 % positive of 841
  2. Castlevania Advance Collection91 % positive of 2,084
  3. Odallus: The Dark Call88 % positive of 1,320
  4. Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege92 % positive of 117
  5. Mina the Hollower88 % positive of 8,803
  6. Cyber Shadow83 % positive of 1,410
  7. Axiom Verge90 % positive of 6,064
  8. Tearscape90 % positive of 361
  9. Spirits Abyss96 % positive of 403
  10. Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)85 % positive of 631
  11. Bat Boy95 % positive of 223
  12. Micro Mages95 % positive of 408

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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