Games like Shovel Knight Showdown
If Shovel Knight Showdown is your kind of game, the closest matches are TowerFall Ascension, 99Vidas and Streets of Rage 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customization options for fights, competitive and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Shovel Knight Showdown: Enter a world of never-ending battle! Duel with up to 4 local challengers and scramble after gems, or take control of your favorite characters, many playable for the first time ever, in Story Mode. Master every move, explore a vast array of items and locales, and discover new revelations.
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TowerFall Ascension
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Top pick for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
99Vidas
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares couch co op and character customization with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Third-strongest match for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
A Few Quick Matches
WHY THIS
Shares character customization and a competitive mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Ranked #4 for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!
Rivals of Aether
WHY THIS
Shares platform fighting and a competitive mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Ranked #5 for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.
Samurai GUNN
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Ranked #6 for Shovel Knight Showdown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shovel Knight Showdown at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight Showdown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
Soda Dungeon
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
Idol Showdown
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.
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More from Yacht Club Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Yacht Club Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
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 Dig
WHY THIS
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
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!
Mina the Hollower
WHY THIS
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
Shovel Knight: King of Cards
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight Showdown. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares couch co op and character customization with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Rivals of Aether
WHY THIS
Shares platform fighting and a competitive mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.
Samurai GUNN
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Showdown.
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Frequently asked about Shovel Knight Showdown
- Is Shovel Knight Showdown verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Shovel Knight Showdown is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Shovel Knight Showdown cost?
- Shovel Knight Showdown is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shovel Knight Showdown have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shovel Knight Showdown supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Shovel Knight Showdown?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shovel Knight Showdown are TowerFall Ascension, 99Vidas, Streets of Rage 4.
- Who developed Shovel Knight Showdown?
- Shovel Knight Showdown was developed by Yacht Club Games.
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