Games like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
If Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Cyber Shadow and OUTBUDDIES DX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its punishing new game mode, atmospheric and challenging. 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: 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!
Players who liked Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment also play
Steam players who put hours into Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Top pick for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Second-strongest match for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Third-strongest match for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Ranked #4 for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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!
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Ranked #5 for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Ranked #6 for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Alwa's Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Ranked #7 for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Shovel Knight: King of Cards
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Ranked #8 for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
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Rayman® Origins
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Reviewers of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Experience the magical universe of Rayman with legendary 2D gameplay that has captured the hearts of millions of fans!
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Reviewers of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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.
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Reviewers of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Reviewers of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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!
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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: Specter of Torment on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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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
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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 retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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 an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
Mina the Hollower
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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 whimsical mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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!
Shovel Knight Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Another title from Yacht Club Games, the studio behind Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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.
Cyber Shadow
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
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!
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Alwa's Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Frequently asked about Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
- Does Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment run on Steam Deck?
- Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment cost?
- Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment are Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Cyber Shadow, OUTBUDDIES DX.
- Who developed Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment?
- Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment was developed by Yacht Club Games.
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