Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Worth it · Action · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $5.37.
- Length
- 4.5h 7.6h to 100%
- Value
- $2.22/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 493 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.37 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB, 246 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
36 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 10 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $5.37, a level the record has reached 10 times.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Gato Roboto ($1.19, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove ($31.99, scores 63).
More about Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Steam's global achievement data puts 32 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 285 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
46% start to 32% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 00:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is an action-platformer developed and published by Yacht Club Games that serves as a prequel to the beloved Shovel Knight saga. While many prequels rely heavily on familiar content, this campaign takes a far more ambitious approach by completely reimagining how the game is played. Instead of simply revisiting existing locations from a different perspective, it introduces a new...
2 more reviews
Specter of Torment is a fantastic addition to the Shovel Knight series - the movement mechanics feel incredibly fluid once it clicks, and using your scythe to grind rails and skate into enemies never gets old. The music is an absolute banger and the story adds surprising depth to a character I didn't expect to care about this much. It's a bit shorter than the original campaign, but the tighter, more focused design...
While, of course, being shorter than Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, SH:SoT is a spinoff in the same vein as Half-Life's Opposing Force. That is, to say, it rivals the quality of the original in all of the best ways. However, one thing to focus on is the extremely fun movement-based combat, as Spectre Knight's extremely simple moveset has been so eloquently designed that it makes combat and parkour endlessly...
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Cite this score
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/589510/shovel-knight-specter-of-tormentReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.