
games like
Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
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Like Shovel Knight, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
12 games like Shovel Knight
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Bow aim, QTEs, and platforming timing matter.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Set-piece gunplay and traversal under fire
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Both lean on variance about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Precise platforming and bash-chain escape sequences
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Both lean on variance about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Tight 2D platforming and music levels
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Mental-world enemies follow fixed behaviours
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Both lean on variance about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 7) - Fluid run-jump-glide chains
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Both lean on variance about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - Gliding and charging need modest precision at most
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Both lean on variance about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (6 vs 5) - More combat and platforming precision.
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Both lean on execution about the same (6 vs 6). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Lurkers follow set patterns
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- Released
- 2014
- Developer
- Yacht Club Games
- Franchise
- Shovel Knight
- Platforms
- PS3, PS4, Linux, 3DS, PC, Mac, WiiU, Vita, XONE, Switch
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 89/100
- IGDB users
- 86/100