Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

Released Dec 2019

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!

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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope is a standalone release of the original Shovel Knight campaign, which first launched in 2014 and received its standalone Steam listing on December 10, 2019. The store description explicitly notes that this title is included within Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — it is a self-contained campaign extracted from that larger anthology, not a game with its own ongoing content pipeline. The developer's post-release communications consist of a feature patch on February 19, 2020 (version 4.1 "Terra Firma," adding pixel scaling and fixing a handful of bugs) and two Mac OS compatibility fixes in January and March 2021. There are no announcements of new campaigns, DLC, expansions, or additional content for this specific title. The last developer communication was on March 1, 2021. This game launched as a complete, finished product — a single polished campaign with no post-launch content roadmap of its own. The small number of patches after its standalone release were maintenance and compatibility updates, not content expansions. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store, and the developer has made no statements suggesting further content is planned for Shovel of Hope specifically.

Evidence

Store description positions this as a standalone version of the Shovel Knight campaign included within Treasure Trove, describing a complete, self-contained adventure with no mention of future content.

store metadata · Dec 10, 2019 source content shipped

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Mac OS Big Sur compatibility fix. Last official developer communication for this title.

news post · Mar 1, 2021 source ambiguous

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Developer

Yacht Club Games

Publisher

Yacht Club Games

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Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

Action Adventure Indie Platformer Pixel Graphics 2D Retro Great Soundtrack Difficult

About this game

Disclaimer: If you own Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, you will NOT need to purchase Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope separately. This title is included with all versions of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.

Shovel Knight is a sweeping, classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small warrior with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this land with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and quest for his lost beloved. He wields a Shovel Blade: a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly!

But, between Shovel Knight and his beloved stands a cadre of villainous knights. These terrible foes, known as The Order of No Quarter, have been dispatched to prevent Shovel Knight from reaching the Enchantress, and will pursue their mission at any cost. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!

Features:

Shovel Knight's beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit.
The systems of today also give Shovel Knight modern touches: detailed animation, multilayered parallax backgrounds, and novel game design.
Perfect your platforming skills as you take down each of the knights of the Order of No Quarter.
Flip enemies! Leap over gaps! Duel with foes! Dig up treasure! Find Secrets! Upgrade! Shovel Knight is simple to learn and play, but challenge lies everywhere.
Awesome soundtrack by Jake "Virt" Kaufman with additional songs by Manami Matsumae!
Amass riches to upgrade your armor and weapons.
Detailed, living background and animation! Big, beautiful pixels!
Lovable characters and treacherous bosses!
Balanced gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.
A light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.
Overworld Map allows your quest unfold in a unique order!
Relive the adventure and uncover all of the world's secrets with New Game+!
Co-op! – Grab a friend and play through Shovel of Hope as a fully cooperative adventure!
Challenge Mode - Up the ante in every imaginable way with dozens of full-featured challenges.
Body Swap - Did you ever wish Shovel Knight was a lady, or Shield Knight was a guy? Well, now you can designate character genders however you like, with brand new designs for all of the main characters!