A Knight's Quest (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

A Knight's Quest

Play as Rusty, a clumsy adventurer who accidentally sets about the end of the world. Solve mind-bending puzzles, defeat huge bosses & platform your way through this action-adventure.

80 10 October 2019 ESRB T

What A Knight's Quest is

A Knight's Quest is an adventure game developed by Sky9 Games and released in 2019. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rusty begins his adventure with just a trusty sword and basic shield, but he’ll soon unlock ‘Spirit Powers’ – spectacular abilities which have the power to transform not only himself but also the world around him. Harness the powers of Fire, Ice and Time to devastating effect, using them to conquer enemies in battle or solve environmental puzzles.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

A Knight's Quest holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

A Knight's Quest launched on 10 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

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