Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is a free expansion for Shovel Knight that follows Plague Knight in his own quest. He uses alchemy to search for ingredients needed to create Serum Supernus, but the items must…
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is an adventure developed by Yacht Club Games, released 17 September 2015 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
What Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is an adventure game developed by Yacht Club Games and released in 2015. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is a downloadable content (DLC) expansion for the 2014 platform game Shovel Knight, developed and published by Yacht Club Games. The player takes control of Plague Knight, an alchemist on a journey to create the ultimate potion. Plague Knight attacks by throwing alchemical bombs, and has the ability to double jump and perform a more powerful "burst jump" that sends him forward through the air. Gameplay is similar to the original Shovel Knight but features a new story and alterations to the levels to account for Plague Knight's movement.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Shovel Knight series
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows is the second of 12 entries we hold in the Shovel Knight series. It arrived a year after Shovel Knight. The next entry was Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment in 2017. Its critic score of 95 is 13 points above the series average of 82. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 26 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows launched on 17 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Mad Max and Soma. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Mad Max, Soma.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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