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24 alternatives to Shovel Knight

A fun take on classic platforming tropes.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shovel Knight launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Shovel Knight▲57

   Defeat your enemies with shovel -- an ode to 8-bit NES era

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Brickies▲87

   A fresh and colorful take on the classic breakout game

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dolly▲76

   Short artistic minimalist platformer

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Angry Birds EPIC▲66

   A new RPG adventure

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MC Lars: The Video Game▲63

   A beat-driven platformer

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sword of Xolan▲76

   A pixel-art, action platformer

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Refunct▲70

   Vibrant first-person platformer

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Catacomb Kids▲58

   A roguelike pixelly platformer

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Robot Nature▲77

   Addictive Game

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pid▲57

    A beautiful and imaginative puzzle-platformer.

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Eggggg▲69

    The platform puker

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Robot Turtles▲69

    The game for little programmers

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Collect or Die▲59

    A gory retro platformer with dynamic ragdoll physics

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Nubs' Adventure▲73

    Beautiful explorative pixel art platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Stomps▲69

    An adventure game to get kids moving. (Indiegogo)

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16MF
    My First Commercial Game Is Now Online▲97

    An arcade-style dungeon crawler

    2011 · cardinalquest.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Potatoman Seeks the Troof▲60

    A challenging potatosophical platforming adventure

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Super Dangerous Dungeons▲77

    A retro-inspired platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Bastion▲27

    An action-RPG w/ a nifty art design and an amusing narrator

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Way▲74

    A 2D puzzle platformer with a retro feel

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Aaru's Awakening▲54

    An artistic, hand-drawn 2D action platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Gateway▲56

    A puzzle-based platformer where you control a robot

    2015 · its alternatives →

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