Spiral Knights
Cooperative action RPG about dungeon runs through shifting underground levels
Grey Havens · Released Jun 14, 2011
ActionAdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 24K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 67% of 79 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 180
- peak 24h 268
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 years ago
- Nov 19, 2018
Metacritic: 64/100 (critic reviews)
What is Spiral Knights?
Spiral Knights is a cooperative dungeon-crawling action RPG set beneath an alien world's surface. Stranded knights enter the shifting Clockworks to fight monsters, solve puzzles, collect treasure, and acquire gear while seeking a path to the Core.
For you if...
- +you want fast-paced dungeon runs with online co-op
- +you like cute hack-and-slash combat and gear collecting
- +you enjoy solving puzzles between monster fights
Not for you if...
- −you prefer open-world exploration to changing dungeon levels
- −you dislike repeated material farming and gear progression
What players say
84% of 24,243 reviews are positive · 67% of 79 in the last 30 days
Players praise the art style, straightforward dungeon combat, and co-op play. Common complaints focus on repetitive late-game grinding, limited meaningful content updates, and a small player base. Recent reviews also report unstable servers, rubber-banding, black screens, and crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Spiral Knights system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP or later
- Processor
- 1.3ghz processor
- Graphics
- 64MB Video Memory. GeForce 5 series, ATI Radeon 8500. Latest video driver.
- Memory
- 512MB for Windows XP or 1GB for Windows Vista/7
- Storage
- 1GB
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 54
- Steam features
- Trading cards, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Free to Play
- Massively Multiplayer
- RPG
- Adventure
- Action
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Dungeon Crawler
- Hack and Slash
- Co-op
- MMORPG
- Cute
- Great Soundtrack
- Action RPG
- Sci-fi
- Open World
Recent updates
- Nov 19, 2018 · All That's Golden
- Apr 1, 2018 · Spiral Knights 7th Anniversary Celebration
- Mar 19, 2018 · A Spring Equinox
- Feb 16, 2018 · Running Wild With Tortodrones
- Jan 16, 2018 · Cuddle Up, A Storm is Brewing
1 DLC available.
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