Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
An all-new presentation featuring a new Shovel Knight story! When Drill Knight and his dastardly digging crew blast apart Shovel Knight’s peaceful campsite and steal his loot, he grabs his trusty Shovel Blade and starts tunneling after them!
The first Shovel Knight adventure in glorious high color pixel graphics and sound. Fluid animation, scaling, rotation, and parallax create the most convincing Shovel Knight world yet!
Every adventure is different! Shovel Knight Dig levels have been meticulously crafted, then stitched together using proprietary generation techniques for infinite replayability.
Jump, slash, and dig your way in an all-new direction – down! Rely on your trusty Shovel Drop, then dig through huge swaths of dirt with all-new Speed Shovel mechanics.
Shovel Knight Dig, the fast-paced action-platformer from Yacht Club Games and Nitrome, is tunneling onto Xbox and PlayStation 5 on May 15, 2025.
This ultimate edition includes the complete game and all downloadable content.
Shovel Knight Dig reinvents the classic series with a fresh vertical twist, featuring fluid animation, precise platforming, and dynamic level generation. Players control Shovel Knight as he descends into a mysterious, ever-changing well to stop Drill Knight and his dastardly crew, the Hexcavators.
The Xbox and PS5 versions will include the base game and all expansions, including the upcoming DLC release, Wicked Wishes. This final update will add new bosses, quests, secrets, and game-changing upgrades, making this the definitive version of Shovel Knight Dig!
Already available on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Apple Arcade, all platforms will receive the Wicked Wishes update on May 15.
Whether you're a longtime fan or a new adventurer, there's never been a better time to dig in.
Shovel Knight Dig Base Game:
When Drill Knight and his dastardly digging crew blast apart Shovel Knight’s peaceful campsite and steal his loot, he grabs his trusty Shovel Blade and starts tunneling after them! But as he and Shield Knight soon discover, this adventure goes much deeper than a simple heist…
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
Fate & Fortune DLC:
Something truly evil must be brewing down in the well, and it’s up to Shovel Knight and Black Knight to uncover the true Knightmare and put a stop to it! Once you’ve completed the base game, Knightmare Mode will unlock, adding a whole new level of challenge
Wicked Wishes DLC:
Your new adventure begins as you step into Hoofman’s Guild Hall - a secret hideout where elite quest-seekers and their illustrious patrons converge. Climb the ranks within the guild by undertaking their thrilling challenges. Collect powerful Relics and buffs, face new bosses and enemies, and unravel the mysteries encircling the impeccably dressed horse and his top adventurer, the Guildarch. But be careful what you wish for, wicked consequences await you in the well.
Grow in power and wealth as you descend into the depths of the earth. Emerge with untold riches to outfit Shovel Knight further, unlocking permanent items and upgrades to your adventuring equipment.
New Knights, new characters, and new enemies abound, but fear not! Shovel Knight Dig features Shovel Knight’s signature storytelling, humor, and maybe even some familiar faces…
Another pulse-pounding soundtrack in a new style by astonishing virtuoso Jake Kaufman!
Shovel Knight Dig is available for Apple Arcade (free), Nintendo Switch and PC for $24.99, and coming to PlayStation and Xbox on May 15, 2025.
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