A puzzle dungeon you fight through
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon mixes falling-block puzzle play with dungeon crawling. You move on a grid and bump into enemies to attack them, trading damage in the process. Foes pile up on the board, so you line them up for chain attacks and grab keys, power-ups, and potions to refill your health as you go. The run is built around managing that stack of enemies while picking your moments to strike.
Puzzle Knight guides you through the Pocket Dungeon and the story runs with Shovel Knight's usual humor. You can play as more than 10 heroes from the Shovel Knight universe, each with its own power and play style, and swap equipment on the fly to shape your loadout for whatever comes next. Adventure Mode is the main path, with bosses both familiar and new, and the game carries multiple endings.
Playing together
Versus Mode puts two players in fast-paced head-to-head competition on the same board. Remote Play Together lets a friend join in over the internet as well. Outside of that, the run itself is a solo affair.
Before you start
Expect a steep challenge: the game is tagged as difficult with perma-death, so a bad stretch can end a run. Grid-based movement means every step commits you, and enemies keep crowding the space you need. The Puzzler's Pack adds Castle Quandary, new Refract abilities, quests for every character, Puzzle Knight as a playable character, new foes and finds, and Mr Hat's Fancy Shop with transformative headpieces. The Paradox Pack adds The Enchantress and Chester, the Lost City and Explodatorium stages, secret quests, cheat codes, over a dozen new relics and items, and mod support.