Game Art Styles

Shovel Knight Showdown

Yacht Club Games · 2019

Side-scrolling · Fighting · Platformer · PC · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
BlackTealGreenBlueBrownYellowWhiteExport palette ↓
Linework
Black outlines, Interior lines
Pixel details
8-bit
Hardware look
NES
Palette
Limited palette, Vibrant
Proportions
Exaggerated
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About

Shovel Knight Showdown is a platform fighting game featuring heroes and villains from the Shovel Knight series, with local battles for up to four players. Its character-specific story mode follows a magical catastrophe that traps the cast in a world of continual battle.

Art style

Shovel Knight Showdown (2019, Yacht Club Games) is a 2D pixel art game played from a side-scrolling view. Its look is built from black outlines and interior lines. The palette is limited and vibrant. It deliberately imitates the NES look.

Palette 12 colors

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Details

Release
Original release · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer
Yacht Club Games
Publisher
Yacht Club Games
Released
2019-12-10 Worldwide, Windows
2019-12-10 Worldwide, macOS
2019-12-10 Worldwide, Linux
2019-12-10 Worldwide, PlayStation 3
2019-12-10 Worldwide, PlayStation 4
2019-12-10 Worldwide, Nintendo Switch
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Wii U
Also known as
Shovel Knight: Showdown
Links
official · wikipedia · steam

Screenshots 4

Related

Shovel Knight series 9 games

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