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Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

Release DateJun 14, 2011
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)81.9% (positive) / 84%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75.3% / 82.3%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)188  Top 30% / 23.5K  Top 2%
Curators250 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time19.1 hours  Top 10%
Followers38.3K  Top 3%
Owners± 4M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3.3M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Spiral Knights steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Spiral Knights's Steam rating and reviews between June 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 92.4% (July 2011) to 83.6% (March 2019).

With its 23.5K reviews Top 2%, Spiral Knights is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Spiral Knights and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Spiral Knights's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Spanish - Spain (10%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 4 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Spiral Knights percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Spiral Knights, comparing positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 186 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (140 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Spiral Knights's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • gameplay is pretty good
  • good challenge at times
  • a quirky aesthetic
  • music is enjoyable
  • a very good product
  • experience is very gratifying
  • offers a lot of exploration and action
  • a prime example of a game to turn off your brain and endlessly grind for loot
  • a perfect experience
  • able to learn new techniques and master the skill behind every playstyle
  • updates which are flagrant cash grabs
  • very few good updates
  • gunner update which took over a year
  • a dwindling player base
  • notable grinding present late game in order to obtain good gear without micro-transactions
  • micro-transactions are notably egregious compared to other MMORPG models
  • most enjoyable/challenging missions are DLC only
  • a monotonous experience
  • inflation in its economy
  • no found any bug

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 81.9% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Spiral Knights's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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