Nostalgia and friendly community
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“returned recently and was delighted to find a welcoming community.”
Steam review · 113.6 h played ↗
Spiral Knights
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Grey Havens2011RPG · Adventure · Action
The verdict
A charming, free co-op dungeon crawler with great art and music, but crashes, rubberbanding servers and a grindy, monetized endgame hurt it. Skip it if you only want the TF2 hat.
Great for
Nostalgic players and friend groups who enjoy cute, simple co-op dungeon crawling and gear grinding
Main risk
Crashes, rubberbanding servers and heavy grind or paywalls can make it unplayable or frustrating.
What players love
Free hat and free to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I got this just for the hat but I realized this game is very addicting”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗
Devs are updating the game again
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“After 10 years, we're getting balance updates & new content.”
Steam review · 1052 h played ↗
Charming art style and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The art and music also aged like fine wine, the game still looks fantastic and full of heart.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Fun co-op dungeon crawling
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Just an incredibly fun good time, nothing like blasting or hacking your way through enemies with friends.”
Steam review · 434.2 h played ↗
Forge rework reduced the grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“the latest of which (forging rebalance) reduces the grinding you have to do in the late-game by about 3x.”
Steam review · 429.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and failure to launch
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“it crashes for me and my three other friends on EVERY. SINGLE. LEVEL.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Grindy, pay-to-win and gambling monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game treats your time as if it has no value.”
Steam review · 731.5 h played ↗
Laggy servers and rubberbanding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I rubber band at LEAST once every few minutes, sometimes multiple times in a single minute.”
Steam review · 202.9 h played ↗
No meaningful new content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“No serious new content in over 12 years”
Steam review · 1394.1 h played ↗
Boring, simple gameplay and toxic community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Game is fine, the people are not.”
Steam review · 3084.3 h played ↗
Blocked in Russia / hangs on loading
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“I found out the game is blocked in Russia.”
Steam review · translated · 3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP or later
Processor1.3ghz processor
Memory512MB for Windows XP or 1GB for Windows Vista/7
Graphics64MB Video Memory. GeForce 5 series, ATI Radeon 8500. Latest video driver.
Storage1GB
OSWindows XP or later
Processor1.3ghz processor
Memory512MB for Windows XP or 1GB for Windows Vista/7
Graphics64MB Video Memory. GeForce 5 series, ATI Radeon 8500. Latest video driver.
Storage1GB
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