Shovel Knight Dig

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 928 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 5.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (95.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (50)

• Student of Shovelry Complete the tutorial 100%
• First Purchase Buy your first item. 99%
• Mycophile Dig through the Mushroom Mines. 78%
• Pocket Power Defeat an enemy as Tiny Shovel Knight. 76%
• Detector Mettle Find all the secrets in one world. 74%
• No Damage! Finish any stage without taking damage. 68%
• Cog Clogger Open the Drill Capsule 10 times. 63%
• Cog Catcher Collect all 9 cogs in a world. 61%
• Relic Rookie Wield 5 relics 59%
• Risk Taker Choose 5 risky paths at the bottom of the well. 53%
• Shovel Drop Streak Defeat 12 enemies in a row using the Shovel Drop without touching the ground. 50%
• Room Sleuth Discover 20 secret rooms along the well's sides. 46%
• Outfitted Acquire a new set of armor. 44%
• Flameo Wander Defeat an enemy with the Flameo Wand from more than 8 blocks away. 43%
• Hey Big Spender Spend a combined total of 20000 gems in the shops at the surface. 42%
• Oologist Hatch 5 creatures from eggs. 39%
• Untouched Emerge unscathed from a battle with any Hexcavator. 31%
• Hide Owl Seek Help Altius in three locations in the Mushroom Mines. 31%
• King of the Beasts Have two different follow pets at one time! 27%
• Hat Trick Finish off Spore Knight with her own hat. 26%
• On a Diet Finish a world without eating any food. 24%
• Victory! Finish the game. 23%
• Wash Up Clean off a Mud-Encrusted Relic without using it. 23%
• Board Leader Post a score on the Leaderboard. 18%
• Shocking Electrocute 3 enemies at once. 18%
• Boom! Defeat 5 foes at once using the War Horn. 17%
• Weeding Deflect a Throwing Trowel to defeat 3 enemies. 16%
• Shovel Economy Finish a level and swing the Shovel Blade fewer than 3 times, including digging. 14%
• Penny Pincher Finish the game without spending any gems. 13%
• Wind Trap Use the Gusteo Wand to push an enemy into a hazard. 9.5%
• Lancemorpher Defeat a boss with a level 5 Morph Lance. 8.9%
• Bug Lover Defeat Hive Knight without hitting Fleck. 6.9%
• Dual Haunting Defeat 2 enemies with one cast of the Shadow Locket. 6.8%
• Omega Ouster Disable the Omega Saw. 6.6%
• Unawares Hit Master Argus with a surprise attack. 6.6%
• Order of Hoarders Have 20000 gems on hand. 6.3%
• Scholar of Shovelry Earn every Shovel Blade technique from Master Argus. 5.8%
• Thorough Victory Finish the game having seen every world in one run. 5.7%
• Bubble Blocker Absorb 3 hits using the Bubble Frog. 5.1%
• Money Grabber Retrieve a money bag using the Reverse Exa. 5.0%
• Precious Cargo Use a glass key acquired from a previous world in a new world. 4.3%
• Cold as Ice Freeze Dozedrake with the Blizzeo Wand. 4.2%
• Relic Decked Out Purchase or unlock all relics, armors, and accessories. 3.7%
• Coffer Hoppin' Descend 50 blocks in a Coffer of Safekeeping. 3.6%
• Hurry Up Beat the game within 25 minutes. 2.9%
• Relic Roundtable Defeat an enemy using 5 different relics. 2.9%
• Clearing a Path Run over 5 enemies using the Mobile Gear Drill in one go. 2.8%
• Rising Feat Defeat 3 enemies using the Rising Dagger without hitting the ground 2.7%
• True Shovelry Beat the game without using any relics. 2.5%
• Dirt Poor Don't collect any gems in one stage. 2.3%