The Knightling

The Knightling is a platforming action adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way through the…

75 28 August 2025 from $4.79

Adventure Indie Action Fantasy

The Knightling is an adventure developed by Twirlbound, released 28 August 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.79 at Steam.

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What The Knightling is

The Knightling is an adventure game developed by Twirlbound and released in 2025. It was published by Saber Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Knightling is a platforming action adventure where you play as an aspiring knight in search of their missing mentor, Sir Lionstone. Equipped with only a legendary shield, you’ll brave your way through the lands of Clesseia to become the unlikely hero.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The Knightling holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $4.79 at Steam, 84% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

The Knightling launched on 28 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.

Cheats and codes

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