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| Developer(s) | Yacht Club Games |
| Publisher(s) | Yacht Club Games |
| Composer(s) | Jake Kaufman |
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| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a 2017 downloadable content (DLC) expansion for the 2014 platform game Shovel Knight, developed and published by Yacht Club Games. The player takes control of Specter Knight, an undead warrior tasked with recruiting a group of knights for the Enchantress, the main villain of Shovel Knight. Specter Knight can run up walls and jump off them, and slash through enemies and objects with his scythe to move through the air. Gameplay is similar to Shovel Knight, but features new levels and redesigned boss fights.
Yacht Club Games developed Specter of Torment after finishing production of the previous DLC, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows. They created new levels based on the stages from the original Shovel Knight, and spent four months revisiting and balancing each completed level. The team designed Specter Knight to be an easily controllable character after receiving feedback that the movement of Plague Knight, the protagonist of Plague of Shadows, was too complex. Upon release, Specter of Torment received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the platforming gameplay, narrative, level design, and Specter Knight's moveset, though some considered the game too short.