Is Spiral Knights free?

Yes — Spiral Knights is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Spiral Knights Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Spiral Knights Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Spiral Knights on Mac?

Yes. Spiral Knights has a native macOS version on Steam.

Does Spiral Knights have co-op?

Yes — Steam lists Spiral Knights as a co-op game.

Is Spiral Knights on PC Game Pass?

No — Spiral Knights is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Spiral Knights

Name: Spiral Knights
Brand: Grey Havens
Availability: InStock

Grey Havens · June 14, 2011 · Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Adventure, Action

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Very Positive84% · 24,25164Metacritic136playing now

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About Spiral Knights

✦ AI summary

Dive into a constantly shifting underground dungeon with friends, battling monsters and solving puzzles as stranded knights racing toward a mysterious Core. Build your arsenal from hundreds of unique weapons and gear while progressing through an ever-changing world that evolves in real time.

Band together and fight to the Core!
Spiral Knights is a cooperative adventure in a persistent world with a focus on instant, fast-paced action. Arm yourself and join the ranks of the Spiral Knights; stranded on an alien world, they must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface in hopes of reaching its mysterious Core.

Key Features

Co-operative Exploration

The Clockworks offer challenges that are best tackled with friends.
Fight monsters, solve puzzles and discover treasures together!

Instant Action

Go from login to a multiplayer adventure in less than a minute.

Ever-changing World

The Clockworks cycle levels to explore in real time. Every moment of every day changes the world.

Create an Arsenal

There are hundreds of unique weapons and gear to discover and alchemize.

Form Powerful Guilds

Guild alliances allow greater influence over the world. Amass powerful minerals to transform the Clockworks!

Free to Play!

Spiral Knights is free to play, no subscription is required to enjoy everything the game has to offer.

Special Offer:

Team Fortress 2 "The Spiral Sallet" Hat
Receive a free Spiral Knights-themed Team Fortress 2 hat by unlocking an achievement in Spiral Knights!
To receive the free TF2 hat, players must reach the first Clockwork Terminal from any gate in the Haven Arcade and unlock the 'Mission Accomplished' achievement. (Players who've already unlocked it will also receive the hat.)

Spiral Knights — game info

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player, Co-op
Controller: Partial controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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Spiral Knights in the rankings

#25 most reviewed Steam game of 2011

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game's charming visual style, fun cooperative gameplay, and engaging harder content that rewards skill, often comparing it favorably to classic Zelda games. However, common complaints center on clunky and unresponsive controls, an unintuitive crafting system, excessive grinding, repetitive level design, and some pay-to-win mechanics that undermine the experience.

Not recommended Oct 2, 2026

go desync somewhere else...

Recommended Oct 1, 2026

coming back to Spiral Knights is a Childhood rememberance thing, but... at the same time seeing that new updates are arriving to this game provides a new hope or light as of 2nd october 2026, it feels as thought the developers did not abandon the game and is still showing love... I hope that continues in a f2p manner, because that would be greatly appreciated... Keep it up.

Recommended Oct 1, 2026

game is fun tf2 hat is good

Recommended Sep 30, 2026

good hat

Recommended Sep 29, 2026

it needs support would be epic if it revived since the devs working again on this game

Recommended Sep 27, 2026

PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME, IT'S REALLY GOOD I PROMISE

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