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Jet Set Knights

Jet Set Knights

Released: 9/22/2020

When the king is not at home, the bad things can be done... The peaceful tiny kingdom is now under attack from their old enemies, beings from the dark world... The princess Kitty and all people of the kingdom are now in danger! Don't wait! Take one of four brave knights, face hundreds of evil creatures and protect the princess at all costs! Jet Set Knights is an old-school arcade action platformer inspired by classics from the golden age such as Mario Bros, Snow Bros or newest Super Crate Box. If You love retro 2D platformers mixed with tower defense and RPG elements, Jet Set Knight is for You! Simple controls and pure arcade action Choose from 4 Knights, each with their own unique abilities Single player and Local multiplayer for 2-4 players 2 Players Survival mode. Defeat monsters together with your friend! Three local multiplayer modes include Last Man Standing, Domination or famous EGG Tournament Secret Characters Retro-styled handcrafted pixel graphics created with love Over 14 unlockable weapons, spells and special artifacts 12 Unique Enemies - Including Ghosts, Slimes, Skeletons, Devils or Giant Snowballs! Plenty of hidden secrets, surprises and deadlies traps Level Up your heroes and collect many power-ups Fight with powerful Bosses! 12 in-game Achievements Funny mini-games Full Xbox 360 controller support Steam Achievements and Trading Cards Future content updates Awesome retro-style game manual Excellent Soundtrack And of course, there's a princess to save! =) Note: The multiplay modes for 2-4 players are local only, not online.

When the king is not at home, the bad things can be done... The peaceful tiny kingdom is now under attack from their old enemies, beings from the dark world... The princess Kitty and all people of the kingdom are now in danger! Don't wait! Take one of four brave knights, face hundreds of evil creatures and protect the princess at all costs! Jet Set Knights is an old-school arcade action platformer inspired by classics from the golden age such as Mario Bros, Snow Bros or newest Super Crate Box. If You love retro 2D platformers mixed with tower defense and RPG elements, Jet Set Knight is for You! Simple controls and pure arcade action Choose from 4 Knights, each with their own unique abilities Single player and Local multiplayer for 2-4 players 2 Players Survival mode. Defeat monsters together with your friend! Three local multiplayer modes include Last Man Standing, Domination or famous EGG Tournament Secret Characters Retro-styled handcrafted pixel graphics created with love Over 14 unlockable weapons, spells and special artifacts 12 Unique Enemies - Including Ghosts, Slimes, Skeletons, Devils or Giant Snowballs! Plenty of hidden secrets, surprises and deadlies traps Level Up your heroes and collect many power-ups Fight with powerful Bosses! 12 in-game Achievements Funny mini-games Full Xbox 360 controller support Steam Achievements and Trading Cards Future content updates Awesome retro-style game manual Excellent Soundtrack And of course, there's a princess to save! =) Note: The multiplay modes for 2-4 players are local only, not online.

When the king is not at home, the bad things can be done... The peaceful tiny kingdom is now under attack from their old enemies, beings from the dark world... The princess Kitty and all people of the kingdom are now in danger! Don't wait! Take one of four brave knights, face hundreds of evil creatures and protect the princess at all costs! Jet Set Knights is an old-school arcade action platformer inspired by classics from the golden age such as Mario Bros, Snow Bros or newest Super Crate Box. If You love retro 2D platformers mixed with tower defense and RPG elements, Jet Set Knight is for You! Simple controls and pure arcade action Choose from 4 Knights, each with their own unique abilities Single player and Local multiplayer for 2-4 players 2 Players Survival mode. Defeat monsters together with your friend! Three local multiplayer modes include Last Man Standing, Domination or famous EGG Tournament Secret Characters Retro-styled handcrafted pixel graphics created with love Over 14 unlockable weapons, spells and special artifacts 12 Unique Enemies - Including Ghosts, Slimes, Skeletons, Devils or Giant Snowballs! Plenty of hidden secrets, surprises and deadlies traps Level Up your heroes and collect many power-ups Fight with powerful Bosses! 12 in-game Achievements Funny mini-games Full Xbox 360 controller support Steam Achievements and Trading Cards Future content updates Awesome retro-style game manual Excellent Soundtrack And of course, there's a princess to save! =) Note: The multiplay modes for 2-4 players are local only, not online.

Critics
72
Steam
83

Score Breakdown

72.0

Critic Average

5 reviews

83

Steam User Score

81 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-10.7
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-10.7

Average of both sources

Review Timing

3 launch window (60%)2 late (40%)