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FlyKnight

FlyKnight

Wabbaboy · released Jan 30, 2025

ActionAdventureRPGPCNintendo Switch

Explore, fight, loot and fish! Solo or in co-op mode in this Old School First Person Dungeon Crawler. Earn your knighthood as you oppose the evil witch Lunamoth and stop her curse which prevents everyone from growing wings.

89
VGC Score
Improvinghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “FlyKnight Enhanced Edition Update + FlyKnight Vinyl???” (5mo ago)

92%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
62%
Player sentiment
98%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews96%921000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)98%94650
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.8, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 11,670 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Mar 19, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 650 total reviews in window · weighted 135.6 up / 3 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. FlyKnight Enhanced Edition Update + FlyKnight Vinyl???
    Mar 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. 1.0.7 Hotfix
    Oct 27, 2025
  3. Patch 1.0.6
    Jul 4, 2025
  4. Patch 1.0.5
    May 23, 2025
  5. Patch 1.0.4
    Apr 9, 2025
  6. Patch 1.0.3
    Feb 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Patch 1.0.2e
    Feb 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Loot changes patch 1.0.2d
    Feb 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Patch 1.0.2c
    Feb 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Hotfix 1.0.2a
    Feb 3, 2025
  11. Patch 1.0.2
    Feb 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Hotfix 1.0.1a
    Feb 1, 2025