# Yacht Club Games

Yacht Club Games, LLC is an American independent video game development studio and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2011 by former WayForward Technologies director Sean Velasco. The company announced its first title, Shovel Knight, on March 14, 2013, and released it on June 26, 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. In 2016, the company announced that it would start publishing games from other companies and that the first published game would be Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack, a compilation containing Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, which was released later that year. Their second published title was Cyber Shadow, a game developed by Mechanical Head Studios, released in 2021. In February 2022, the company announced its second original title, Mina the Hollower.

## Games developed

| Year | Title | Genre | Platform | Additional note(s) |
| 2014 | Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope | Platformer | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One | Originally released simply as "Shovel Knight" but later renamed with subtitle "Shovel of Hope" |
| 2015 | Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows | Platformer | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight |
| 2017 | Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment | Platformer | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight |
| 2017 | Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove | Platformer | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One | A collection of many shovel knight games (Shovel of Hope, Plague of Shadows, Specter of Torment, King of Cards, Showdown) |
| 2019 | Shovel Knight: King of Cards | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight |
| 2019 | Shovel Knight Showdown | Fighting | Amazon Fire TV, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One | Expansion pack for Shovel Knight |
| 2021 | Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon | Puzzle, roguelite | macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | An entry in the Shovel Knight series. Co-developed with Vine. |
| 2022 | Shovel Knight Dig | Roguelite, platformer | Apple Arcade, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | An entry in the Shovel Knight series. Co-developed with Nitrome. |
| TBA | Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX | Platformer | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch | An enhanced version of Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope. |
| TBA | Mina the Hollower | Action-adventure | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux | — |
| TBA | Untitled Shovel Knight game | Platformer | TBA | An upcoming mainline entry in the Shovel Knight series. |

## Games published

| Year | Title | Developer | Genre | Platform(s) | Additional note(s) |
| 2016 | Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack | Inti Creates | Action, platformer | Nintendo 3DS | Physical compilation of Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 |
| 2021 | Cyber Shadow | Mechanical Head Studios | Action, platformer | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One | — |