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Knytt Classic

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the indie freeware classic, rebuilt for modern machines! Explore a maze-like planet as the Knytt, a peaceful being abducted by aliens, find your missing ship parts, and get back home in this zen-like atmospheric platformer.

Developer
Bit Kid, Inc.
Publisher
Bit Kid, Inc.
Release
August 10, 2026
80 days ago
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About the Game

The indie freeware classic returns! It's been 20 years since visionary Swedish indie developer Nifflas (Rhythm Doggo, Ynglet) released Knytt, the first title in the atmospheric platforming series. Made with the help of a passionate group of internet forum collaborators, the game was released for free on the web in 2006, and later followed up by Knytt Stories (2007) and Knytt Underground (2012). IGN called Knytt "an extremely soothing and memorable ambient adventure", while Edge Magazine remarked it was "pure platforming pleasure and a wonderfully soothing soundscape." 

To help celebrate the 20th anniversary, Bit Kid (Chasm, WOLFHOUND) is proud to present Knytt Classic, a free pixel-perfect port with full controller support, achievements, bonus modes, display effects, and much more!

Story

Guide the Knytt, a peaceful being who is abducted by aliens for a cruise across the solar system and ends up crash-landing on another world. Explore the atmospheric, maze-like planet and collect all the parts from your crashed ship in order to return home. As Edge put it, "There’s no combat, no switches, and no real puzzles to speak of, just plentiful checkpoints, pure platforming pleasure and a wonderfully soothing soundscape."

Features

  • A pixel-perfect port of Nifflas' indie freeware classic Knytt (2006)

  • Over 1,500 screens to explore across the original game and three bonus modes

  • Bonus Modes include UltraTough, a brand new challenging mode by Bit Kid, Hempuli’s (Baba Is You, Environment Station Alpha) mod Knytt XH (Extra Hard), and Brutally Unfair Knytt’s remixed world

  • Achievements & hidden bonuses

  • Full gamepad support and remappable controls

  • Multiple aspect ratios & display effects, including retro CRT and handheld LCD styles

  • Optional in-game timer and fastest completion time tracking

  • Windows, Mac, Linux & Steam Deck support

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