What is Apple Knight?
Apple Knight is a side-scrolling platform adventure with role-playing progression, created by Limitless and released on November 30, 2021. You control a courageous warrior journeying across fantasy environments, jumping across platforms, dodging floor spikes, battling hostile knights, monsters, and wizards, and gathering gold loot to boost your hero’s power. The game stands out by blending responsive side-scrolling platform action with meaningful character progression, including equipment upgrades, pet companions, and the ability to eliminate threats from a safe distance using apple throws and stage traps. The entire experience runs directly inside your web browser on desktop and mobile devices without requiring any installation or download.
Key features
- Hybrid combat mechanics: Engage rival knights in direct melee strikes with your primary weapon or hurl apples to take out wizards from across the screen.
- Interactive stage traps: Trigger environmental hazards and mechanisms to wipe out dangerous monsters from a safe position.
- Four-part upgrade system: Spend collected gold coins to enhance your armor, strengthen weapons, cast powerful spells, and recruit companion pets.
- Secret areas and quests: Explore hidden paths to discover concealed loot chests, exciting quests, and rare animal companions.
- Formidable boss encounters: Battle tough boss opponents using sharp reflexes, special magical items, and offensive spells.
- Multiple difficulty settings: Adjust the challenge level to match your preferred play style so anyone can enjoy the adventure.
How to play
- Choose your preferred difficulty setting and start the adventure.
- Run along platforms while timing your jumps over spikes and hazardous drops.
- Defeat hostile wizards, knights, and monsters using melee strikes or ranged apple throws.
- Spring stationary traps to eliminate dangerous groups of enemies without taking damage.
- Search side routes to collect gold coins, discover secrets, and locate companion pets.
- Confront the stage boss using weapons, spells, and magical items to complete the quest.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Move | WASD or Arrow keys |
| Jump | Spacebar, Z, or J |
| Attack | Control, X, or K |
| Dash | Alt, V, or ; |
| Throw apples | Shift, C, or L |
Hero upgrades and abilities
Defeating tough bosses and surviving hazardous platform runs requires investing the gold you collect into regular hero improvements. You can upgrade four major aspects of your character:
| Upgrade type | Combat benefit |
|---|---|
| Armor | Increases your defense against monster strikes and environmental hazards. |
| Weapons | Boosts your melee striking power to defeat armored knights in fewer blows. |
| Spells | Provides destructive magic and offensive ranged power against difficult bosses. |
| Pets | Unlocks loyal animal companions that travel alongside your hero during quests. |
Tips and strategy
- Eliminate wizards from a distance: Hurl apples at ranged spellcasters before closing the gap so you do not take projectile damage.
- Use traps to save health: Activate floor and ceiling traps against clusters of enemies to eliminate them without risking close combat.
- Dash through danger: Time your dash to move past sudden threats or reposition during chaotic boss fights.
- Invest in regular upgrades: Continually spend gathered coins on weapons, armor, spells, and pets to stay ahead of tough challenges.
- Inspect every corner: Search walls and alternate paths to locate hidden secrets, extra gold loot, and companion pets.
Similar games
If you enjoy this side-scrolling platform adventure, explore these related games on this site:
- Final Ninja Html5: A stealthy platformer where you use agility, wall jumps, and throwing stars to clear obstacle courses.
- Stickman Go: A reflex-driven platform runner requiring sharp timing to bypass hazards and traps.
- Chicken Sword: Ninja Master: An action-oriented side-scroller focused on sword strikes and quick platform navigation.
Developer Limitless also produced other titles, including Viking Village along with Apple Knight: Mini Dungeons and the spinoff Apple Knight: Fight.
Developer and history
Apple Knight was developed by Limitless and released on November 30, 2021. Built to deliver a complete action platform role-playing experience in the browser, it supports desktop systems as well as mobile devices in landscape orientation. Developer Limitless subsequently released companion entries in the universe, including Apple Knight: Fight and Apple Knight: Mini Dungeons.
