Thirteen years of bad luck. One cure. The Queen's best knight has a cold, so you stood up.
Clover Knight is my entry for the Official 2026 Unity Game Jam: a storybook action game about luck you earn. Cross seven lands, read each monster's rhythm, and count your way to a Lucky Seven on the road to the one four-leaf clover that can break the Queen's curse. It is free, and it plays right here in your browser.
Luck you earn
Most games hand you luck as a dice roll. Clover Knight makes it a skill. Three ideas carry the whole game:
- Dash is your defence. Every attack shows where it will land. Step out of the lane or the ring, and it misses.
- The counter is your offence. A missed attack leaves an opening. Strike then, and it hurts three times as much.
- The count is your reward. Each dodge and each counter adds one. At seven: a stun, free counters and a heart back. Take a hit, and the count is gone.
Every boss is a rhythm. Three snarls and then fire. Seven stomps and then a rest. Learn the count, then punish the pause.
Learn the count, then punish the pause.
The road to the Oracle
- Fennick's Orchard: goblins in the apple trees.
- The Sallow Fen: a wraith that counts your steps.
- Emberfall Pass: held by Brannoch, mostly, and by a dragon, in practice.
- Whitemaw Glacier: a Yeti, a lost flock, seven stomps.
- Red Ranch Hollow: something drinks from the herd at dusk.
- The Serpent's Coil: six rattles. Do not wait for a seventh.
- Clover Meadows: where the Luck Oracle is expecting you.
What's inside
- Seven levels and a two-phase final duel, each level with its own enemies and boss.
- A short, funny story told between fights, with Pip, a sprite who counts everything.
- A Sphere Grid shaped like a four-leaf clover. Every fight, won or lost, earns clover points to spend on it, so losing still pays.
- An original soundtrack that follows you from the throne room to the Oracle's door.
- Your journey saves in your browser after every scene.
Made to welcome everyone
Clover Knight plays with keyboard, gamepad or touch, on desktop, phone and tablet. The options include text size, reduced motion and high contrast.
| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move | W A S D or arrows | Left stick or d-pad | On-screen stick |
| Strike (press three times for a chain) | Space or Enter | Bottom face button | Strike button |
| Dash | Shift | Left face button or right trigger | Dash button |
| Pause | Esc | Start | Pause button |
It's best in fullscreen, in landscape, with the sound on.
Rate it, and tell me what you think
Clover Knight is version 0.1, built inside a jam's deadline. If you play it, I would love your feedback in the comments on its itch.io page, and a rating on the jam page helps too.
Looking for something faster? Synergy Strike is out now on Steam.