Spiral Knights is a co-op online action game made by Three Rings Design and launched by Sega in 2011; Grey Havens owns it today. The knights' ship crash-lands on the planet Cradle, whose interior is the Clockworks, a mechanical dungeon that keeps rearranging itself.
Combat is real-time with a top-down view. There are no classes or levels: gear defines your role, split between swords, guns and bombs, and progress comes from crafting and upgrading equipment. Parties hold up to four, and players trade and chat in the town of Haven between runs. PvP has two modes, the control-point battle Lockdown and the Bomberman-style Blast Network.
It suits players who want short co-op dungeon runs without a long leveling curve. The look is simple and cartoonish, there is no Russian, and paying players have a clear edge in PvP.
