Knightmare Returns as a Free Adventure for PC Next Year
A new Knightmare game is in development for PC, and it will be free. Video Games Chronicle reported the project on 24 October 2026, with release planned for next year, which is 2027.
Knightmare was a children's show on ITV in the UK, running from 1987 to 1994. Contestants wore helmets and moved through a dungeon, answering questions and solving puzzles to find their way out. The show had a long afterlife in video games, and this new project is being built to mark its 40th anniversary.
The game is a point-and-click adventure, a style where players explore a scene and solve puzzles by choosing actions with a cursor. It will be a short piece, taking one or two hours to play. It is officially licensed, and the show's creator, Tim Child, gave permission for it to be made.
A team led by writer and designer Ewen Watson is developing the game. According to the same report, the original voice cast will return. The list includes Hugo Myatt as Treguard, Mark Knight as Lord Fear, Clifford Barry as Brother Strange, Edmund Dehn as Gumboil the Knight, Iona Kennedy as Greystagg, Paul Valentine as Motley the Jester and Alec Westwood as Folly the Jester.
Knightmare has been a game before. Activision released a Knightmare adventure in 1987 for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST home computers. Mindscape followed in 1991 with a first-person dungeon crawler, a game where players move through a maze one step at a time, similar to the Dungeon Master series.
The new version has some changes. Players no longer have a "life force" that wears down if they fail to eat food. That mechanic was part of the earlier games, and its removal is one of the differences the developers have described.
The artwork is hand-drawn, and the report states that no AI was used to make the graphics. That is a production choice the team has highlighted, and it is the kind of detail that shapes how a small project is built over many months.
The game will be free to play. The developers have said there are no plans to release it on console, so PC is the only platform named so far. Anyone wanting to play it will need a PC when it arrives.
For players who grew up with the show, the project offers a return to a familiar cast and setting. For anyone new to Knightmare, it is a short, free way to see what the original show was about. Further details on the release date and where the game will be available have not been announced yet.
