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Mina the Hollower

Original title: Mina the Hollower - May 29, 2026
Mina the Hollower
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Director:Alec Faulkner
Studio:Yacht Club Games
Stars:-
Soundtrack:Original soundtrack by Jake Kaufman (virt), with two guest tracks by Yuzo Koshiro
Full Crew:View Full List
Golden Joystick Awards
Game
Golden Joystick Awards 2026
Nominee
2026

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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
Yacht Club Games
PublisherIGDB
Yacht Club Games
Studio
Yacht Club Games
GenresIGDB
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Platform, Indie
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, Linux
Release DateIGDB
May 29, 2026
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
90
Game Engine
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Mina the Hollower is a bone-chilling action-adventure game featuring classic gameplay and an 8-bit aesthetic in the style of Game Boy Color, refined for the modern era. Quick and deliberate 60fps action combat, captivating world design, and top-down adventuring combine in a nostalgic blend. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!

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Awards1
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Data aggregated from 5 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, HowLongToBeat, Metacritic
Last updated: 09.10.2026
Business
BudgetReported
Crowdfunded + self-funded
the February 2022 Kickstarter raised $1,239,584 from 21,439 backers (over $1.4M total with late pledges)
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RevenueEstimated
500,000+ copies sold within two weeks of launch
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Released May 29, 2026 at $19.99 (PC, Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series) after a delay from October 31, 2025. Universal acclaim: Metacritic low 90s, OpenCritic ~91 (98% recommend) — the best-reviewed game of 2026 at launch. Estimated gross ~$10M (500,000 × ~$19.99 list price); excludes discounts, refunds, regional pricing and the ~30% platform cut — not official; units figure is reported, the gross is an estimate.

Time to Beat
Main Story19h
Main + Extras25h
Completionist32h

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Language Support
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Japanese
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Portuguese - Portugal
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Portuguese - Brazil
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Russian
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Traditional Chinese
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Spanish - Latin America
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Spanish - Spain
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Portuguese (Portugal)
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Chinese (Traditional)
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Chinese (Simplified)
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Portuguese (Brazil)
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Spanish (Spain)
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AI Usage
No AI artNo generative AI used

Yacht Club Games programmer David D'Angelo (Gamereactor): "We all got caught up in AI fever like the rest of the world, but we didn't find it was very effective for what we're doing… it hasn't affected what's in our game." No AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam either (checked 2026-09-09).

Source: gamereactor.eu
Content Rating
Fantasy Violence
Fear
Horror
Threatening
Fear
ESRB E10+
GRAC 12+
PEGI 7
ACB PG
USK 12
CLASS_IND 10
System Requirements
Minimum
Requires a 64:bit processor and operating system
OS:Windows 8 or later
CPU:Intel Core 4th generation (Haswell, 2013) / AMD Bulldozer (2011)
RAM:4 GB RAM
GPU:Intel HD 5000 (2013) / Radeon HD 7000 (2012) / Nvidia 900 Series (Maxwell, 2014)
DirectX:Version 12
Storage:860 MB available space
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Data aggregated from 5 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam, HowLongToBeat, Metacritic
Last updated: 09.10.2026