Mina the Hollower

Action

Fantasy

Horror

Platform

Role-playing (RPG)

Adventure

Indie

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!

4.4

External Ratings

18 ratings

Release Date:

29 May, 2026

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

Storyline

You play as Mina, a whip-wielding Hollower and visionary inventor. She receives a troubling letter from Baron Lionel, her longtime patron and the overseer of Tenebrous Isle. Mina’s advances in Spark Technology brought power to the Isle for the first time many years ago, ushering in newfound prosperity for its citizens. But now, the Spark Generators have gone out, and foul play is suspected. You will use a myriad of weapons and oddball trinkets to vanquish the monsters thwarting Mina’s objective...

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Details

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2

Release Date:

29 May, 2026

Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action, Fantasy, Horror

Genres:

Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Player Perspectives:

Bird view / Isometric

IGDB Website:

Mina the Hollower

IGDB Rating

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4.3

User Rating

User Rating Count

86%

Rating %

Critics Rating

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4.4

Critics Rating

Critics Rating Count

88%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Yacht Club Games

Supporting Developers

Publishers

Yacht Club Games

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