Overview
- Review embargoes lifted on Wednesday, May 27, producing an early Metacritic aggregate of 93 that places Mina the Hollower as the highest-rated game of 2026 so far.
- Critics praise the game's Game Boy Color‑style pixel art and chiptune soundtrack, with music by Jake Kaufman and contributions from Yuzo Koshiro singled out as highlights.
- Mina’s signature ‘hollowing’ mechanic lets the protagonist burrow and burst to traverse, solve puzzles and fight, and the game mixes Zelda‑style exploration with Soulslike death and recovery systems.
- Reviewers warn that the default difficulty can be punishing but note an exhaustive set of real‑time modifiers that let players change health, invulnerability, fall damage and movement at any time.
- The game releases on Friday, May 29 for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC/Mac/Linux at $19.99, a launch described by the studio’s founder as financially important and likely to shape Yacht Club Games’ near‑term prospects.