Release date, price and where you can play
Yacht Club Games just gave Mina the Hollower a firm launch day: May 29. The pixel-packed action-adventure will cost €19.99 and lands on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, the upcoming Switch 2, and PC (available through Steam, GOG and the Humble Store).
Heads up: the previously announced PS4 and Xbox One versions are no longer happening. So if you’re clinging to last-gen consoles, this one’s skipping your party.
Why you should care (whips, digging, gothic vibes and chiptune)
If you liked Shovel Knight’s old-school heart, this is the spiritual cousin who drank three espressos and read a Victorian ghost story. You play Mina, a Hollower who can burrow underground to dodge attacks, sneak past traps, and unearth secret routes. It’s a neat twist that mixes exploration and combat—think whip-based brawling plus subterranean peekaboo.
The combat isn’t just button-mashing fluff: Mina wields the Nightstar whip, and Yacht Club promises a roster of weapons with distinct move sets, secondary tools, and trinkets you can swap to tweak your playstyle. That means more build variety and clever encounters, not just palette-swapped enemies.
Visually, Yacht Club aims for a Game Boy Color vibe—chunky, retro palettes and chiptune charm—but updated for today with wider screens, smoother animations, and modern controls. The soundtrack is by Jake Kaufman, so expect earworm chiptunes with MSX-inspired flavor that’ll stick in your head during loading screens and long boss fights.
For context: Mina started life as a Kickstarter back in February 2022 and has been simmering in development longer than some of us expected. Yacht Club delayed it to polish things up, so while the wait stretched on, the team used the time to tighten gameplay and add shine.
Bottom line: Mina the Hollower looks like a compact, affordable love letter to retro action games with a spooky twist. If you enjoy exploration-heavy stages, tight whip combat, and a soundtrack that slaps, May 29 might be your new holiday.
