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Mina the Hollower, From the Studio Behind Shovel Knight, Arrives on May 29
Yacht Club Games delayed the retro adventure last year to polish it, and the studio says 500,000 copies would make it golden.
- On Wednesday, Yacht Club Games confirmed Mina the Hollower will launch on consoles and PC on May 29, priced at $20.
- The retro mash-up of Castlevania and Link's Awakening was delayed from last October as Yacht Club Games pulled out all the stops to ensure quality.
- Market trends suggest $20 serves as an unofficial price ceiling for 2D indie action games, established by Silksong, while Scott Pilgrim has struggled on Steam at $29.
- Studio founder Sean Velasco told Bloomberg that selling 500,000 copies would be "golden," while 200,000 would be "really great" and 100,000 would be "not so good."
- The bar for indie success has risen significantly since Shovel Knight launched in 2014, and even exceptional titles struggle to break through in 2026.
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ActuGaming.net Mina the Hollower, the studio's next game behind Shovel Knight, will be released at the end of the month Mina the Hollower did more than want. Initially, the next game of Yacht Club Games was scheduled for October 31 before being repulsed. Since then, the game has given some signs of life, but the studio refused to give a new release date as long as it was not certain to honor it. This changes today, since the game is finished, ev…
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