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300K in 3 Days: Mina's $20 Price Tag Was a Gamble
Yacht Club Games planned to charge $30 for Mina the Hollower. A last-minute price cut to $20 turned a make-or-break launch into 300,000 sales in three days.
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A $20 Indie Just Beat Forza and Resident Evil on Metacritic
Yacht Club Games' $20 action-adventure Mina the Hollower sits atop Metacritic's 2026 rankings, outscoring AAA heavyweights that cost three or four times as much.
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A 93 on Metacritic: Mina the Hollower Is 2026's Best
Yacht Club Games' long-awaited follow-up to Shovel Knight has landed with a 93 on Metacritic, topping everything else released this year including Forza Horizon 6 and Resident Evil Requiem.
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Mina the Hollower Drops May 29 for Just $20
Yacht Club Games finally locks down a release date for its Shovel Knight follow-up, and the $19.99 price tag feels like a statement in an era of rising costs.
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Shovel Knight Dev Stakes Everything on Mina the Hollower
After six years of development and one last-minute delay, Yacht Club Games finally has a release date for Mina the Hollower. The studio's co-founder has called it make-or-break.
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Shovel Knight Dev's Make-or-Break Game Goes Gold
Yacht Club Games has confirmed that Mina the Hollower is complete and in the submission process. For a studio that publicly called this game its make-or-break moment, that's a big milestone.
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