Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 67
  2. Negative: 0 out of 67
  1. Jun 2, 2026
    Yacht Club Games has crafted a masterpiece you must play. [Recommended]
  2. May 27, 2026
    Because I will be continuing to play Mina the Hollower. There’s so much I haven’t seen. I’m missing a whole weapon. I still owe that asshole racing ghost a third rematch. I have a leaf funeral to attend. I never figured out what the deal was with the kid and the kite, or how to feed that one guy who wanted to eat acid for some reason. The world is full of mysteries to solve! I was once an eager child who loved to feel like I was going on a real adventure when I started up a new game. And I’ve grown up into an eager adult, perhaps a bit more picky about the adventures I select, but just as happy to be surprised by everything. I never want to grow out of that, and I don’t imagine I will as long as games like Mina the Hollower reflect that love right back at me.
  3. May 27, 2026
    Indulge me as I draw one last comparison: You can link Mina the Hollower to UFO 50, too. They’re radically different games (well, one is 50 radically different games in one), but they are both born from the same modern-retro mindset. Derek Yu understands that the magic of an old game is loading into a world you know nothing about and excavating the secrets within it like a treasure hunter. Yacht Club Games gets that too, building a world of glorious discoveries for its rodent hero to unearth. Mina the Hollower is secrets, and secrets are Mina the Hollower.