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Retro Adventure Game Announced 4 Years Ago Finally Has a Release Date (and It’s Soon)

A retro style adventure game that went M.I.A in 2025 nails down what’s likely to be it’s final release date. 

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After being delayed out of 2025, one high profile retro indie game finally has a new release date, and it’ll be in gamers’ hands very soon.

mina the hollower Releases on May 29

First announced four years ago, Mina the Hollower is the first new IP since developer Yacht Club Games’ very first title, the 2014 breakout hit Shovel Knight. Since its debut, Yacht Club Games has become one of the premier studios in the indie scene, and it’s been cranking out all different flavors of Shovel Knight games ever since. Mina the Hollower, though, is a substantial pivot from the Shovel Knight series, as it’s an isometric adventure game that hearkens back to the Game Boy Color titles of old.

Yacht Club Games was originally planning on dropping Mina the Hollower on Halloween last year, but decided to delay it indefinitely just a few weeks ahead of release. In the post on X, the studio mentioned how it was “just not quite there yet.”........

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