{"id":1980149,"date":"2026-06-09T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980149"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:17:58","slug":"mina-the-hollower-sells-500k-copies-less-than-two-weeks-after-launch-as-yacht-club-games-teases-the-adventure-is-just-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1980149","title":{"rendered":"Mina the Hollower sells 500k copies less than two weeks after launch as Yacht Club Games teases &#8220;the adventure is just getting started&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mina-the-hollower\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Mina the Hollower<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Mina the Hollower sells 500k copies less than two weeks after launch as Yacht Club Games teases &#8220;the adventure is just getting started&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Digging for gold.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Mina-the-Hollower-art.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Mina the Hollower promo art\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Mina-the-Hollower-art.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Yacht Club Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-09T11:17:58+00:00\">June 9, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c9cfc403-1ede-4eef-87ba-816bbc36a82c\" data-name=\"Mina the Hollower\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Mina the Hollower\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Mina the Hollower\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Mina the Hollower\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Mina the Hollower\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Mina the Hollower\" title=\"Follow Mina the Hollower\"><br \/>\n  Follow Mina the Hollower<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shovel-knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a> studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/shovel-knight-developer-at-a-make-or-break-moment-as-all-eyes-focus-on-its-brilliant-upcoming-release-mina-the-hollower\">Yacht Club Games was worried last year about Mina the Hollower&#8217;s launch<\/a> after such a long time away from the public, but it turns out it had nothing to worry about. Mina&#8217;s debut has now sold over 500k copies in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The studio celebrated the milestone and thanked players for all the support <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/yachtclubgames.bsky.social\/post\/3mnsvnz7akk2r\">via social media<\/a>, also teasing &#8220;the adventure is just getting started&#8221;. If we look at all the support, spinoffs, and whatnot Shovel Knight received over the years, it&#8217;s easy to imagine what might happen next even if no specific plans have been revealed.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mina the Hollower &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9svv6lI9-7s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mina-the-hollower\">Mina the Hollower<\/a> was off to a great start with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-release-weekend-sales\">300k copies sold during its first weekend<\/a>, which made Yacht Club confirm things would be &#8220;fine&#8221; for the foreseeable following the initial sales. In less than one week, it&#8217;s added 200k extra units, so it&#8217;s now steadily advancing towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-05-29\/why-mina-the-hollower-is-only-20\">the goal of one million copies the studio was hoping for<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The news arrives after Mina the Hollower&#8217;s lead programmer David D&#8217;Angelo and studio founder Sean Velasco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-secrets\">told Eurogamer<\/a> most playthroughs aren&#8217;t even close to uncovering most of the huge adventure&#8217;s many secrets: &#8220;A lot of the stuff we are seeing more often are very surface level discoveries&#8230; People haven&#8217;t really, really gotten down to the meat of it. There are a few very secret things in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s five-star review of Mina the Hollower<\/a> praised how Yacht Club Games&#8217; Zelda and Bloodborne-inspired 2D adventure &#8220;takes inspiration from the greats&#8221; while remembering &#8220;the experience of first encountering them and the sheer wonder of that&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shovel-knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a> studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/shovel-knight-developer-at-a-make-or-break-moment-as-all-eyes-focus-on-its-brilliant-upcoming-release-mina-the-hollower\">Yacht Club Games was worried last year about Mina the Hollower&#8217;s launch<\/a> after such a long time away from the public, but it turns out it had nothing to worry about. Mina&#8217;s debut has now sold over 500k copies in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The studio celebrated the milestone and thanked players for all the support <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/yachtclubgames.bsky.social\/post\/3mnsvnz7akk2r\">via social media<\/a>, also teasing &#8220;the adventure is just getting started&#8221;. If we look at all the support, spinoffs, and whatnot Shovel Knight received over the years, it&#8217;s easy to imagine what might happen next even if no specific plans have been revealed.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mina the Hollower &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9svv6lI9-7s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mina-the-hollower\">Mina the Hollower<\/a> was off to a great start with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-release-weekend-sales\">300k copies sold during its first weekend<\/a>, which made Yacht Club confirm things would be &#8220;fine&#8221; for the foreseeable following the initial sales. In less than one week, it&#8217;s added 200k extra units, so it&#8217;s now steadily advancing towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-05-29\/why-mina-the-hollower-is-only-20\">the goal of one million copies the studio was hoping for<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The news arrives after Mina the Hollower&#8217;s lead programmer David D&#8217;Angelo and studio founder Sean Velasco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-secrets\">told Eurogamer<\/a> most playthroughs aren&#8217;t even close to uncovering most of the huge adventure&#8217;s many secrets: &#8220;A lot of the stuff we are seeing more often are very surface level discoveries&#8230; People haven&#8217;t really, really gotten down to the meat of it. There are a few very secret things in the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mina-the-hollower-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s five-star review of Mina the Hollower<\/a> praised how Yacht Club Games&#8217; Zelda and Bloodborne-inspired 2D adventure &#8220;takes inspiration from the greats&#8221; while remembering &#8220;the experience of first encountering them and the sheer wonder of that&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Mina the Hollower Mina the Hollower sells 500k copies less than two weeks after launch as Yacht Club Games teases &#8220;the adventure is just getting started&#8221; Digging for gold. 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