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Play Overview
Mineko's Night Market (2023) is a narrative-driven adventure where you help a village at the base of Mount Fugu thrive. You explore the Japanese-inspired world, collecting items and completing tasks to make items to sell at the market. It stands out for its simple challenges, collection and thriving night market, all wrapped up in a hand-painted art style.
You play Mineko, a girl helping her island community develop and navigate old superstitions about worshipping the Sun Cat, Nikko. It's a social simulation game where your conversations, crafting and enterprise have an impact on the community. You explore the Japanese-inspired island manage your daily activities, complete different jobs and quests, and craft items in preparation for the weekly Night Market.
As you progress you discover the secrets behind the town and restore the struggling village to its former glory. The Night Market is the centre of things, not only a place to buy and sell, but where you compete in mini-games like themed parades, cat racing, and stage performances.
The result is a game that invites exploration. As you do the seasons change, the locals grow and develop and the mysteries of the Sun Cat are slowly discovered. Just watch out for the agents trying to keep things under wraps.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Mineko's Night Market 21 months ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 2 weeks ago.
You play Mineko, a girl helping her island community develop and navigate old superstitions about worshipping the Sun Cat, Nikko. It's a social simulation game where your conversations, crafting and enterprise have an impact on the community. You explore the Japanese-inspired island manage your daily activities, complete different jobs and quests, and craft items in preparation for the weekly Night Market.
As you progress you discover the secrets behind the town and restore the struggling village to its former glory. The Night Market is the centre of things, not only a place to buy and sell, but where you compete in mini-games like themed parades, cat racing, and stage performances.
The result is a game that invites exploration. As you do the seasons change, the locals grow and develop and the mysteries of the Sun Cat are slowly discovered. Just watch out for the agents trying to keep things under wraps.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Mineko's Night Market 21 months ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 2 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Collecting and Simulation game with Adventure, Communication, Narrative and Role-Play elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 18 and a half hours and 20 and a half hours to complete.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
The nature of the community simulation play does revolve around buying and selling items at the market to grow the island.
Skill Level
7+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Younger players can enjoy exploring the island and collecting things to sell. The combination of exploration and mini-games works well for them. To engage with the main story and mystery there is quite a bit of reading.
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Game Details
Release Date: 26/09/2023, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Collecting, Simulation (Adventure, Communication, Narrative and Role-Play)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Hand-Made and Weather
Developer: Minekos Market (@MinekosMarket)
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