Mineko's Night Market Water Landscape
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When Will Mineko’s Night Market Be Released? Answered

Get your wallets ready!

Mineko’s Night Market is an adorable Japanese-inspired game all about collecting loveable cats and going on wild adventures! If you love unexpectedly mysterious storylines and breathtakingly charming artwork, you need to check out this game. This game has been in production for years, and many people have become impatient waiting for its release; thankfully, however, this game will finally be released in 2023!

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Mineko’s Night Market was originally announced in August 2018 by Meowza Games and was supposed to be released in early 2019. Obviously, that never happened. Meowza Games admitted to some setbacks in development but promised that Mineko’s Night Market would be coming out within the next few years while they perfected its gameplay. It took a bit longer than expected, but now that it’s 2023, Mineko’s Night Market is finally coming to Nintendo Switch and PC!

When Will Mineko’s Night Market Be Released?

Mineko’s Night Market will finally be making an appearance in 2023! This game has been in production since 2018 and had multiple delays, recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many fans who have been anticipating the game’s release since 2018 have already lost hope, but you shouldn’t lose faith yet; you won’t have to wait much longer for this game to hit the market (no pun intended)!

Although an official release date hasn’t yet been established, Mineko’s Night Market is definitely coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in 2023! Evidence to prove this can be found on the official YouTube channel of Nintendo of America. There have been multiple trailers/gameplay trailers of Mineko’s Night Market on the official Nintendo of America YouTube channel, with the most recent one being posted on November 2nd, 2022. The existence of gameplay trailers is usually a good sign that a game will be ready for release soon, since gameplay trailers require the game to be in the final stages of development to make.

Minekos Night Market Nintendo Switch Page
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In addition to this, the store page for Mineko’s Night Market on the official Nintendo Switch website has changed its release date from “TBD” to “releasing in 2023”. Although the game’s official Steam page hasn’t added an estimated release date as their Nintendo Switch page did, it has been marked as “coming soon” and is now available to Wishlist. Based on all of this evidence, while also taking the original release date estimate into account, this game should be released in either the late summer or early fall of this year.

What is Mineko’s Night Market About?

Mineko's Night Market Trailer Screenshot
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Mineko’s Night Market is an adventurous indie game about an inquisitive young girl, Mineko. The game starts off with Mineko and her dad moving to a beautiful Japanese-inspired island, whose residents are charming, if not superstitious. Abe the Sun Cat, who is referred to as a local god of the island, has been spotted around the island for the first time in hundreds of years! Many strange things have been happening around the time of the sightings, and the island’s residents are growing restless at what all of it could mean. Mineko will have to put her detective skills to good use if she wants to save her new home!

Not only is this game shrouded in mystery, but it’s also shrouded in cats! This game is literally dripping with cats, there’s no way you won’t like this game if you’re an animal lover. In addition to cats and mystery, this game is also full of crafting, adventuring, and capitalism! If getting down on some arts and crafts while selling your wares and uncovering cat-related mysteries sounds like a baller time to you, then you definitely need to Wishlist Mineko’s Night Market as soon as possible!

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The only thing that makes Mineko’s Night Market’s mysterious island paradise even better is the innumerable amount of cats that inhabit it. Cats are everywhere in this game, so cat lovers are sure to love this game and all of its friendly felines! If you love games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, you’ll love Mineko’s Night Market!

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Allysen Pierce
Allysen Pierce is a freelance writer with a passion for gaming who has been a part of the Gamer Journalist team since May 2022. Her main passions are horror games and dating sims (especially combinations of the two), but she has been known to play literally anything that is put in front of her. Her current favorite games include Skyrim, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Cult of the Lamb, Slaughter Horse, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. When she's not playing games (or writing about them), she can be found reading, baking, watching horror movies, or playing with her cat.