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Mineko's Night Market
Developer Meowza Games
Mineko's Night Market is a 2023 business simulation video game developed by Meowza Games and published by Humble Games for Windows and Switch. Players control a young girl tasked with revitalizing a local market. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
268 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 13, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
136 positive · 54 negative
95% range 65–78%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 136 | 54 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 6 | 32 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
225 of 291 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 138 yes, 54 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 192 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (282 of 369 positive).
Players love the cute cats, charming art, and cozy atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many reviewers report frequent bugs and glitches that hinder gameplay. [4][5][6] Some players find the game grindy and repetitive, especially late-game. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [6]
I've been waiting to play Mineko's since it was first announced many years ago. It has everything I could possibly want in a game - beautiful graphics, farming, crafting, chill atmosphere, humour, CATS! But unfortunately, this game is not finished. It's not even at 1.0 currently, it should have been released as an early access game. I think there are good bones here and this game could be awesome if some more time …
- [1]
Cats to pet, MILF’s to befriend, what's not to like? Ah yes, good humor and good vibes the game. This is a silly little game for cozy and cat enjoyers. It’s Stardew Valley x Paper Mario x that one roguelike where you’re a merchant x any game about cats. I played on Steam Deck and I loved it. I should be upfront though: I’m a man, but I’ve been told I smell and act like I’m a cat lady. This game has a lot of cats. So …
- [4]
After finishing the main story, this game is absolutely precious and wholesome. However, there are a BUNCH of glitches, one of which was nearly game breaking for me (don't ever change your resolution). Others required me to start entire days over (don't get caught on the snowy mountain 3 times, don't click through the fishing booth dialogue to fast). Then there were others that effected absolutely nothing, but were …
- [2]
You get to run around petting cats and then they follow you around awhhhhh You need not know anything else other than you too can be a virtual cat lady. Just buy it. Trust me. Cuteness overload ^_^
- [3]
Very cute cozy game where the RNG Gods laughed at me every chance they could get. Great soundtrack. Cute story. 34 Hours to 100% the game. Most important - Can pet the cats! 10/10
Summarised from 34 of the 267 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Mineko's Night Market talk about cute cats and adorable graphics; those who didn't talk about frequent bugs and game-breaking glitches. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Mineko's Night Market received mixed reviews on Metacritic. Though they praised the art, PC Gamer criticized the "muddled gameplay and conflicted writing" and said it should have focused more strongly on either. IGN described it as "an adorable little sim that could've been cozy" but forces players to engage in too much grinding. Comparing it negatively to the Animal Crossing series, Rock Paper Shotgun criticized what they felt were "tedious crafting, soulless resource crafting", and dull fetch quests. Hardcore Gamer called it a "truly impressive life sim", praising its graphics, depiction of Japanese culture, and story. Nintendo World Report praised the art style and crafting, but they…
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Reactions
60 of 268 · most liked firstI've been waiting to play Mineko's since it was first announced many years ago. It has everything I could possibly want in a game - beautiful graphics, farming, crafting, chill atmosphere, humour, CATS! But unfortunately, this game is not finished. It's not even at 1.0 currently, it should have been released as an early access game. I think there are good bones here and this game could be awesome if some more time and resources were put into it (Humble, why aren't you helping your developers…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cats to pet, MILF’s to befriend, what's not to like? Ah yes, good humor and good vibes the game. This is a silly little game for cozy and cat enjoyers. It’s Stardew Valley x Paper Mario x that one roguelike where you’re a merchant x any game about cats. I played on Steam Deck and I loved it. I should be upfront though: I’m a man, but I’ve been told I smell and act like I’m a cat lady. This game has a lot of cats. So again, I loved this game. I loved it SO much. It is just chock full of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy mother of lag/loading screens, Batman. For full disclosure, I play on a Steamdeck. I loved this game SO much until about hour 9 or 10 I would say. And then suddenly it was just so. impossibly. slow. to load. The "let me set my Steamdeck down and scroll Tiktok for a few minutes until this loading screen goes away" kind of slow. That's not a fun way to play a game. This isn't a resource-heavy game. You're loading areas where there's perhaps 10 characters present, and they aren't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mineko's Night Market is a cutesy Japanese-inspired crafting sim where you play as a little girl moving to a strange new island full of cats. As a huge fan of this genre, I was looking forward to this game and its super cute visual style. Unfortunately, my time with it wasn't as cozy as I was led to believe. The game is riddled with bugs, often crashing the game and resetting progress for the whole day. I don't mind grinding, but the drop rate on some required items feels like a glitch itself.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful, frustrating game. The frequent bug crashes (and inability to save outside of ending the in-game day), the fact that some villagers just disappear for weeks at a time (not plot related), the grinding for resources can be agonizingly slow, the inconsistencies in the storyline (especially at the end)... I wanted to love this game with such a beautiful art style and backing track, but can't bring myself to 100% everything with how laggy and buggy it is. Sad that I guess the developers…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After finishing the main story, this game is absolutely precious and wholesome. However, there are a BUNCH of glitches, one of which was nearly game breaking for me (don't ever change your resolution). Others required me to start entire days over (don't get caught on the snowy mountain 3 times, don't click through the fishing booth dialogue to fast). Then there were others that effected absolutely nothing, but were still present (that one bush that doesn't adjust with the seasons, outfit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl;dr: I'm looking forward to when I can edit this review, but as of Nov 1, I can't recommend it As of posting this, I have almost 20hrs in the game. I really, *really* want to recommend it - it's a lovely, cozy game about cats, gathering materials, and doing crafts and selling them at the local market. It's warm with humor and charm, and in theory it's a great game for early autumn cozy times (I even had a cat sleeping on my lap to complete the vibe!). Sadly, however, I've had to stop…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In other exciting news… If you've enjoyed the music in the game, the Mineko's Night Market Official Soundtrack is out NOW on your favourite platforms: scarletmoon.to/minekosnight...
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to be clear that this is NOT intended to be a negative review. I love this game so far and I'm personally going to keep playing. But I can't recommend it. I bought this on sale for $10, and in it's current state I'd pay that much again right now; on the condition that it was marked as Early Access, because that's what this game is right now. It's just not finished, although it seems very close and I'm confident it will get there. But not knowing that before I paid for it is a little…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will prefix this by saying it's a very adorable game. The story is lovely and the puzzles were interesting, especially at the end, but I can't recommend this game. The game is very grindy. The amount of red dye, clay or washi paper needed to fulfil the requests is far more than what you can collect yourself. Spending probably an hour or more fishing for enough red snapper to make enough red dye for 5 terracotta planters and 5 ceramic bowls was not fun. And the flowers needed to make the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mineko's Night Market Is a cute little game about resource gathering, crafting and building up a little town. Something mildly resembling animal crossing. It's neat, but my biggest problem is that there is no way to save other than by going to sleep, which forces the start of a new ingame day. Other things include not being able to use the D-pad to navigate menus, menu navigation and inventory management in general is handicapped. There's something nice, relaxing, cute and funny here but a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made it to the blue sky app! Hi all! I draw stuff. Most recently I've been working with the nicest folks drawing for this charming game, Mineko's Night Market 😸 minekosmarket.com
neutral · AI labelView post →I very quickly fell in love with this game which is a shame because it becomes basically unplayable very quickly. In an hour of playtime I spent 1/4 of that time (15 minutes) stuck in various loading screens. And that’s not to mention the bugs, clipping, sound tearing and graphical errors that also come with it. I could forgive all that if it wasn’t for the constant crashes. It sucks because I’m so so so ready to love this game and pour hours upon hours into it but I just can’t if I’m loading…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hope steam has an option to say mixed rather than just good or bad. But here are the bad: 1. There is a fine line between not taking itself seriously and making no sense, this game falls in to the latter. 2. At some point the story actually gets in the way of gameplay, in order to gain access to new materiales and crafts to sell on the night market, you need to progress the story, the story is not engaging but it's serviceable, however at one point you need to craft 6 Nikko Temple Flowers in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so cute and so fun and you can't enjoy it at all. Played it on the steam deck because I was warned it doesn't work on the switch. This game you literally wake up with a long loading screen, walk out your front door long loading screen, walk to the store long loading screen, walk to bus stop long loading screen, I can play another game during the loading time my play time is 75% loading screen what is wrong with this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS WEEK IS FINALLY THE WEEK I'LL PLAY MINEKO'S NIGHT MARKET!!!!!! Screaming because I'm super excited for it!!!!!!! I followed this game for YEARS & now I can FINALLY play it!!! Join me on Thursday, January 16th at 9:00 PM EST on Twitch! CATS!!! twitch.tv/spookyrahl #Twitch #Promosky #IndieGames
positive · AI labelView post →Loved the art style, music, characters, but dang this game is a slow, buggy mess that has absolutely no respect for your time. There are no mouse controls, which would help a bit. It is so frustrating to finally get an item you need only to get softlocked and need to restart the day, which means you've lost your rare item(s) and all the progress you made. I want to finish this game so badly, but I've hit my limit of bugs and crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mineko's Nightmarket brings us to a new village in the shoes of young Mineko. Together with her new friend, we discover that there is a lot going on in this village, and we can help out by crafting and selling items at the Nightmarket. For our financial success, we collect various items during Mineko's exploration in the village and other parts we can travel to by bus. The first thing that stood out to me was the dialogue between Mineko and the villagers. They all have a very goofy approach to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just can’t get into it. It’s cute but grindy. Seems to glitch a lot as well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →despite playing this game to completion i can't in good conscienceness recommend it to anyone, because it feels unfinished and unfair. the cosy vibes are absolutely there and the villagers and setup of the plot is adorable, but it's held back by bad overall design where you have to hope and pray rng is on your side for specific quests (sold items for npc relationship quests, fishing), or sleep past entire days to pass seasons to get what you need (flowers). i finished nearly a year in game,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You get to run around petting cats and then they follow you around awhhhhh You need not know anything else other than you too can be a virtual cat lady. Just buy it. Trust me. Cuteness overload ^_^
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game for 60 hours, now I can't leave the house or it crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going live right MEOW with more Mineko's Night Market! This cute as heck new game where you get to craft flower displays and race cats! 🐈 Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames 🐈
positive · AI labelView post →The controls are not great. It's not as buggy as other users reported, but it's not super fun either. Having to stock up to make money on Saturday only is a frustrating game loop. I felt like I was spinning my wheels, wasting time 3/4 of the game, because I needed 1 item to turn in that was available next season. I gave up on the beach level where the game wanted me to wear an outfit, but didn't tell me that until I was there. Wasted a whole half-day for literally no reason, they could have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am playing this on the steam deck. I think that the game play itself is wonderfully charming and cute, b it the loading times are unbearable, particularly for a game with 2d, low fidelity graphics. At first, it was 10 seconds— then 20– then as each hour passed by in gameplay, the times used for the loading times are often times more than the time used within a room or region. It has gotten so unbearable particularly because of how often one needs to exit and enter spaces. This game is fun,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✨Going Live with Mineko's Night Market!✨ Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames Wanna start a cat-astrophe? It's gunna be clawsome!
positive · AI labelView post →there are too many repetetive tasks and not enough story. the graphics are nice
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cute, fun game where you collect materials to craft times to sell at a weekly market, while trying to solve mysteries and befriend the people in your town. PROS: -Time doesn't pass unless you go on the bus, which you are able to do twice a day. This makes it so you can eat food and get plenty of materials in one day -Dialogue is surprisingly funny. I usually skip through dialogue but I never did here -Crafting game play is enjoyable (wish you could bulk craft though) -Art style is cute…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I first learned about this game 4 years ago. When it finally got released, I knew I needed to purchase it from day one. Within the first hour, I was bored, because there was little to do. As you can see from my my playtime, I did not give up on this game yet. I pushed through the boredom, and for a while, it was fun. Then, I realized why there are so many negative reviews for this game: 1. The game freezes at random points. 2. The relationship building is unfulfilling. The characters are based…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After finishing Little Kitty Big City, I was motivated to start another game I've had for a while but hadn't played yet - Mineko's Night Market! There are cats, detective work, cats, crafting, cats, museums, oh and cats! 😸 I'm having fun so far! #MinekosNightMarket #gamingsky #cozygames #indiegames
positive · AI labelView post →I wanted this to be one of my top games, but I just couldn’t put it in my top 10. The game is beautiful and full of charm, but mechanical bugs and repetitive quests made it feel more like a chore than an adventure. Quality-of-life improvements: like skipping night market days or crafting multiple items at once could have made a big difference. I’d recommend it for a short, 5-10 hour experience, but beyond that, it loses its appeal :/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today's a good day to pick up Mineko's Night Market if you haven't played it yet! Very cozy game with a great, heartfelt story. No farming, just gathering and crafting, even a little stealth! And lots of cute cats (that need your help!) 🥰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusu...
positive · AI labelView post →You can look at my hours played and come to the (correct) conclusion that I enjoyed much of this game. However, after the most recent update, my 40+ hour save that I was *this* close to 100%'-ing no longer works. I'm trapped inside my house. I can go out the back door to the garden for (spoilery reasons) but I cannot exit the front of the house without the game crashing. I see at least one other reviewer had this problem. No announcement was made that an update would break existing save files.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The MAIN story can be accomplished in less than 1 calendar year of the game, if that's all you're going for then you could finish it in under 20 hours easily. If you like to complete all achievements it will take you longer as a lot of the characters "could you help me find" tasks involve the night market and a lot of them won't show up until way later due to the market level up system or the chance of them appearing is low. The only real downside is the "could you help me find" rewards are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be fooled by my playtime. I realize I only have a few hours here on steam, but I have multiple on my switch which is where I originally bought this game. Despite the common belief that loading and switch gameplay is bad, that isn't why I bought Mineko's Night Market on Steam. I actually don't have a problem with my switch gameplay at all and that's where I originally fell in love with this game. Actually, I bought it here because I do just REALLY enjoy the game itself. I realize it can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept of this game: foraging, crafting, selling, cute cats in a cute village. Unfortunately it feels unfinished, and these elements aren't really fitting together. I'm not far through, but I am finding the game boring instead of relaxing, and have little interest in trudging on much further. I don't love the interfaces either -- certain actions (like closing the game lol) felt buried in a few windows. And without a cursor I would sometimes just Enter through instructions that were…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm really disappointed in the glitches from this game. I am playing on Mac and have not been able to have my night market advance, despite trying many different strategies that I saw other players suggesting online. This game is overall pretty simplistic and the fact that I now can't progress in the game nor finish the other aspects of it makes the price point feel very wrong. I even reached out to customer service to see if this is a fix that's being worked on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disliked for one simple reason. A gamebreaking bug prevents me from continuing when Miyako went missing. I don't care if this is "Rare" bug. Or any other reason. It won't trigger. And for that reason alone this gets a big dislike. Yes, the devs knows. No, the devs as of this review haven't fixed it. No, I am not restarting the entire savefile just because a single bug prevents further content. Yes, I have tried everything I see online. Simply put, until that bug is fixed. You will be stuck and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really hard to say that I recommend this game when I can't actually progress the story at the moment. There are still so many bugs and quality of life issues that really make it difficult to enjoy upon release. It's cute. And it will probably be patched in the future to fix these things, but at the moment, I can't bring myself to continue the story. Also I can't help but roll my eyes at the half a**ed item descriptions that all say something along the lines of "A camera. Neat." Or "A…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Platinum #56 went to Mineko's Night Market. If you're a fan of cozy games that have collectibles & crafting, I HIGHLY recommend this game. Super cute and so. many. cats. #trophyhunter #achievementhunter
positive · AI labelView post →Oh, this is my specialty! Coffee Talk Stardew Valley Undertale Unpacking Spiritea Mineko's Night Market Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion Spiritfarer Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Lil Gator Game Personally I find Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom to be cozy bc I focus on side quests 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh boy... Where to even start with this one... First of all I'm gonna be nice and say everything i liked before i go on a titanic rant about the millions of small and big things in this game that bothered me to no end, and also just left me with a sour feeling when i was done. It is an incredible game in some ways and a failure in others so let's get down to it. First the gameplay is functional and you can easily get into a fun rhythm of resource grinding, crafting and then selling your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Haven't played a video game in a couple of weeks so easing back into it with Mineko's Night Market and my daughter cackling uncontrollably every time another cat starts following us.
positive · AI labelView post →I don't write negative reviews often... but this game is genuinely boring to me. Also, not my type of humour. Weirdly obnoxious... Refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very cute cozy game where the RNG Gods laughed at me every chance they could get. Great soundtrack. Cute story. 34 Hours to 100% the game. Most important - Can pet the cats! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, I like the game. The artstyle is amazing, the crafting is fun, mini-games make it more engaging, and you can pet cats! It's a grindy game, but I like picking up every flower and furball I see, and that sort of gameplay is relaxing to me because I feel accomplishment. It can be repetitive, but if you look forward to the goal enough, it's not so bad. I think what falls flat is the dialogue. I'm expecting a village with rich history and welcoming to the main character Mineko because she…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a cute game, but I would not get it at full price. It starts off kind of strong, but lacks staying power. So. Much. Grinding. With little reward for it. PROS Story is cute and funny Lots to craft So.Many.Cats CONS Too much grinding for stuff Can't track what people want Messy Menu system that really needs to be cleaned up Mini games get tiring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I actually waited years to play this game but it looks somehow different from what I initially expected. Some quests feel pretty tedious and stressful to me (especially cats ones). Game looks slow and not as cozy and relaxing as I hoped for. The night market is just a small portion of the game and not as entertaining as it should be. You run out of energy too soon and energy items looks quite pricey. Also, this game has lot of bugs even if it took them years to release. This is just my own…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴 GOING LIVE Today we're checking out Mineko's Night Market. I've had this game on my radar for SO LONG, as it's a narrative-driven social sim full of: wholesomness, Japanese references, and CATS 😻 Thanks Humble Games for the #gifted game key! www.twitch.tv/fierceaxolotl
positive · AI labelView post →I loved playing this game despite multiple quality of life and pacing issues. The graphics are adorable, I liked the different simple crafting minigames for each type of craft, and there's a lot of cats to pet! Most of the game consists of fetch quests to gain 5 hearts for each townsperson -- one heart per request. This generally requires crafting an item that they want, finding it in one of the game's environments, or buying it from a shop. There's also a light plot that I won't get into and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mineko’s Night Market, developed by Meowza Games and published by Balor Games, is a cozy life-simulation experience that leans heavily into atmosphere, routine, and a gentle sense of discovery. Set on a quiet island inspired by Japanese culture and folklore, the game invites players into a slower, more deliberate rhythm of play, where progress is measured not by urgency but by consistency. You step into the role of Mineko, a young girl settling into a new environment, gradually becoming part of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a lot of potential to be really fun, but the grinding loop is so dull. You gather flowers for several days, then you grind towards being able to unlock other things but the day-to-day gameplay drags on. I gave it a solid shot for 4 hours and came to the conclusion that it just wasn't any fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am live trying out Mineko's Night Market. This looks to be a very cozy game with adventure and petting cats!! We are still celebrating my 🎂Birthday Month🎂 and having lots of extra commands and fun! Check out the chaos at www.twitch.tv/kellys_kitties
positive · AI labelView post →This game showed a lot of promise on the charming art style, beautiful music and fun writing. Unfortunately mechanically and with some weird road blocks it ended up being a pretty frustrating experience. Also some weird bugs at the storyline.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd recommend this game. It's very cute, the soundtrack is nice, and the balance is mostly okay. The last 25% of the game is pretty painful (it devolves into just sleeping away the days to try and get a few rare foods that are nearly impossible to get early game that you need for final achievements), and there are some game-breaking bugs towards the end (too much food in the inventory breaks the ability to donate it to the museum, the achievement for dad's ramen breaks the game a few times and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've decided to write about this one a bit more in-depth since my community didn't enjoy it. So why do I recommend it? It is a repetitive errand-running game that has elements that are an absolute annoyance (looking at the beach), some really weird interactions between NPCs and our character (looking at you, dad), among lots and lots of visual bugs and lazy decisions (windows having sunlight during the night, some occurrences in the night market itself). I RECCOMMEND it ONLY as a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is such a cute game! it has adorable graphics, charming characters and fun dialogue, but just know that it's a very "errandy" kind of game so it might not suit your tastes if you're not into that kind of thing! me personally i like carrying out tasks so it's enjoyable for me. the game does glitch occasionally but it's not unbearable, and also the story moves quite slowly as you're basically just doing the same menial tasks each week. one thing that really irks me is the fishing mechanic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has the potential to be so much better. It was cute overall, but there are odd plot holes that aren't explained and grinding for materials gets tedious. I spent nearly an entire Saturday IRL fishing for the blue lobster, so the spawn rate for that could be improved as well. I also think you should be able to navigate to another location on the map without having to return home first. Isn't that the purpose of bus stops? There are too many loading screens regardless.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though I recommend this game, I have decided to stop playing until they fix it. It's really really bugged. I finished the main story but there is still a few things to acomplish. But for now, the game is too unfinished for me to bother doing them. 7/10 but I will come back!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing Mineko's Night Market and this game is so damn cute! Perfect warm-up for our Japan trip next week😻
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