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Minit

JW, Kitty, Jukio, Dom · Devolver Digital

Quick read

Minit kills you every sixty seconds. The items you picked up stay, so the whole game is a routing problem: what can you reach, use and bank before the timer runs out again.

What kind of game is it?

A one-bit top-down adventure in sixty-second lives. You wake at a house, walk out, and die on the minute; swords, flippers and keys persist, and each new tool shortens the path to the next one. Houses you unlock become new spawn points, which is the only thing that makes the later map reachable at all.

Who is it for?

For players who miss waking at the house with sixty seconds already ticking.

How it plays

Loop: Exploring a map
Sessions: Short sessions
Progression: Unlocks between runs
Players: Single-player
Structure: Metroidvania
Tone: Deadpan · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression62
Estimate
Social18
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Session commitment10
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2018-04-03

Review score

89.3%

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

2,901

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Store price

€9.75

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Minit?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

73k – 160k

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

226

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

Peak that month: 12.

Median playtime

4 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 2.7–6.3 h. 15% under 2 h.

Players over time

Mar 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English55%
Spanish (Spain)9%
Portuguese (Brazil)8%
French7%
Simplified Chinese6%
Russian5%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The timer is the level design. Distance is measured in seconds, so a shortcut is worth more than a weapon upgrade. Nothing is randomised: the same sixty seconds are there every time, waiting to be spent better.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Exploration and Mastery. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Mechanical depthEstimate

42 / 100

Strategy depthEstimate

50 / 100

Run varianceEstimate

10 / 100

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Genre / subgenre

Metroidvania

Steam genre: Adventure / Indie.

Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 17 Sept 2026.

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