Minit Reviews
How can a game where you only live from minute to minute, in pure black and white and without scrolling be so joyful and rewarding? Because there's a lot of talent behind Minit, an action-RPG that crushes games that last tens of hours.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
A good take on the Time Loop game, but doesn’t have the legs to make it a great game. There are good moments, but it lacks a length or consistency that makes it a stronger recommendation
In Minit, retro Zelda charm meets a world as sweet as it is strange, with more and more incentive to discover, minute by minute.
Review in German | Read full review
Too short to be memorable, Minit is painfully average. Its attempt at innovating fails, as well as its art direction, but fortunately it can still grant a few moments of fun on an uneventful evening, especially if you're a speedrun enthusiast.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
So what's the actual premise to lead to this? Why, it's simple. Your poor sad little dude starts the game without this time limit. ...And then the first thing you do is pick up a cursed sword that kills you in sixty seconds and it all goes to shit. Every time you come back to life, a good chunk of your progress holds. The big stuff. But all the little things reset. It's kind of like a compressed Majora's Mask, except that reset a lot more than this does.
Experimental games like Minit deserve to be embraced by fans and I hope that those of you reading this will soon count yourselves among those who give it a download.
"Every minute is meaningful."
Review in Finnish | Read full review
Minit is a bite-sized Zelda perfect for brief moments of play. While the time management mechanic forces a lot of backtracking and can make solving the game's puzzle's frustrating, there's a deceptive amount of content.
Discovery is really the driving force and fun in the game as you try to initially see everything around you and then race against the limited clock to make something meaningful happen in each run. The adventure it holds is an unusual mix of the familiar, but with some twists in places that can toy with your expectations and add nicely to the fun. Throw in an added Game+ mode that cranks things up another level and it ends up being a refreshingly different and satisfying package for people who thought they’ve seen everything action adventures have to offer.
Minit might not last that long, but it is a memorable experience that cuts out fluff and just delivers clever puzzles and concepts. You might not spend a lot of time with it, but playing through it once is as insightful a meditation on 2D Zelda-style gameplay as any game multiple times its length.
Minit is a perfect example of a game that introduces a creative new concept, explores it thoroughly, and then ends before things get stale. This may be a short game, but you're almost assured to have a blast for every bit of it, with funny dialogue, creative puzzle design, and moderate amounts of replayability all being a plus. We'd recommend this to anyone looking for something a little different than the norm, along with anybody who's looking for a title that takes after the older Zelda games. We really enjoyed our time with Minit, and we'd encourage you to take the plunge on this one.
Talking any more about Minit would end up spoiling this experience for you and, trust me, it's definitely a game you want to play on PlayStation 4! Trophy hunters will be happy to learn that this one has a full trophy list with a Platinum trophy, with objectives such as finding this and that item, finding all items, for finding a coin, for finding all coins, finding an extra heart, finding all extra hearts, and more!
With an interesting idea at its heart, Minit becomes a tiring process of incremental steps. There are moments where its looping play does shine, but they are rare, and, like its fleeting premise, it wont stay in the mind long.
Minit is a great and a little adventure, a short game that can defeat the death.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Minit is an experimental game at heart, and in many ways it's a successful one.
This is a refreshingly unique take on the old school swords and sorcery genre. The time trial aspect may turn some players off, but it's a challenge that is actually a joy to play.
I can't recommend Minit enough.
Minit is a rare exception of a game that leaves players wanting more, yet actually has the perfect length for its design.
Minit is a game that is hard to place. You want to like it for its cute idea and fun cast of characters but at the same time you are too busy throwing your controller at the wall because you are dying all the time just from exploring. This was a great idea on paper but I just don’t think it transferred well in digital form.
Minit is full of bright ideas that remind you of the Gameboy era and in its 4 hours playthrough, you will come across some beautifully designed levels that will keep you on and on.
Review in Persian | Read full review