Mint's Hints

Adventure· Action· Survival Horror· Action-Adventure

Released Oct 2024

Mint’s Hints is a cancelled children’s show, and you’ve found yourself on the old set. Find paw-shaped Hints with special ghost-detecting Flashbrights, and discover the secret behind the show’s closure with your Happy-Go-Lucky Notebook, but be careful, the stars of the show are after you.

80% positive · 296 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Mint's Hints is a free-to-play episodic horror puzzle adventure game that launched on October 1, 2024. The game was released across three chapters: the base game (Chapter 1) launched at release, Chapter 2 shipped as DLC on December 21, 2024, and Chapter 3 released on August 24, 2026. The developer explicitly described Chapter 3 in its launch post as "the final chapter of Mint's Hints" and "the final installment of the game series." With all three chapters now released and the developer confirming the series is complete, the game's content is finished as of August 24, 2026.

Evidence

Developer announced the release of Mint's Hints Chapter 3, explicitly calling it 'the final chapter' and 'the final installment of the game series.'

news post · Aug 24, 2026 source development ending

high

Mint's Hints - Chapter 3 released on August 24, 2026, completing the DLC lineup with both chapters now shipped.

dlc listing · Aug 24, 2026 source content shipped

high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

Mint's Hints - Chapter 3

Aug 2026

Released

Mint's Hints - Chapter 2

Dec 2024

Media

Details

Developer

Nightmare Emporium

Publisher

Nightmare Emporium

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Action Adventure Survival Horror Action-Adventure Puzzle Cartoony Walking Simulator Collectathon Exploration Horror Hidden Object 3D Colorful Cute First-Person

About this game

WELCOME TO THE SET...

As the previous showrunner of beloved children’s TV series Mint’s Hints, you never expected to find yourself on set again - especially after the show had been abruptly cancelled. However, you find yourself corrected after being mysteriously abducted.

COLLECT HINTS

It’s showtime like you’ve never experienced before. Find paw-shaped Hints with special ghost-detecting Flashbrights, and discover the secret behind the show’s closure with your Happy-Go-Lucky Notebook. Journey through the abandoned studio and its dark corridors, but be careful, the stars of the show are after you.