My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt
Released Apr 2020
A lonely cloaked being called Mole services instructions from what he believes is the voice of God. As he wanders a desolate, otherwordly underground his faith is tested as he must deliver a baby.
91% positive · 247 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt released on April 13, 2020 as a self-contained 50–80 minute narrative adventure game. The store description describes it as "a stand-alone journey" with no mention of post-launch content.
On May 7, 2025, developer Yai Gameworks announced a sweeping 10-year anniversary update rollout covering every game in their catalog, with all updates scheduled to ship through August 31, 2026. For this specific game, the announcement mentioned that the Close Your Eyes Remake would receive a big update adding content to "My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt: Director's Cut" — a Director's Cut version bundled within that larger release. An August 22, 2025 follow-up confirmed the plans were still on track, with some updates shifted in timing due to personal circumstances.
Today's date is October 8, 2026. The anniversary update window that the developer set — August 31, 2026 — has now passed. The developer set that deadline themselves as the outer boundary for all planned updates across their catalog. With no post-August 31, 2026 communication announcing that the My Hole / Close Your Eyes Remake update is still forthcoming, and the self-imposed deadline having elapsed, the content window the developer committed to has closed. There is no outstanding announced content remaining within an active commitment window. The game's base content has been complete since its April 13, 2020 launch, and no new standalone content was announced for it directly — the planned addition was tied to another game's update. With the anniversary window expired and no further communication, this game is assessed as complete.
Evidence
Developer announced 10-year anniversary update rollout for all games, with updates to ship through August 31, 2026. For this game specifically, a 'big update' to Close Your Eyes Remake would add content to 'My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt: Director's Cut'.
The developer explicitly set August 31, 2026 as the outer deadline for all anniversary updates. Today's date of October 8, 2026 is past that deadline, and no further communications have been posted confirming the My Hole / Close Your Eyes Remake update shipped or extending the window.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Yai Gameworks
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt follows a lonely cloaked being called Mole, living in a vast desolate, otherworldly underground network of tunnels. Mole hears what he believes to be the voice of God and follows his instructions with faith that all he's done has a greater purpose. His faith is tested one day after he is instructed to venture even deeper beneath the Earth to deliver a baby, for no given reason except to believe this is the right thing to do.
Focusing on bringing your mind to a dark place for 50-80 minutes, presenting interesting and strange scenarios to immerse yourself in as you explore a twisted underground with gameplay mechanics tied directly into the story, occasionally dealing with a strange horror that creeps up on. Backed with an atmosphere conjured up to tackle a darker look at trust, faith, love, hate and fatherhood.
FEATURES:
I do as he sayeth, even when I don't like it. For I am but a vessel to God, that's what I was made for.
Focusing on bringing your mind to a dark place for 50-80 minutes, presenting interesting and strange scenarios to immerse yourself in as you explore a twisted underground with gameplay mechanics tied directly into the story, occasionally dealing with a strange horror that creeps up on. Backed with an atmosphere conjured up to tackle a darker look at trust, faith, love, hate and fatherhood.
FEATURES:
- Take your mind to a dark place with a thick atmosphere conjured up by a dreamy original soundtrack and a flow of events and environments laced with darker context and subtext.
- The game is not without fangs however, face a small selection of stranger horrors, bringing forth something a twisted and strange.
- A stand-alone journey that can be experienced by anyone who can stomach the disturbing content, but also ties into something greater for fans of other Yai Gameworks games.
- Connected and stitched together with a surreal narrative brimming with detail about one man's literal descent into his faith and belonging to this world.
I do as he sayeth, even when I don't like it. For I am but a vessel to God, that's what I was made for.
Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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