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Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Android, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 • 2024

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Quick resume

Join Snufkin in this musical adventure about restoring harmony and balance to Moominvalley, protecting it from the industrious Park Keeper.

Global score

97/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Music, Strategy, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Beautiful art style faithful to moomin universe
    • Relaxing and nostalgic atmosphere
    • Engaging story and characters
    • Soothing music and sound design
    • Accessible gameplay suitable for all ages

    Cons

    • Short game length
    • Limited replayability
    • Simple and low challenge puzzles
    • Lack of voice acting
    • Some control and technical issues reported

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players explore environments and solve puzzles at their own pace with some freedom in interactions."

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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