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Muck

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Fun and chaotic multiplayer co-op
  • Challenging survival gameplay
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Simple but charming art style

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty curve and punishing permadeath
  • Limited building mechanics and base defense
  • Lack of save feature frustrates some players
  • Some bugs and technical jank
  • Minimal story or narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Battlerite Royale

  • CastleMiner Z

  • Attack on Toys

  • Out of Ammo

  • Palworld

  • Sky Noon

More intimate

Games that feels like Muck but with more focus on close relationships

  • LORT

  • Pratfall

  • Last Train Outta' Wormtown

  • pla_toon

  • SWAPMEAT

  • Shotgun Farmers

More story-driven

Games that feels like Muck but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Erenshor

  • Old School RuneScape

  • Risk of Rain 2

  • Mycopunk

  • Bean Battles

  • 5089: The Action RPG

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Muck: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026