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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

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Muck. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Muck. These titles are not in What to play next.

Muck: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy, Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026