Muffin Knight similar games & best alternatives

Muffin Knight

Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Android, Windows Phone, iOS • 2014

Should you play it?

Muffin Knight is an arena based action-packed platformer with stunning visuals and a myriad of fairytale characters, each with their own unique abilities, which gain strength as you advance.

What works
  • Addictive and fun gameplay
  • Variety of characters with unique abilities
  • Cooperative multiplayer mode
  • Colorful and charming art style
  • Progression and upgrade system
Things to keep in mind
  • Small online player base
  • Some achievements are buggy
  • Limited level variety
  • Controller support issues in menus
  • Random character switching can be frustrating

What to play next

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Top picks

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  • BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

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  • 30XX

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  • Castle Crashers®

  • Secrets of Grindea

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  • Chicken Invaders 5
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Hitler Waifu

  • Antonball Deluxe

  • FurryFury: Smash & Roll
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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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

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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 (hidden on purpose).

Muffin Knight: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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