Munin similar games & best alternatives

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Munin

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

Should you play it?

Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

What works

  • Unique rotating puzzle mechanic
  • Atmospheric norse mythology setting
  • Challenging and varied puzzles
  • Pleasant art style and music
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky character controls
  • Repetitive and sometimes frustrating restarts
  • Minimal narrative depth
  • Some dark or visually unclear levels
  • Lack of level select and save points

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Bridge

  • Dungeons of Dreadrock

  • Hue

  • Monolight

  • Semblance

  • 重明鸟 Bright Bird

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Munin but with less survival pressure

  • Unmechanical

  • Through Abandoned: The Forest

  • Tetrobot and Co.

  • XING: The Land Beyond

  • Paper Trail

  • A Monster's Expedition

More expressive

Games that feels like Munin but with more self-expression and customization

  • The Multi-Medium

  • Typoman

  • Nihilumbra

  • Creaks

  • Braid

  • Mushroom 11

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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.
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  • 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 Munin. These titles are not in What to play next.

Munin: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026