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MURI

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

Should you play it?

MURI is a DOS-style shooter from Remar Games and Ludosity. Features PC Speaker sound and 16-color EGA graphics.

What works

  • Authentic retro dos platformer experience
  • Well-designed levels with many secrets
  • Multiple difficulty settings
  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Low price and small download size

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Lack of save feature within episodes
  • No music during gameplay
  • No weapon switching
  • No multiplayer or community features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Aggelos

  • Spaceport Hope

  • 8BitBoy™

  • Alwa's Awakening

  • Blaster Master Zero 2

  • Cathedral

More expressive

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

  • Mini Ghost

  • B.I.O.T.A.

  • Crystal Caves HD

  • Panzer Paladin

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Gato Roboto

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

  • Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

  • Ittle Dew

  • Card City Nights

  • Slap City

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with MURI. 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 MURI. These titles are not in What to play next.

MURI: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence, Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026