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As Snufkin, explore Moominvalley, help its residents, and use music and stealth to undo the Park Keeper’s changes.
Released 07 Mar 2024
Distract Park Guards
Remove Park Signs
Guide Wildlife with Music
Join Snufkin in this musical adventure about restoring harmony and balance to Moominvalley, protecting it from the industrious Park Keeper.
Developed by Hyper Games · Published by Raw Fury
After returning from his winter travels, Snufkin finds Moominvalley altered by the Park Keeper’s parks and his friend Moomintroll missing. He sets out to restore the valley and help its inhabitants.
Explore the valley, meet its residents, and take on story quests and side tasks such as finding objects or gathering items. Some areas call for light stealth, including distracting guards and slipping past them.
Solve environmental obstacles with Snufkin’s musical instruments, which can affect animals and the surroundings. Exploring and completing tasks earns inspiration to improve the instruments and reach more places.
Players often praise the hand-drawn, storybook look, gentle atmosphere, music, and chance to spend time with Moominvalley’s characters. Many describe the exploration and quests as relaxing and approachable, while some find the puzzles too simple, the adventure short, or parts of the gameplay repetitive. A few also mention awkward controls or having to retrace their steps.
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a story-rich musical adventure game about Snufkin restoring the valley and helping the quirky and memorable characters and critters who call it home. A series of hideous parks have cropped up in Moominvalley, disrupting the landscape and its harmonious nature. As Snufkin you will distract police officers, pull out signs, and knock over misplaced statues as you vigorously try to restore nature and the inhabitants’ home while putting an end to the industrious Park Keeper’s plans…
Experience a beautifully crafted and quintessentially Nordic game, brought to life with stories, emotions, and a melancholic atmosphere set in Tove Jansson’s vivid and beloved world of Moomin. You are invited to a wholesome experience for every age that combines open-world mechanics with puzzles, stealth, and melodic elements!
Immerse yourself in a beautiful and imaginative world that captures the very essence of the Moomin stories; an extensive tapestry of graphical books and cartoons brought to life in a never-before-seen way.
Experience the harmonious symphony with every footfall, elevated by music and melodies from the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. Befriend Moominvalley inhabitants as Snufkin with a few tunes from his harmonica. Wander Moominvalley with your heart open and your steps light.
Get to know a diverse cast of characters with strong yet whimsical personalities, depth, and complexity. Embark on a journey to not only find the cause of the hideous parks but to also discover and interact with the charming Moominvalley inhabitants.
Explore a host of locations where the sun dips below the horizon, casting a warm amber glow across the meadows; where the scent of wildflowers mingles with the crisp breeze, carrying promises of untold stories and hidden wonders; and where you as Snufkin - with your hat pulled low and harmonica in hand - head out. Gain inspiration by exploring Moominvalley and by solving puzzles.
Main features
Set out on a cozy, story-rich adventure game in a gorgeous storybook art style
Get the strict Park Keeper and his horrible parks out of Moominvalley with the help of your trusty harmonica, a bit of stealth, and the friends you’ll meet along the way
Meet over 50 charming characters and creatures calling Moominvalley their home
Experience narrative gameplay and a myriad of charming stories and quests involving the beloved characters inspired by Tove Jansson’s work
Explore Moominvalley’s open world and solve musical and environmental puzzles along the way to uncover the happenings in the valley
Immerse yourself in the beautiful soundscape of music and melodies composed in collaboration with Sigur Rós
© Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley. Developed by Hyper Games. Published by Raw Fury AB. © Moomin Characters ™
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 21 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 4 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
