Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

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Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
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Developer(s)
  • Hyper Games  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Publisher(s)
Series Moomins
Engine Unity [1]
Platform(s)
Release
  • macOS, Switch, Windows
  • 7 March 2024 [2]
  • PS5, Xbox Series X/S
  • 17 December 2024 [3]
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley [a] is a 2024 video game based on the Moomins franchise. The player controls the wanderer Snufkin as he restores a dilapidated Moominvalley and tries to find his missing friend, Moomintroll.

Contents

A spiritual successor, Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth, has been announced for a 2026 release. [4]

Development

The idea of a Moomin game came to Are Sundnes as he was reading Who Will Comfort Toffle? to his son during paternity leave, and he began discussing it with the team at his Norwegian game studio Hyper Games. Early in development the player character was switched from Toffle to Snufkin, whom Sundnes remarked to be popular and well-suited for an adventure game based on exploration. [5] The game's storyline is partly inspired from the 1954 book Moominsummer Madness . [6] [7]

Having decided that violence was against the spirit of Moomins, the developers set out to find gameplay alternatives. Thus, Snufkin's music became a game mechanic. [5]

Moomin Characters, which owns the intellectual property rights and is known for their strictness about it, watched over development closely, ensuring the portrayals met their standards. According to Sundnes, Moomin Characters was enthusiastic about the game throughout and only minor tweaks were needed for the most part. [5]

Reception

The review aggregation website Metacritic has summarised reviews of the game as "generally favorable". [8] In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 32 out of 40, with each critic awarding the game an 8 out of 10. [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bokmål: Snusmumrikken: Melodien i Mummidalen, Swedish: Snusmumriken: Mumindalens melodi, Finnish: Nuuskamuikkunen: Muumilaakson melodia

References

  1. ↑ Saver, Michael (2024-12-30). "Games made with Unity: 2024 in review". Unity Technologies . Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  2. ↑ Littman, Senja (2024-03-05). "Arvostelu | Uusi Muumipeli Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley hurmaa aikuisetkin". Muropaketti.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  3. ↑ Romano, Sal (10 December 2024). "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley for PS5, Xbox Series, and Windows launches December 17 alongside DLC 'Fuddler's Courtship'". Gematsu. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Allin, Jack (10 June 2025). "Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth heating up for 2026 release". Adventure Game Hotspot. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Lindberg, Milli (2022-03-24). "Snusmumriken i huvudroll i nytt norskt spel: 'En utmaning att göra ett äventyrsspel utan våld'". Yle (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. ↑ "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley will be released on PC and Nintendo Switch on 7 March 2024". Rights & Brands. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Bardhan, Ashley (8 March 2024). "All Park Keepers Are Bastards". Vulture . Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley". Metacritic . Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  9. ↑ Moorcroft-Sharp, Jamie. "Review: Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley". Destructoid. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Donlan, Christian (5 March 2024). "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley review - it's just lovely". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  11. 1 2 Romano, Sal (March 27, 2024). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1843". Gematsu. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  12. ↑ Ingram, Roland (11 March 2024). "Review: Snufkin: Melody Of Moominvalley (Switch) - A Joyful, Dreamlike Adventure With An Edge". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  13. ↑ Packwood, Lewis (6 March 2024). "Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley review – a fleeting tour of Tove Jansson's beguiling world". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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