Mü vs Fort Sumter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mü
Experience a strategic trick-taking card game beloved by gamers worldwide. Learn quickly with tutorials and tooltips, then challenge lifelike AI opponents or play with friends via Bluetooth. Enjoy endless replayability with dynamic partnerships and trump suits.
- Strategic trick-taking gameplay
- Dynamic partnerships and trump suits
- Quick-start tutorial and tooltips
- Challenging AI opponents
- Bluetooth multiplayer
- Multi-language support
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Rated 5 dimples by AppSmiles.com and 9/10 on The iPhone App Review! PLAY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST CARD GAMES! Mü is a real thinking-man's trick-taking game. It offers the strategy of Bridge without all of the hassle of having to learn any bidding conventions. Find out for yourself why this game is beloved by gamers the world over. HOURS OF REPLAYABILITY AND VARIETY Partnerships and trump suits change with every hand. Sometimes trump is long, sometimes it's short, and sometimes there isn't any trump at all! It all depends on the bidding. LET THE GAME TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY A quick-start tutorial and in-game tool-tips can help you quickly learn the basics of the game. You can also learn by reading the full rules complete with examples right from within the game. PLAY AGAINST CHALLENGING AI OPPONNENTS Mü boasts challenging and lifelike Artificial Intelligence opponents, each of which can be configured to match various skill levels. PLAY AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS OVER BLUETOOTH Want to play with a friend? Link your games over Bluetooth! Use the AI opponents to fill any empty seats around your virtual table. ENDORSED BY MÜ CREATOR FRANK NESTEL Frank Nestel has been involved from the beginning of development to ensure that the game would live up to his high standards of excellence. PLAY IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE German Translation provided by Frank Nestel himself! Find out for yourself why the community at www.boardgamegeek.com rate Mü so highly, many of whom will tell you that Mü is their favorite card game of all time! Follow Mü on Facebook at http://facebook.com/MuGame. See the demo video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNEYVF2i4hQ.
Fort Sumter
Explore a pivotal moment in American history through a strategic card-driven game. Make political decisions to preserve the Union or lead the nation to secession. Features AI and multiplayer options for immersive gameplay.
- Card-driven game system
- Civil War historical setting
- Immersive voice over and audio
- AI opponent for offline play
- Asynchronous or real-time 2-player online gameplay
- Pass-and-play multiplayer
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Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn game. The country is on the verge of being torn apart so how will you act? Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis is set during the events that led to the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the start of the American Civil War. The game takes the side of either a Unionist or Secessionist who must work to preserve the Union or follow the path to dissolve it. Each player uses an area control mechanic to place, move, and remove political capital. The location of political capital determines who controls each of the four crisis dimensions - Political, Secession, Public Opinion, and Armaments. After three rounds of play, the game culminates in a Final Crisis confrontation. Features CDG (Card Driven Game) system designed by Mark Herman Civil War Historical setting depicts the actual events of the crisis Immersive voice over and audio that recreates the sound of that era A.I. Opponent for Offline Play Asynchronous or Real Time 2-player Online Game Play Pass-and-Play Multiplayer **AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND PLAYDEK ACCOUNT ARE REQUIRED FOR ONLINE PLAY** Per our Terms of Service, you must be 13 years old or older to use the Playdek online games service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fort Sumter at 4.4 against Mü's 3.7. Fort Sumter also leads on chart position (#167 vs unranked) and ratings volume (35 vs 9). Mü's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 53%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Mü costs $2.99 and Fort Sumter $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fort Sumter holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 35 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Mü's written reviews are positive against 53% of Fort Sumter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mü ships an update every 5 weeks, Fort Sumter every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mü | Fort Sumter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews — better | 52.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #167 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 385 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | House Full of Games | Playdek, Inc. |
Customer experience
Mü
Fort Sumter
In-app purchases
Mü
No in-app purchases
Fort Sumter
No in-app purchases









