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The most popular maze games

Maze video games are a genre of action games that involve navigating a complex network of paths or corridors with the goal of reaching a specific destination or completing an objective. The gameplay revolves around solving puzzles or overcoming challenges presented by the maze-like environment.

In maze games, players typically control a character or an object and must navigate through a labyrinthine structure filled with obstacles, dead-ends, and sometimes enemies or hazards.

Maze games have been popular since the early days of gaming, with classic examples like Pac-Man, ZZT, Gauntlet.

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Ant Attack!

DOS1994freeware Dataware
Released in 1994 (long after it originally debuted on other platforms), Ant Attack! is what you get when you mix isometric graphics, giant ants, and questionable urban planning. You play a brave soul navigating a crumbling city to...
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ZZT

DOS1991freeware Epic MegaGames
ZZT (1991, DOS) looks like it was drawn by an enthusiastic ASCII artist with too much time and not enough colors. And yet, it’s brilliant. Part action game, part puzzle adventure, part game creation tool, ZZT is the reason s...
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Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
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Super ZZT

DOS1992 Epic MegaGames
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Wizard of Wor 98

DOS1998remake
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Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Trog

DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Mad Mix

DOS1988 Topo Soft
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3-Demon

DOS1983 Magicom Multimedia
3-Demon from 1983 is basically Pac-Man with a taste for LSD. You’re in a first-person maze, munching dots while glowing ghosts try to ruin your day. It’s surprisingly creepy, probably because everything is neon and mov...
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Oil's Well

DOS1984 Sierra On-Line
Oil's Well is an action-puzzle game released by Sierra On-Line in 1983/84. It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was later ported to other systems. The game is set in an...
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Caves of Thor

DOS1989 Apogee Software
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Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was trying to kill you. Using only your wits, a whip,...
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Temple of Kroz

DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
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Amazing Maze

DOS1983
Don’t be fooled by the name—Amazing Maze is more of a slightly-better-than-average maze. But hey, in 1983, navigating a screen full of walls and hoping you guessed right was enough to set hearts racing. It’s just...
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The Final Crusade of Kroz

DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
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Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
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Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
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The Bugs Bunny Hare-Brained Adventure

DOS1990 Riedel Software Productions
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Super Bomber Blast Beta

DOS1997remake
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Kingdom of Kroz 2

DOS1990 Apogee Software
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Demon Stalkers

DOS1989 Micro Forté
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ALF: The First Adventure

DOS1987 Box Office
Remember ALF? The sarcastic alien who really had it in for cats? Well, in ALF: The First Adventure, you get to live the dream—or nightmare—of controlling the furry menace himself. Released in 1987 for DOS, this Pac-Man...
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Pac Maniac

DOS1993 ChamProgramming corp.
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Mine Shaft

DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
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Caverns of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software
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Feud

DOS1988 Binary Design
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Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected Wisdom Tree
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Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the power-ups—but everything feels slightly off, lik...