The best 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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Mad Mix
DOS1988 Topo Soft
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 It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was later ported to other systems.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...
A Nightmare on Elm street
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
Forget Freddy’s razor glove for a second - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1989) for DOS is terrifying in its own way. Mostly because of the controls. You play as a teen trying to stay awake and alive while navigating dreamscapes...
Beast
DOS1984
Beast is ASCII horror at its most gloriously minimal. You’re a brave soul (well, a smiley face) trapped in a dungeon with sentient blobs (the titular beasts) that want you very, very dead. Armed only with moving blocks and r...
Ms. Pac-Man
DOS1984 Atarisoft
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and a...
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Temple of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Wizard of Wor 98
DOS1998remake
Push-Push Penguin
Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/112004freewareremake
Push-Push Penguin is an expanded version of the classic Sega's 1982 arcade game Pengo, incorporating features like power-ups, a combo system, and a more diverse array of enemies, breathing new life into Sega's original concept. Ac...
Rock 'n Roll
DOS1989 Rainbow Arts
Super Pac-Man
DOS1982 Namco
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...
Spiritual Warfare
DOS1993protected Wisdom Tree
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...
Caves of Thor
DOS1989 Apogee Software
CHAMP Pac-em
DOS1996remake ChamProgramming corp.
Demon Stalkers
DOS1989 Micro Forté
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
Pac-girl
DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS1988 GameTek
Super ZZT
DOS1992 Epic MegaGames
Pack-Man
DOS1983remake Magicom Multimedia
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,...
The Bugs Bunny Hare-Brained Adventure
DOS1990 Riedel Software Productions
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Super Bomber Blast Beta
DOS1997remake