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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.

Most popular maze games

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Bomberman
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Time Bandit

DOS19894.4/5 MichTron
Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...
mad-mix-02

Mad Mix

DOS19884.3/5 Topo Soft
crazy-digger-1

Digger

DOS19834.3/5 Windmill Software
Digger is an abandoned action game developed and released by Windmill Software back in 1983 for PC only. Gameplay is a mix of two classics: Dig Dug and Mr. Do!: dig down, get gems, avoid death, reach the next level and so on.
trog-04

Trog

DOS19904.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
zzt-2

ZZT

DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia
pcman-1

PC-Man

DOS1982remake4.2/5 Orion Software
PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you have to move through a one screen maze to collect dots (pills? wafers?) and avoid being touched by one of the usual Pac-...
atomic-bomberman-03

Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Interplay Productions
amaze-02

A-Maze

DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
indenture-02

Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5
gauntlet2-1

Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 Atari
pacmania-champ-03

Pac Maniac

DOS19934.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
pacpc-04

Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5
dynablaster-01

Bomberman

DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft
mine-shaft-01

Mine Shaft

DOS19834.1/5 Sierra On-Line
gauntlet-1-02

Gauntlet

DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
cdman2-1

CD-Man v2.0

DOS19924.1/5 Creative Dimensions
bubble-ghost-02

Bubble Ghost

DOS19884.1/5 ERE Informatique
mageslayer-07

Mageslayer

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 Raven Software
castle-wolfenstein-04

Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19844.1/5 Muse Software
pyramidsegypt-4

Pyramids of Egypt

DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep
beyond-castle-wolfenstein-04

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854/5 Muse Software
feud-03

Feud

DOS19884/5 Binary Design
pango-02

Pango

DOS1983remake4/5
fastfooddizzy-2

Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters
champ-ms-pacman-05

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
mspacman-2

Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
nightmareelmstreet-1

A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
3d-maze-01

3D-Maze

Windows 3.x19913.9/5
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Dig Dug

DOS19833.8/5 Namco
Dig Dug is a classic maze arcade action game that was first released by Namco in 1982 as a coin-op and later for a number of other systems. The gameplay of Dig Dug involves digging tunnels through the earth to reach and defeat the various creatures that inhabit the underground maze. The player has an air pump, which he can use to inflate the monste...