Games that take place in a maze sorted by release date
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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Floppy Frenzy
DOS1982 Windmill Software
Pac Gal
DOS1982
Pac-girl
DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
PC-Man
DOS1982remake 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-...
Snack Attack 2
DOS1982 Funtastic
Super Pac-Man
DOS1982 Namco
3-Demon
DOS1983 Magicom Multimedia
Amazing Maze
DOS1983
Dig Dug
DOS1983 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...
Digger
DOS1983 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.
Mine Shaft
DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
Pac-Man
DOS1983 Namco
Pac-Man is a classic arcade game created by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was later released in North America by Midway Games. The game was designed by Toru Iwatani and has become one of the most famous and influential video games of all time. The main goal of Pac-Man is to navigate a maze, eating all the pac-dots (smal...
Pack-Man
DOS1983remake Magicom Multimedia
Pango
DOS1983remake
Beast
DOS1984
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1984 Muse Software
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 avoiding ghosts - there are key differences. Ms. Pac-Man features four distinct maze designs, moving bonus fruits, and mo...
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 underground world, and the player controls a machine designed to collect oil from a network of caverns and tunnels. The...
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
DOS1985 Muse Software
Gauntlet
DOS1986 Mindscape
ALF: The First Adventure
DOS1987 Box Office
Bubble Ghost
DOS1988 ERE Informatique
Feud
DOS1988 Binary Design
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS1988 GameTek
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
Mad Mix
DOS1988 Topo Soft
A Nightmare on Elm street
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
A-Maze
DOS1989 New Era Software
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software