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.

Most popular maze games

PC-Man

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Bomberman

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Atomic Bomberman

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Floppy Frenzy

DOS19823/5 Windmill Software

Pac Gal

DOS19823/5

Pac-girl

DOS19823.7/5 Magicom Multimedia

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-...

Snack Attack 2

DOS19823/5 Funtastic

Super Pac-Man

DOS19823.5/5 Namco

3-Demon

DOS19833.7/5 Magicom Multimedia

Amazing Maze

DOS19833.2/5

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...

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.