Games that take place in a maze

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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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 moves like it’s haunted. The 3D perspective is impressive for the time, although it might give you vertigo if you sta...

3D-Maze

Windows 3.x1991

Ah, 3D-Maze. If you used Windows 3.x, you probably saw this lurking in the corner of your screen savers like a digital minotaur. Released in 1991, it’s not quite a game, but everyone played it anyway. You walk endlessly through a tiled labyrinth while a floating smiley face pops up to say hello or possibly curse your ancestors. There’s ...

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 full of death and digitized screams. The gameplay is a mix of exploration and survival, wrapped in graphics that look l...

A-Maze

DOS1989 New Era Software

If you’ve ever thought, “What if Pac-Man got lost in a modernist art gallery?”, then A-Maze is your oddly specific dream come true. Released in 1989 for DOS, this game is a labyrinthine puzzle fest where the graphics are minimal, but the frustration is maximal. It's like being trapped in a maze designed by someone who hates you......

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-esque maze game tasks you with dodging angry dads, catching pizzas, and avoiding the law. (Yes, really.) It’s lik...

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 you, a CPU opponent, and a timer judging your every move. The graphics are simpler than a kindergarten drawing, but the...

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 rescue someone — while being constantly menaced by mutant ants the size of Volkswagens. It’s surprisingly t...

Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/951997 Interplay Productions

Atomic Bomberman (1997) takes the classic formula of blowing up your friends in adorable mayhem and gives it a 90s makeover — complete with voice quips, flashy graphics, and enough chaos to make a LAN party legendary. It’s loud, it’s fast, and it’s utterly ruthless. The computer opponents cheat like they’re auditioning...

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 raw fear, you’ll test your puzzle reflexes against relentless monsters. It’s like Sokoban had a nightmare, an...

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1985 Muse Software

Before Doomguy started ripping and tearing, there was Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game where sneaking is mandatory, disguises are fashionable, and stabbing Nazis is encouraged. It’s the sequel to Castle Wolfenstein, and ups the ante with more guards, more keys, and more reasons to panic when your pass doesn’t work. It’s l...

Bomberman

DOS1992 Hudson soft

It’s Bomberman (1992, DOS), the legendary bomb-dropping game where you play a suspiciously cute guy with an infinite bomb supply and questionable indoor safety habits. You move through grid-like mazes, drop bombs, destroy walls, and try not to blow yourself up (spoiler: you will). It’s simple, it’s brilliant, and it’ll ruin ...

Bubble Ghost

DOS1988 ERE Informatique

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999

Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1984 Muse Software

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software

Caverns of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software

Caves of Thor

DOS1989 Apogee Software

CD-Man v2.0

DOS1992 Creative Dimensions

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.

Demon Stalkers

DOS1989 Micro Forté

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...