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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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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...
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Mad Mix

DOS1988 Topo Soft
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Time Bandit

DOS1989 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...
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/951997 Interplay Productions
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ZZT

DOS1991freeware Epic MegaGames
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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.
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Gauntlet 2

DOS1989 Atari
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A-Maze

DOS1989 New Era Software
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Indenture

DOS1995remake
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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-...
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Pac Maniac

DOS1993 ChamProgramming corp.
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Bomberman

DOS1992 Hudson soft
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Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake
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Mine Shaft

DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
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CD-Man v2.0

DOS1992 Creative Dimensions
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Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999
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Bubble Ghost

DOS1988 ERE Informatique
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Gauntlet

DOS1986 Mindscape
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Mageslayer

Windows XP/98/951997 Raven Software
Mageslayer is an action game developed by Raven Software and published by GT Interactive in 1997 for MS-DOS. It stands out as a top-down, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler inspired by games like Gauntlet, but with an original fantasy setting and a darker, more intense tone. The game uses the same engine as Take No Prisoners, another Raven Software tit...
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Pyramids of Egypt

DOS1989 Ideas From the Deep
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Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1985 Muse Software
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Feud

DOS1988 Binary Design
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Pango

DOS1983remake
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Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1984 Muse Software
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Fast Food Dizzy

DOS1989 Codemasters
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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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...
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Trog

DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
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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...