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aMAZE

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

What works

  • Simple and relaxing gameplay
  • Low price and easy achievements
  • Suitable for short sessions
  • Kid-friendly
  • Calming music

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime and low replay value
  • Imprecise and floaty controls
  • Repetitive and harsh backgrounds
  • Lack of challenge or depth
  • No customization or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • TOK

  • Incredicer

  • aMAZE Classic

  • aMAZE 2

  • Mind Spheres

  • Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait 趣拼拼：肖像画

More creative

Games that feels like aMAZE but with more room to create and customize

  • Deleveled

  • Tetrobot and Co.

  • Dynamite Jack

  • Lowglow

  • Linelith

  • Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like aMAZE but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Lines Infinite

  • VITATIO 2

  • Hook

  • CATch the Stars

  • Pixel Puzzles 2: Space

  • Sigils of Elohim

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with aMAZE. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with aMAZE. These titles are not in What to play next.

aMAZE: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026