Maze Mice similar games & best alternatives

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Maze Mice

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2025

Should you play it?

Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace.

What works

  • Unique time-stop mechanic allowing strategic play
  • Engaging and addictive gameplay loop
  • Charming art and excellent music
  • Good value for price
  • Variety of weapons and item synergies

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited enemy and map variety
  • Characters lack meaningful differences
  • Some upgrades feel weak or redundant
  • Endless mode difficulty spikes abruptly
  • Lack of meta progression and reroll options

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • I Am Legion: Stand Survivors

  • Pesticide Not Required

  • Cat Bait

  • Neophyte

  • MagiCat

  • Magic Rune Stone

More story-driven

Games that feels like Maze Mice but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Crashlands

  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom

  • Moonlighter

  • Castle Of Alchemists

More intense

Games that feels like Maze Mice but with a more intense feel

  • Bot Vice

  • ZERO Sievert

  • Rogue's Tale

  • NETHER DUNGEONS

  • Mutant Mudds Deluxe

  • Dungeons of Dredmor

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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  • 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 Maze Mice. These titles are not in What to play next.

Maze Mice: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026