Maze Mice

This is a great game, but probably best to get it on sale. I mean that's always true but... extra true here, $10 is on the high end for a game this light on content. To put it in perspective I'm at 90% achievements 18 hours in and around half of that has just been crossing off all the "win with this character on max difficulty" achievements without seeing anything new. But the content that is there is really good. Obviously the gimmick of marrying pacman with a survivorslike is cool, but thankfully they didn't stop there and the weapons and passives are generally quite interesting and well done. There are a few obvious staples (homing shots, fire trail, percentile damage buff, size buff, etc) but also some more distinctive ideas like: - A disco ball that periodically spawns in the center of the screen, giving a massive damage buff for any attack that passes through it (and thus having unique synergy concerns with different patterns). - A shadow clone that mirrors your movement on the opposite side of the maze and copies your attacks and reduced damage. - A turret that fires continuously for high damage but has to be manually reloaded by pathing through it. - Flowers that stick around forever, allowing you to grow a dense garden of absurd DPS. - A pillow that roots your character and attracts all pickups, turning the game into a tower defense. Among many others. Honestly I have no real complaints about the item variety here, it's comparable to 1.0 Vampire Survivors and arguably has more interesting buildcrafting. There are a few minor quibbles, like the only way to get rerolls is through a specific passive but taking it is almost always worse than just using that slot on something that makes you directly more powerful and in general a lot of damage-based weapons seem underpowered relative to enemy scaling, but it's enough to have back to back runs feel distinct once you get a few unlocks. The big issue though is the lack of stage and enemy variety. Four mazes is crazy, they look great but like... c'mon, you can hand anyone a sheet of paper and have them scribble out a dozen new maps for you. Just recycle assets if that's the limitation, four levels in a maze game in 2025 is offensively light. The fourth has randomized paths at least, but that's the only environmental gimmick in all of them and doesn't make it thaaaat much more replayable. And slightly more understandable but no less of an issue is that there are only two enemies. Two! There are sleepy cats that spawn blocking random paths and wake up to chase you when passed and then flying ghost cats that spawn in one of the corners and slowly float towards you while ignoring walls. The two work in tandem to make routing fairly tense and engaging, but those are also the only obstacles forever. No projectile enemies, nothing patrolling a set path you have to plan around, no stat variations (like higher damage but lower health), it would take more work to add these things than more mazes but it's still kinda crazy that the game shipped without any other enemy variety at all when there are so many obvious ideas for this format. Well, that's not entirely true because there is a boss, who is just a faster ghost with multiple health bars. Whenever you deplete a bar it gets pushes away from you, other than that it is ON YOUR ASS from the moment it spawns so you normally have to clear the basic enemies then abuse screenwrapping to keep your distance while getting in chip damage. Max difficulty makes this fight slightly more interesting by spawning two of them so it's tougher to cheese but only slightly. Anyway that might seem like a lot of negatives but it's important to put the recommendation in perspective. The game is a lot of fun, I've actually been a bit addicted the past couple weeks with this as my go to for when there are just 15 minutes to kill. But the fun dries up fast so value it appropriately, most people will probably be disappointed at full price.

Very mediocre, at best! This is basically a roguelike Pac-Man game and it was OK the first 2 hours or so but as I kept on playing I realized how shallow and repetitive this game really is. Yes you unlock new mice characters to play and new weapons, but none of them are particularly interesting. The more you unlock the more it becomes RNG to get the weapons or abilities you want. I also quickly got tired of the 4 maps and fighting the same enemies over and over again. It's not directly a bad game, it is just too simple and bland for me to want keep playing it.

For $10 this game is pretty fun! It has a fun gameplay loop, fantastic music, and allows a good bit of creativity with builds and playstyles. I played it for a week or two and had a great time, no regrets. It definitely lacks a bit in the content department. Not many levels and enemies don't really evolve or change much, but the combination of game mechanics is pretty entertaining! A great play for 15 minutes and quit type of game.

Very cute. The mechanics are different and fun. Reminds me of the first game I ever played, A-Maze-Ing on the TI-99. I wonder if the creators also played that one.

Solid 7/10 game. Gets repititve after a few hours, but a neat little package until then.

Me parece un buen juego, a continuación un resumen rápido de lo que me pareció: -La jugabilidad es original y divertida, ideal para poder jugarlo bien tranquilo, tomando un mate o lo que sea, -Tiene un arte muy bonito, con personajes carismáticos. -El creador hizo este juego con cariño. ¿Qué podría mejorar? -Que se pueda banear objetos antes de jugar una partida (no se si mas adelante se desbloquea, pero tengo entendido que no). -Falta algo de contenido, tal vez un nuevo tipo de enemigo o personaje muy peculiar. El juego no es esos que te van a dar mil horas pero la vas a pasar bien y podes volver cada tanto para jugar una partida ya que no es super complicado. Recomendado.