aMAZE Frozen

About aMAZE Frozen

aMAZE Frozen is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Blender Games and was released on April 4, 2018. It received neutral reviews from players.

aMAZE Frozen is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with calm soundtrack.

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60%Audience ScoreBased on 42 reviews

gameplay2 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game offers a good level of challenge for maze enthusiasts, requiring significant concentration and precision.
Graphics and audio are decent, providing a satisfactory experience for players.
The game is relatively bug-free and can be completed in a reasonable amount of time, making it a quick play.

The controls are frustratingly imprecise, leading to frequent restarts and a lack of enjoyment.
The game is criticized for being repetitive and lacking depth, with many players feeling it is a cash grab.
The audio can become annoying quickly, detracting from the overall experience.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
22% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions
The gameplay has been criticized for its frustrating mechanics, particularly the "you-can't-touch-the-wall" feature, which many players find infuriating and detrimental to the overall enjoyment of the game. Overall, the gameplay experience is perceived as lacking, with a low rating reflecting dissatisfaction.
- “Gameplay: 2/5”
story
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions
The reviews indicate a consensus that the game lacks a meaningful or engaging story, with multiple users explicitly stating that there is no story to speak of, and one even comparing it unfavorably to other narratives.
- “What story?”
- “No story.”
- “Twilight was a better love story than this.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
The graphics have received mixed reviews, with users noting that while they are adequate, they lack standout quality and can be distracting, particularly due to the pulsing effect of the maze edges in sync with the music. Overall, the visuals are described as unremarkable, earning a low rating of 2/5.
- “The edges of the mazes blend with the backgrounds and pulse to the beat of the music, creating a unique visual experience.”
- “The graphics are exactly what they are in the screenshot, providing a consistent visual representation.”
- “The walls pulse in time with the music, adding an interesting dynamic to the graphical display.”
- “Either way, the graphics are alright, but the edges of the mazes kind of blend with the backgrounds, and on top of that, they pulse to the beat of the music.”
- “Graphics are exactly what they are in the screenshot, nothing spectacular.”
- “Graphics: 2/5”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
The game's music is generally well-received for its quality, but it quickly becomes repetitive and irritating for many players, leading some to mute the game entirely. Additionally, the pulsing effect of the walls in sync with the music is seen as an annoying graphical feature that detracts from the overall experience.
- “Either way, the graphics are alright, but the edges of the mazes kind of blend with the backgrounds and on top of that they pulse to the beat of the music.”
- “The one musical track of the game is good, but it becomes repetitive after listening to it for an hour.”
- “The soundtrack very quickly got on my nerves and I muted the whole game (including sound effects) by the 5th level.”
- “And although you can turn off the nice background music, you can't turn off that annoying sound.”
- “The music is repetitive and the mapping of ball location to wall boundary, at times, seems off, with a visible gap being present but a restart being required all the same.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessive, often requiring significant time investment and effort, with some humorously suggesting that it feels like needing a second life to manage it.
- “You'll need a second life, maybe some macros, and a will to live for grinding.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “It's a little grindy.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the developer has been criticized for relying on repetitive asset flips and low-effort game templates, which are perceived as cash grabs aimed at exploiting the Steam marketplace. Users highlight the quick release of these games in cheap bundles shortly after launch, further emphasizing the lack of originality and quality in the offerings.
- “The developer, Blender Games, keeps copying and pasting the same game templates and dumping the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam.”
- “Here's some other asset flips from exactly the same template, all shamelessly dumped on Steam as nasty cash grabs.”
- “To cement the position of this asset flip as nothing but a cash grab, it was dumped onto cheap daily indie game shovelware bundles very shortly after launch.”