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Light Maze

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98%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
98% User Score Based on 116 reviews

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About Light Maze

Light Maze is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by catgrease and was released on July 18, 2022. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

A simple casual game where you light up floor tiles in a level in order to go to the next level.

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98%Audience ScoreBased on 116 reviews
graphics9 positive mentions
story2 negative mentions
  • Relaxing and satisfying puzzle gameplay with a unique lighting mechanic that brightens levels as you progress.
  • Simple controls, colorful neon graphics, and enjoyable sound effects create a calming and fun experience.
  • Free with a good amount of levels and achievements, making it a great casual time-killer or stress-reliever.
  • The game is quite short, with completion possible within about an hour, leading to limited replay value.
  • Some levels can be hard to see or not challenging enough for experienced puzzle players.
  • Lack of music and some performance issues on older or lower-end hardware due to high GPU usage.

  • graphics

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are praised for their simple, bright, and colorful visuals that enhance its fun and engaging puzzle experience. The minimalistic style, combined with effects like glowing grounds and rooms lighting up, creates an appealing aesthetic, though it can be somewhat demanding on GPU performance. Overall, the graphics effectively complement the game's short but enjoyable gameplay.

    • “However, I understand that it takes a long time for people to develop such a good game with simple yet amazing graphics, making the puzzles entertaining while being both simple and complex.”
    • “Totally a fun little game, love the graphics and the way the rooms light up slowly; it all just added to the effect.”
    • “Gorgeous graphics, although a bit heavy on the GPU (~90% usage on a 3060). Pretty short, took me ~30 minutes to 100%, but still really good for a free game; definitely grab it.”

  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay is simple, relaxing, and engaging, featuring a unique fog of war mechanic that adds a fun twist while remaining fairly traditional for its genre. It's well-suited for extended or casual play sessions but may lack innovation for some players seeking a more novel experience.

    • “Genuinely fun and unique gameplay.”
    • “Liked the fog of war mechanic.”
    • “It's a well-made and very relaxing puzzle game, good for about 30 minutes of gameplay.”
    • “The gameplay is simple but never boring, which makes it easy to enjoy for long sessions.”
    • “Despite the novel presentation, the gameplay is actually pretty traditional for this type of games; I don't know if it's that much of a downside though, it's a reason why I couldn't give it a 10/10.”
    • “Reminded me of some of the mechanics of Supaplex.”

  • music

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    Users generally feel the game lacks music, making extended play feel silent and somewhat dull. Some suggest adding a simple or dynamic soundtrack would enhance mood and reward progress, while others appreciate the existing satisfying sound effects and prefer playing with their own background music.

    • “I do wish there was music. A suggestion I thought would be dope while playing would be that as you fill in the stage or reach the end for a color, the music gets louder to make it feel rewarding, not only in lighting up the stage but unlocking the music associated with the color.”
    • “Loading it up and putting on some music in the background was a great, chill way to spend an hour.”
    • “No annoying music, instead just the satisfying sound of popping-like noises as you move about the mazes... think bubble wrap!”
    • “Some simple music could have made it better.”
    • “Without music, playing 100 levels in silence is boring.”
    • “No music (it would actually help build the mood here).”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The story aspect is largely seen as lacking or minimal, with some users feeling it resembles a brief, superficial narrative suited for short online clips rather than a developed plot.

    • “No story”
    • “Feels like you'd see this game in a YouTube short with a Reddit story over the top”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game generally runs smoothly with versatile controls and appealing design, but could benefit from better graphics optimization or reduced lighting realism to improve performance.

    • “It runs smoothly, design is nice, controls are versatile.”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers moderate replayability, appealing especially to players who may not remember all the levels, but overall is considered easy to complete with limited long-term engagement.

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor is light and playful, enhanced by the game's simple graphics that add a charming and amusing aesthetic. Overall, it delivers a fun and concise comedic experience.

    • “Fun and short, the light graphics make some aesthetics very funny.”

  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game can be quite demanding, often requiring additional in-game resources or "second lives" to progress efficiently.

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Light Maze is a casual puzzle game. Common tags for Light Maze include indie, linear, exploration, relaxing, third person and others.

Light Maze is available on PC and Windows.

Light Maze was released on July 18, 2022.

Light Maze was developed by catgrease.

Light Maze has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Light Maze for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Light Maze is a single player game.

Similar games include Zenge, Hexologic, Path of Giants, Shepherd of Light, klocki and others.