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Zardy's Maze

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

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Quick resume

Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.

Global score

91/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play

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    Pros

    • Free to play
    • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
    • Procedurally generated mazes for replayability
    • Unique enemy designs and mechanics
    • Custom challenge modes

    Cons

    • Some rng frustration reported
    • Minimal story and lore
    • No multiplayer or social features
    • Graphics are basic and retro-styled
    • Some bugs and crashes reported

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report addictive gameplay with long sessions and repeated attempts to overcome difficult challenges."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize loadouts, spawn enemies in training mode, and create mini-challenges."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a tense, immersive distraction from reality, often describing stress relief and psychological engagement."

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      "Players use the game as a tense, spooky distraction and stress relief through challenging gameplay."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment, not obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Procedural generation and varied enemy types encourage trying new tactics and adapting on the fly."

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    • Exploration

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      "Procedurally generated levels and secret areas encourage discovery and curiosity."

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    • Expression

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      "Minimal customization beyond game parameters; no avatar or environment personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Imaginative horror setting with supernatural monsters and surreal environments."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Minimal social interaction; primarily a solo experience with limited community connection."

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    • Growth

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      "Strong emphasis on learning enemy patterns, mastering controls, and improving skill to progress."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires constant attention and focus due to tense and challenging gameplay."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing involved."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; purely individual play."

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    • Progression

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      3

      "Progression through completing shifts and unlocking secrets, though no item collection or upgrades."

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      "Progression through completing challenges and unlocking secrets, though no item collection or upgrades."

    • Relaxation

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      -3

      "Gameplay is tense and stressful rather than relaxing or flow-inducing."

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    • Sensation

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      "Jump scares and spooky atmosphere provide sensory stimulation and emotional excitement."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      1

      "Some lore and story elements exist but are minimal and not the main focus."

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    • Strategy

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      5

      "Requires careful planning, tactical combat, and problem solving to overcome enemies and navigate the world."

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    • Thrill

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      4

      "High suspense and jump scares create thrilling and tense moments."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "Core gameplay revolves around avoiding deadly entities, managing resources like flashlight batteries, and escaping."

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

    Last update: 30/04/2026