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Maize
Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Only by the end of It I finally understood: this isn't just some cute walking/fetching simulator for adults, but an ingenious adventure game for kids which might become their gateway to the genre. Let's see: simple(yet whimsical) story, wacky villain, just enough creepiness,…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Maize is the most a-maize-lingly British game I’ve ever played, and I don’t say that lightly. It’s not often I finish playing something and am dying to play over it again right away, but Maize did that to me. And playing through it a second time has only made me love it just…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“The most important things about this game: It's a Hidden Object game, not a puzzle game. It's about two hours long. It's a comedy (which means the quality of the writing is even more subjective than usual). If you are averse to any of those things, there's no reason for you to…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2023-10 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Lovelies Discount
Welcome all Lovelies checking out Maize from the Game Grumps playthrough! Not to be CORN-y but we are a-Maize-d by the support from the community and want to celebrate with a discount on Maize from to
Maize is 80% off in the Winter Sale 2024!
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Maize Original Soundtrack available now!
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26072080/7c69bc36909aec3622bd8d6043e5ec8f4e1db34e.jpg We had a blast developing Maize, and one of our favourite parts of that exper
Maize Original Soundtrack available now!
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26072080/7c69bc36909aec3622bd8d6043e5ec8f4e1db34e.jpg We had a blast developing Maize, and one of our favourite parts of that exper
You can now play Maize with a controller!
Hey everyone! Maize's first update is upon us! And we're very happy to report that you can now play Maize with a controller! Partial Xbox Controller support has been added to the game, along with a fe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Comedy · Indie · Story Rich · Puzzle · First-Person · Funny · Walking Simulator · Singleplayer · Exploration · Point & Click · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://finishlinegames.com/maize-game/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or above, 64 bit Processor: Dual-core Intel or AMD, 2.0 GHz or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX | AMD Radeon 6870 HD series or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space