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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“What an experience... 10/10 game. It's well done, funny, and the voice acting is great. It's even better than napping. Vladdy is my favorite, even though I'm just a stupid, American idiot. If you want a game to have fun for a while and not take too seriously, this is a fantastic…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Just finished a play-through of this absurdist walking simulator. For it's age it looks and performs well, even on a linux distro with proton (Though the final cinematic/credits was broken). The humor is light, leans on a decent amount of HS/college level boy humor of the era,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I don't get the positive reviews. This game is painfully unfunny in its attempts at humor. It’s pretty much a walking simulator with basic puzzles. Thank God it’s short.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:53 UTC · history 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 2026-05-20.
| 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 * * |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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