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Maize

Finish Line Games · 2016-12-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 12, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 12, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Maize is a $9.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 2141 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (357 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Maize is a video game by Finish Line Games in Toronto. It was released on December 1, 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 54k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,145 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2025-08-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 25 of 64 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
390Aug 2016Oct 2023Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 18 · peak 52Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 31Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 24Jun 2017 — avg 39 · peak 261Aug 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Oct 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-11-252026-10-142016-11-25 — best price $16.992017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-09-22 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-13 — best price $19.992020-04-07 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-11-28 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-07-19 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $3.992025-08-26 — best price $1.992025-10-20 — best price $1.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-09-29 — best price $1.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1212026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-12-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,49739%14
PS4 (PlayStation)55319%14
Steam (Steam)0—67

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieComedyPuzzleSci-fiSurrealAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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