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Zardy's Maze

Full Trek Media · 2021-01-22

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Zardy's Maze is an Action, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1591 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Players enter a spooky maze and must survive by getting rid of the giant "weeds" that have grown within.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15315320212026Week of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
62.2%
earned "Pumpkin Smasher"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9154%25

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

Player tags

3DDarkIndieActionHorrorMysteryStealthStrategySurvivalDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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