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88%24188% positive reviews, Very Positive across 241 reviews·Puzzle · Point & Click
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The Map Is the Thing is a casual, mind-bending puzzle game. Explore a dungeon where you solve puzzles by folding your map to open new paths. Find keys to defeat barriers and find the fabled GaMuffin.
When navigating a dungeon, a map is always a handy tool. But what if the dungeon IS the map? In this lighthearted puzzle game, you'll fold the map in various ways to find new rooms and uncover paths to rooms that initially look inaccessible.
Fold and unfold, find loot, and unlock doors to make your way to the chest containing (hopefully!) the legendary GaMuffin! After all, map solving is hungry work.
Rock walls will block your progress:

Other barriers can be removed:

You just need the right "key":

Even a rock wall isn't an impossible barrier when you can control the map itself:

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