65%Strong matchRetroMaze
96%2k96% positive reviews, Overwhelmingly Positive across 2k reviews·Retro · Puzzle
—





UpMaze is a 2D pixel-art platformer where you guide a small frog through dangerous tower-like levels filled with spikes, saw blades, moving hazards, platforms, and timing-based challenges. Jump carefully, avoid traps, and reach the trophy at the end of each stage.
UpMaze
SteamGenre: 2D Platformer / Arcade / Precision Platformer
Visual Style: Pixel Art
Gameplay Style: Short, challenging levels focused on jumping, timing, and avoiding traps. UpMaze is a 2D pixel-art platformer focused on precise movement, timing, and obstacle avoidance. You play as a small frog trying to escape dangerous tower-like stages filled with traps, platforms, spikes, saw blades, and other deadly hazards.
Each level is designed as a challenge room where the player must carefully observe the layout, time their jumps, and find a safe path forward. The game rewards patience, quick reactions, and learning from mistakes. Some obstacles are placed on the ground, some block narrow paths, and others move or require careful timing to avoid.
The main goal is simple: survive the level and reach the trophy. However, the path is not always easy. Players must jump across platforms, avoid sharp spikes, dodge spinning saws, and move through increasingly dangerous areas without touching hazards.
The game is designed for short but challenging gameplay sessions. Each stage can be replayed to improve your performance, complete the level more smoothly, and master the timing of each obstacle. With its pixel-art visuals and straightforward controls, [GAME NAME] offers an arcade-style platforming experience that is easy to understand but challenging to complete. Gameplay
In each level, the player must guide the frog from the starting point to the goal while avoiding dangerous obstacles. The player moves, jumps, and carefully times each action to pass through platforms, spikes, saw blades, and other traps.
Touching a hazard can cause the player to fail, so every movement matters. Players must learn the layout of each level, understand the timing of obstacles, and use careful jumps to survive. Key Features
- 2D pixel-art platforming gameplay
- Play as a small frog trying to escape dangerous levels
- Tower-like stage layouts with vertical and horizontal platforming sections
- Spikes, saw blades, moving hazards, and trap-based obstacles
- Timing-based jumps and precision movement
- Simple controls that are easy to learn
- Challenging levels that require patience and practice
- Trophy goal at the end of each stage
- Replayable stages for improving your run
- Short arcade-style gameplay sessions
- Designed for players who enjoy difficult platforming challenges Goal
The goal of the game is to complete each stage by reaching the trophy. Every level presents a different arrangement of platforms and hazards, creating a series of skill-based challenges where timing and precision are important.
Steam data © 2026 Valve Corporation. Trademarks are property of their respective owners.
All matches
Finding similar games…
RetroMazeShares Puzzle · 2D · Colorful , adds Retro96% · 2k positive reviews65%Strong match—
aMAZEShares Puzzle · 2D · Colorful , adds Abstract82% · 675 positive reviews69%Strong match—
aMAZE 2Shares Puzzle · 2D · Colorful , adds Side Scroller86% · 784 positive reviews69%Strong match—
Zuma's Revenge!Shares Puzzle · 2D · Colorful , adds Match 394% · 2k positive reviews65%Strong match—
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant VentureShares 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Colorful , adds Retro97% · 252 positive reviews65%Strong match—
Puzzle DimensionShares Puzzle , adds Logic90% · 445 positive reviews61%Good match—All matches
The best games like UpMaze are RetroMaze, aMAZE, aMAZE 2, Zuma's Revenge!, and Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture.
Match on: filter matches for UpMaze by tag
Filters all matches
65%+Strong matches
50%+Good matches