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2013 · 2-5 players · 15min · weight 1.34 · 1,345 ratings
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Rating
5.65
Users rated
1,345
Owned
3,847
Wishing
264
At a glance
What playing it feels like, broken down.
Core loop
Lay instruction cards face-up to program your turtle's path through a maze; shout 'Undo!' to debug a mistake.
What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
1
Narrative
0
Challenge
1
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
2
Submission
2
How it works (4 mechanics)
- [3]_other:sequential_program_planning— “kids place instruction cards face-up on the table building their program; turtle master drives turtle through maze”
- [2]action_blocking— “build a maze for each player out of walls and a jewel; navigate around obstacles”
- [2]_other:debug_undo_mechanic— “if they make a mistake, they can shout 'Undo!' and debug it”
- [1]simultaneous_action_selection— “each player takes a turtle and a matching deck of cards; stack cards face up in piles”
Under-the-radar score: 0.59
Archetype fits
How well this game shape maps to mobile archetype templates. Composite is a weighted sum of the 10 fit dimensions.
| Archetype | Composite | LTF | Session | Combo | Arc | Share | 5in | Onboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wordle Daily-maze procgen with a programmed-path solution has a Wordle-shape: short session, single puzzle, win/lose moment. But share_emoji_output is weaker than Wordle's grid. | 5.10 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Cozy Tonal-cozy tier triggers no Hard/Open/Coop trigger but action_blocking primitive present pushes anti-cozy slightly; no PvP elimination but no clean cozy spatial-build primitive either, so loss_tolerance_fit is mid. | 4.30 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Balatro sequential_program_planning is a single-player puzzle but lacks combo_scaling_depth — instruction cards do not multiplicatively compound. Session is too short and arc-flat for a Balatro run shape. | 3.70 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Snap No factional decks, no PvP card synergy, no hidden play — fundamentally a solo programming puzzle, not async PvP. | 3.50 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Coop Robot Turtles is parallel-play not coop — kids work on their own mazes; no info-asymmetry communication-constraint loop binds players together. | 3.40 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
BGG tags
Mechanisms (4)
Categories (2)
Children's GameMaze