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20 Small Mazes

20 Small Mazes

FLEB · released Feb 15, 2024

AdventureCasualIndiePC

This is a puzzle game with twenty small mazes. They're good mazes, though.

90
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Small Update #3” (2y ago)

94%
At launch
99%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
74%
Player sentiment
99%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews99%951000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)99%953000
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 94.6, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 9,211 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 13, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 5817 total reviews in window · weighted 67.4 up / 1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 88
    trust 71Feb 28, 2024

    It’s a bunch of lovely ideas, each used just once, despite many being strong enough to be the basis of a game of their own. (The Snake puzzle especially.) I can’t wait to see what FLEB does next.

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Patch history

  1. Version 1.5.2
    Jan 28, 2025
  2. Version 1.4.0
    Dec 9, 2024
  3. Small Update #3
    Jun 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  4. Small Update #1
    Feb 22, 2024
  5. Hotfix #10
    Feb 20, 2024
  6. Hotfix #9
    Feb 19, 2024
  7. Hotfix #8
    Feb 18, 2024
  8. Hotfix #7
    Feb 18, 2024
  9. Hotfix #6
    Feb 18, 2024
  10. Hotfix #5
    Feb 17, 2024
  11. Hotfix #4
    Feb 17, 2024
  12. Hotfix #3
    Feb 17, 2024
  13. Hotfix #2
    Feb 17, 2024
  14. HotFix #1
    Feb 16, 2024