Choose Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Choose Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective launched in 2021.
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective vs About a Boy
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective and About a Boy both land in Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam. Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (2021) is 4 years older than About a Boy (2025). About a Boy is currently ~17% cheaper on Steam than Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (9.99 USD vs. 11.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose About a Boy
Choose About a Boy if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. About a Boy launched in 2025.
Both Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective and About a Boy sit in Indie, Adventure, and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective |  About a Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 11.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 96.1% positive (206 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Darjeeling | Return 0 Game Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (2021) is 4 years older than About a Boy (2025).
- About a Boy is currently ~17% cheaper on Steam than Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (9.99 USD vs. 11.99 USD).
- Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; About a Boy has no Deck rating yet.
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective vs About a Boy — FAQ
- Should I play Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective or About a Boy first?
- If you want chronology, Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (2021) came out before About a Boy (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective and About a Boy similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is rated Deck Verified by Valve. About a Boy doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.