Choose What The Maze
Choose What The Maze if you want the Multi-player, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. What The Maze launched in 2021.
What The Maze vs Indigo Park: Chapter 1
What The Maze and Indigo Park: Chapter 1 both land in Action, Indie, Adventure 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 Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam. What The Maze (2021) is 3 years older than Indigo Park: Chapter 1 (2024). Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is free; What The Maze is paid (5.99 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 Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Choose Indigo Park: Chapter 1 if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 16,945 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both What The Maze and Indigo Park: Chapter 1 sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure 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
 What The Maze |  Indigo Park: Chapter 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 5.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 1 reviews | 95.7% positive (16,945 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Jannis Cloodt | UniqueGeese |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- What The Maze (2021) is 3 years older than Indigo Park: Chapter 1 (2024).
- Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is free; What The Maze is paid (5.99 USD).
- What The Maze has co-op; Indigo Park: Chapter 1 does not.
- Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; What The Maze has no Deck rating yet.
What The Maze vs Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — FAQ
- Should I play What The Maze or Indigo Park: Chapter 1 first?
- If you want chronology, What The Maze (2021) came out before Indigo Park: Chapter 1 (2024). 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 What The Maze and Indigo Park: Chapter 1 similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Adventure 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 Indigo Park: Chapter 1 have multiplayer like What The Maze?
- No. What The Maze supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op), while Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is listed as single-player only.
- Is Indigo Park: Chapter 1 free?
- Yes — Indigo Park: Chapter 1 is a free-to-play Steam title. What The Maze is paid (5.99 USD).