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Shares resource gathering and puzzle solving with Maui.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Maui: Survival Machine, Forager, Whisper of the Swallows, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, and Phoning Home. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Kokua Games
- Price: Free to play
- 54% of 285 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Cultural entries and hawaiian language lessons
- Cute art style inspired by wind waker
- Free and short experience
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Nostalgic
About Maui
The closest matches to Maui: Survival Machine, Forager, Whisper of the Swallows, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, and Phoning Home. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Maui is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survival Machine, Forager and Whisper of the Swallows — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and nostalgic, and single out its ability wheel and cultural education sections. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Maui: Maui is a free action-adventure game based on Hawaiian mythology. The game features an innovative "stat grid" that lets you switch stats on the fly to face any situation.
Is Maui worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 285 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 1 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.1 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Cultural entries and hawaiian language lessons
- Cute art style inspired by wind waker
- Free and short experience
- Teaches hawaiian culture and mythology
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“+concept is pretty new and original, reminds me of a stick game i used to play a while back (can't remember name :P) +music is repetitive, but at least it matches the environment and keeps me in a good mood (unless I die to a stupid death…”
“I really can't recommend this game as it is currently. It has some problems that really make it annoying to play. I pretty much stuck with the game to get the achievements which weren't too hard though rather annoying with the lag. So, I'd…”
People who play it also play: Survival Machine, Forager, Whisper of the Swallows
Frequently asked about Maui
Can I run it?
Is Maui free to play?
Yes — Maui is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Maui?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Maui are Survival Machine, Forager, Whisper of the Swallows.
Who developed Maui?
Maui was developed by Kokua Games.