Maze
Guide the red dot from the top-left corner to the green square. Every maze is new, and every maze has exactly one path.
Use the arrow keys, swipe on the maze, or tap the buttons.
How to play
You are the red dot in the top-left corner. The exit is the green square in the bottom-right corner. Move with the arrow keys (or W, A, S, D) on a computer, swipe across the maze on a phone, or use the buttons below it. The squares you have visited turn light blue, so you can see where you have already been.
Maze-solving methods
- Follow one wall. Keep one hand on the right (or left) wall and never let go. In a maze like this one, where every path connects, you will always reach the exit.
- Work backward. Look at the exit and trace the path back toward the start with your eyes before you move.
- Spot dead ends. Short side passages that end quickly are usually traps. Ignore them.
How the mazes are made
Each maze is built by the computer in a fraction of a second using a method called a “depth-first” search. It wanders from square to square, knocking down walls, and backs up whenever it gets stuck. The result is a “perfect maze”: every square can be reached, and there is only one route between any two squares, with no loops.
Mazes through history
People have drawn mazes and labyrinths for thousands of years, on clay tablets, floors of churches and hedge gardens. Today they remain a favorite puzzle for children and adults, because the goal is simple and the path is not.