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The Maze Contract

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App ID 2686990
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Synthetic Forms
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29014012
Last Record Update 16 May 2025 – 00:30:41 UTC ()
Release Date 3 December 2023 – 04:59:00 UTC ()
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4 reviews
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In-Game
💥 Action 🎸 1980s 🕹️ Old School 🕹 Arcade 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up

The Maze Contract is a single player retro action game with vector-style graphics. It takes a lot of inspiration from the 1980's shoot-em-up arcade games, but with added tactical elements and lots of upgrades for your ship and weapons.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Synthetic Forms
ReleaseState released
Publisher Synthetic Forms
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 3 December 2023 – 04:59:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 3 December 2023 – 04:59:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 March 2025 – 18:34:54 UTC () (1742668494)
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Is free on the store? Yes
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 5 January 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 12730399
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
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    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 7 November 2023 – 06:04:35 UTC (), in changelist #21005424

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🎸 1980s 🕹️ Old School 🕹 Arcade 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🗺 Exploration 🎒 Looter Shooter 🦹 Character Customization 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🏽 2D 🗺️ Top-Down 🆓 Free to Play 🌱 Indie 👽 Aliens ⚔️ Combat 📏 Linear 😌 Casual 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Profile Features Limited Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp22 March 2025 – 18:34:56 UTC

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Configuration

Key Value
installdir The Maze Contract

Launch Options

0. Unnamed launch option
Executable TheMazeContract.exe
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Operating System   windows
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