2021 · Maze

The Night Cage

Players awaken trapped in a shifting, pitch-black labyrinth with only a flickering candle each. The game is fully cooperative and horror-themed; the goal is for every player to find a key, locate a gate, and escape together. Play proceeds by placing and moving tiles to explore while each candle only lights adjacent tiles. When a player moves and tiles fall into darkness, those tiles are removed from play, so the maze literally changes as light fades. Hostile creatures patrol the dark and threaten players who stray too far from their light, forcing coordinated movement and resource management.

groupPlayers

1–5 best 5

schedulePlaying time

40–60 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

2.1 / 5