Maze Planet 3D — Play Free Online

Maze Planet 3D is a maze puzzle that runs in your browser tab, with nothing to install. The idea is the one every maze game shares: you are dropped into a winding layout, and the job is to read it, pick a route and get out. The 3D presentation changes how you do that, because you can't take in the whole layout at a glance the way you can with a flat top-down maze.

It sits a little apart from the rest of the Doodle Jump catalogue. Doodle Jump itself is about reflexes and a constantly rising screen; this one rewards the opposite habit, slowing down and thinking a couple of turns ahead. That makes it a good change of pace if you have been bouncing upward for a while and want something calmer.

Sessions are easy to fit around other things. A maze is a self-contained problem, so you can try one, stop, and come back without losing a sense of where you were going.

How to play

On a computer, move with the arrow keys or WASD. The mouse is used to aim and to select things on menus. On a phone or tablet, you tap and swipe instead. The game loads in the page, so there is no download and no account to create.

A round is simply a matter of steering through the maze towards its exit. Because the view is three-dimensional, take a moment at junctions to look at where each branch is heading before you commit to one.

Tips

• Pick one rule for dead ends, such as always trying the branch that keeps you on the same side, so you don't wander in circles.
• When you hit a dead end, remember which branch you took so you don't take it again.
• Use small, controlled key taps near tight corners rather than holding a direction down.
• If the camera angle makes a corridor hard to read, use the mouse to look around before moving again.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

If you want something else that rewards care over speed, Fireboy and Watergirl asks you to solve small puzzles with two characters, and Bloons Tower Defense 2 turns planning into a strategy game. For something faster, Helix Jump and Ovo 2 keep the pace up with timing and platforming instead.

It suits anyone who likes quiet puzzle games, whether on a keyboard or a touch screen, and works well for a few minutes at a time.