Labyrinth City Pierre The Maze Detective Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published July 19, 2021 · Updated July 19, 2021

In our Labyrinth City Pierre The Maze Detective Review we take a look at the game adaptation from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!

Labyrinth City Pierre The Maze Detective Review Pros:

Wonderful hand-drawn graphics.
2.72GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics – fullscreen, resolution, and v-sync.
Comic book-style animated cutscenes.
Kid-friendly story and presentation.
Excellent voice work.
Has a Where’s Wally vibe to it all.
The game loop is you need to navigate mazes and make it to certain people/characters to advance the level.
Many hidden collections to find from chests to stars to pieces of Mr. X’s diary that contains clues and map locations.
Mr. X is the big bad who you are chasing down.
A lot of in-game Easter eggs.
You are in an animated setting where you can find interactive parts.
It’s an animated Where’s Wally let’s be honest.
Chilled soundtrack.
When finding a collectible it lets you know in what order place you found it.
Very detailed settings.
Can skip cutscenes.
Find secret arrows to help navigation.
Humor throughout.
Zoom out the camera.
The setting area is huge but broken up into a manageable way.
A lot of fun to play.
Really chilled-out atmosphere.
Gives thee old brain a workout.
A ninja you will meet every setting who’s quite the card.
Some people will put up a helpful arrow when you talk to them.
The real challenge is finding all the Collectibles.
A lot of replay value.
Buildings may hide a shortcut or secret area as you can enter some buildings.
The sort of game where every playthrough of a setting has you seeing a new thing.
Self-contained mini-games/puzzles.
You can replay areas.
Rewatch, re-examine memories, and found notes from Mr. X.
Saves when you quit.

Labyrinth City Pierre The Maze Detective Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen.
Initial puzzle/maze is tricky as you learn what the game is about.
You don’t get a tutorial.
Slow-paced walking.
You can zoom out on the setting but cannot move as you do it, it’s slow and doesn’t actually help a lot.
The mazes themselves are not that difficult.
No alternative modes or settings like leaderboards or speedrunning.
Feels like you need to go everywhere all the time so you don’t miss anything and that can be quite draining.
Has checkpoints but doesn’t tell you just like it saves but doesn’t tell you. The checkpoints are when you meet a new person on the storyline.