The year is 2024. I just came off several back-to-back weeks playing a combination of Street Fighter 6, and Against the Storm. The former a live service. The latter a Roguelike with several layers of scaling difficulty. Both of these games were designed to be infinitely replayable, and eat up as much of your time as you’re willing to give.
The thing is, playing a bunch of time vampires back-to-back can be very exhausting. There’s something to be said for when you can just play a game, complete it, and reflect on what an enjoyable experience it was.
That was the situation I found myself in when I first played through 20 Small Mazes by FLEB. It was a much needed breath of fresh air that helped to break me out of the live service death grip that’d otherwise engulfed my gaming time. It was also an absolute delight in its own right, which is why I ultimately recommended it.
Fast forward to 2026, and we’re about to see history repeat itself. I’ve spent the past several weeks entrenched in the likes of Guilty Gear Strive, Fields of Mistria, and Slay the Spire 2. All of those aforementioned games are a considerable time investment, and, if I’m being honest, I’m feeling a little burnt out by it all. But who has arisen, once again, to pick me out of this slump? Why it’s FLEB with another excellent Puzzler: 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes.
Developer(s): FLEB
Publisher(s): FLEB
Release Date: September 17th, 2026
Released on: Windows
Reviewed on: PC (Win)
It's free!
Somewhat dramatic yarn spinning aside, I’m likely going to repeat a lot of the same things I said while reviewing FLEB’s previous Puzzle game. That is, you get exactly what you think from a game called 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes. There are 20 small mazes, each has a unique quirk, and you can solve them in largely whatever order you’d like.
For example, here’s one where you need to assemble the maze by placing all of the supplied blocks within the play area:
Or another where you control, and move the maze itself to guide the circle to the exit at the top of the grid:
None of the included mazes are especially complex, but they’re a joy to solve regardless. They have the same feel as the daily Sudoku on the New York Times, or, heck, any of the other games that are offered over there. Basically, the mazes are just complicated enough to give your brain something to chew on while you crack the puzzle. For my money, that’s perfect.
I think it also bears mentioning that 20 More Mazes features 20 new ideas for its collection of mazes. I wasn’t certain that’d be the case, but I’m happy to report that FLEB has delivered the goods. As such, I can continue to recommend the original 20 Small Mazes alongside its predecessor, which will give you an additional 20 quandaries to untangle after you’ve finished 20 More Mazes. Or vice versa. You play the game however you see fit.
One final note that I wanted to raise before closing out this review was price: the game is free. That’s right. You can play 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes right now if you’re so inclined. And, I’d argue it’s a farsight better than most of the other forms of free entertainment that exist on the internet.
All said, 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes is an easy recommendation. The free price, pleasant puzzles, and 40 to 90 minute runtime do a lot of the heavy lifting in that recommendation, but I also think it’s a solid Puzzle game. Each of the puzzles is satisfying to solve, and no mechanic sticks around for long enough to become tiresome. In that sense, it’s yet another perfectly bite-sized experience by FLEB that’ll tickle all the right bits of your brain as you unravel it.
So what are you waiting for? Go play 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes. I promise you’ll enjoy it.
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