Maize is a first-person puzzle adventure set in an abandoned research facility where sentient corn stalks roam free. You explore the grounds piecing together what happened through environmental clues, audio logs, and conversations with the corn themselves. Puzzles involve collecting items, decoding researcher notes, and manipulating machinery left behind by scientists whose experiment clearly went sideways. The tone leans absurdist—think government bureaucracy meets agricultural disaster—with a sarcastic Russian AI named Vladdy providing running commentary. You'll navigate cornfields, underground labs, and storage areas while the story reveals itself through documents detailing increasingly poor decision-making. It's short (3-4 hours) and prioritizes oddball humor over difficulty. Works if you want puzzle-solving with personality and don't mind a game that knows it's ridiculous.
