Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Darjeeling · 2021 · Adventure, Hidden Object, Casual, Colorful, Puzzle
PC
Overwhelmingly Positive96% · 1,89381Metacritic
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About Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
✦ AI summary
Guide detective Pierre through breathtakingly detailed illustrated worlds to recover a magical maze stone stolen by the mysterious Mr. X before the entire world succumbs to labyrinth chaos. Hunt for over 100 hidden objects, solve clever puzzles, and interact with charming characters across gorgeously hand-crafted scenes pulled straight from the beloved children's book series.
From the award-winning studio behind Homo Machina (2018) and Californium (2016), Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is another one-of-a-kind revolutionary puzzle.
Fun, engaging, and beautiful, Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective lets you explore the visually stunning universe created by IC4DESIGN
Playing as detective Pierre, you must find your way and solve puzzles to retrieve the magical stone stolen by the nefarious Mr. X.
On your way to getting the Maze Stone back, you will meet adorable and hilarious characters, travelling literal works of art, and interact with a world that was previously only available on paper!
A terrible crime has been committed at the Opera City Museum! Mr. X, Pierre's sworn enemy, has stolen and fled with the Maze Stone, a magical artefact that turns everything around it into a labyrinth. Under the call of the Opera City Museum, Pierre must undertake a new adventure that will lead him from the museum, to the city streets, to a castle in the sky, a haunted mansion and much more! There is no time to lose, lest the whole world turns into a maze!
Darjeeling is a multimedia studio based in Paris, France. Its founders, Marc Lustigman and Noam Roubah, established the studio in 2009, focusing on documentary production, animation for television, and video games. The studio first became recognized through the 2016 video game Californium. Its other notable milestones include Homo Machina in 2018, which won the Best Mobile Game award at Game Connection America and the Ping Awards.
IC4DESIGN, creator of the Pierre the Maze Detective franchise, is an illustration studio based in Hiroshima (Japan) which was established by Hirofumi Kamigaki in March 1998. Thanks to their unique style, associating intricate worlds and scenes to colorful visuals, they have won many awards such as Bronze for Cannes Lion 2017 and D&AD 2017 wood pencil.
Fun, engaging, and beautiful, Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective lets you explore the visually stunning universe created by IC4DESIGN
Playing as detective Pierre, you must find your way and solve puzzles to retrieve the magical stone stolen by the nefarious Mr. X.
On your way to getting the Maze Stone back, you will meet adorable and hilarious characters, travelling literal works of art, and interact with a world that was previously only available on paper!
Storyline
A terrible crime has been committed at the Opera City Museum! Mr. X, Pierre's sworn enemy, has stolen and fled with the Maze Stone, a magical artefact that turns everything around it into a labyrinth. Under the call of the Opera City Museum, Pierre must undertake a new adventure that will lead him from the museum, to the city streets, to a castle in the sky, a haunted mansion and much more! There is no time to lose, lest the whole world turns into a maze!
Game Features
- Enter colorful worlds teeming with life and intricate details based on the best-selling children’s book series Pierre the Maze Detective by IC4DESIGN
- More than 100 hidden objects and unique trophies to find, engaging puzzles and minigames to stimulate your brain
- Over 500 interactions possible with the characters, items, and background
- Original soundtrack
- Each scene is based on a double-page illustration from the original work
- All levels are tied together by an overarching narration that will fill the detectives within us with purpose
- Available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Russian
Introduction of Darjeeling
Darjeeling is a multimedia studio based in Paris, France. Its founders, Marc Lustigman and Noam Roubah, established the studio in 2009, focusing on documentary production, animation for television, and video games. The studio first became recognized through the 2016 video game Californium. Its other notable milestones include Homo Machina in 2018, which won the Best Mobile Game award at Game Connection America and the Ping Awards.
Introduction of IC4DESIGN Studio (creator of Pierre the Maze Detective)
IC4DESIGN, creator of the Pierre the Maze Detective franchise, is an illustration studio based in Hiroshima (Japan) which was established by Hirofumi Kamigaki in March 1998. Thanks to their unique style, associating intricate worlds and scenes to colorful visuals, they have won many awards such as Bronze for Cannes Lion 2017 and D&AD 2017 wood pencil.
What Steam players say
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TLDR; This game is fun and special and unique. I suggest it completely. What works: +incredible attention to detail +humor is excellent +difficult without being grueling/still fun though frustrating +consistent mechanics that grow with you over time +gorgeous art style +achievements are not too hard to acquire if you are ready to talk to everyone and take every path. I'm super dilligent about this, so it seemed easy to me. It was fun to be talking to yet another person and OOP! got an achievement. Also, there are a few people you want to talk to each level, but I didn't realize that for a while and I gave characters I saw consistently my own names. These characters were like Westworld robots, you'd talk to them at this point and they're in this part of their story and later they're talking about new stuff, continuing the plot. Fabulous. There were so many fun interactions and dialogues. I really got lost in it. I loved it. +consistent story that is satisfying enough and also skippable for those who don't like cut scenes +fun blend of hidden object, logic, pathing, and timed challenges I got my blue ribbon and I played the absolute fawk out of this game. Just loved it to death. I…1 found this helpful
What a joyful experience! Fun, charming and relaxing!1 found this helpful
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is a charming puzzle adventure developed by Darjeeling and published by Pixmain that successfully transforms a beloved illustrated maze book into an engaging interactive experience. Inspired by the works of IC4DESIGN, the game follows the famous detective Pierre as he races to recover the legendary Maze Stone after it is stolen by his longtime nemesis, Mr. X. With the magical artifact capable of reshaping entire cities into elaborate labyrinths, Pierre embarks on a colorful journey through imaginative locations filled with secrets, quirky characters, and countless visual surprises. Rather than relying on action or high-pressure gameplay, the adventure encourages players to immerse themselves in exploration, making every environment feel like a living picture book waiting to be discovered. The game's greatest strength lies in its extraordinary visual design. Every stage is handcrafted with remarkable attention to detail, featuring vibrant illustrations packed with animated characters, humorous scenes, and tiny environmental stories unfolding in every direction. From lively marketplaces and mysterious castles to museums and fantasy landscape…
卡通画面精美治愈，充满极繁主义的奇幻风格，空间设计有非常多的巧思，每条岔路都让人充满探索欲望，沉浸其中让人仿佛回到了美好的童年
I love this game~
That was fun!
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