Neo-retro arcade

Press. Flee.
Find the exit.

PunkMaze is a fast, neo-retro arcade maze game. Play on iPhone, Mac and Apple TV with shared progress and global leaderboards powered by Game Center.

iPhone Mac Apple TV Game Center
PunkMaze gameplay screenshot: a neon maze with the player robot and colorful enemies In-game
Trailer

See PunkMaze in action

A minute in the maze — neon corridors, close calls, one exit.

Story

From a Macintosh Plus to the App Store

I was eight years old in 1986, and I played on a Macintosh Plus — black-and-white screen, a fan that never stopped whirring, a floppy drive that crackled every time you launched something. That machine is where I played my very first games. I sank hours into it I could never count.

A real Macintosh Plus, still in use today, flanked by period Apple accessories
My Macintosh Plus.
PunkMaze title screen, 2026, with the five enemy characters
PunkMaze's title screen, 2026.

That Macintosh Plus is still there, in my living room, forty years later. And the fascination it gave me for playing never really left.

I wanted to feel it again — not as a memory, but by building a fast, nervy arcade maze myself, in the spirit of the maze games of that era, with the one thing 1986 couldn't offer: being able to play it anywhere, on iPhone, Mac or Apple TV, with the same progress and a shared Game Center leaderboard. That's PunkMaze.

Press kit

Game
PunkMaze — neo-retro arcade maze game
Platforms
iPhone, Mac, Apple TV — shared progress and leaderboard via Game Center
Levels
16 different levels
Trailer
Watch on YouTube
For press
Free review code available on request — just get in touch.
Developer
Punkmaze Company
Press contact
contact@punkmaze.com

Screenshots

PunkMaze level 1 — neon cyan maze
Level 1
PunkMaze level 2 — molten lava maze
Level 2
PunkMaze level 3 — emerald lab maze
Level 3

Power-ups

In-game power-up guide.

Volt can hold one power at a time and trigger it with the Space bar: SURGE (a speed boost — electric trail stuns pursuers), GLITCH (phase through the next wall you hit), or EMP (freeze every bouncer for a moment). Chaining pickups fills the FRENZY meter, unleashing double score plus a speed surge.

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Features

Built for the Apple ecosystem

Simple to pick up, designed to keep you coming back.

Arcade gameplay

Fast, punchy, neo-retro. Every run takes minutes, every record falls in seconds.

Universal experience

Play on iPhone, Mac and Apple TV with the same progress, wherever you pick it back up.

Global leaderboards

Challenge players from all over the world with leaderboards built natively on Game Center.

Controller support

Modern gamepads — Xbox, PlayStation, MFi — via native Bluetooth on Mac and Apple TV, for direct, precise control.

Need help?

Found a bug, or have a question about a run or your progress? Reach out — every message gets a personal reply.

Privacy

Privacy Policy

PunkMaze respects your privacy. This policy explains, in plain language, what data is handled when you use the app on iPhone, Mac or Apple TV.

No personal data collected by the app

PunkMaze does not collect, store, or sell any personal data directly. The game has no user account, no advertising tracker, and no third-party analytics tool.

Game Center and leaderboards

Scores and rankings shown in the game are handled by Game Center, Apple's own service. That data is processed directly by Apple under its own privacy policy, anonymously from PunkMaze's point of view: we have no access to your identity or to any personal information tied to your scores.

Data stored locally

Your game preferences and progress may be saved locally on your device (and via iCloud if you have it enabled), simply so you can pick up a run where you left it.

Children

PunkMaze does not ask any player, of any age, for personal information.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated if how the game works changes. The date of the last update is shown below.

Contact us

For any question about this privacy policy, write to contact@punkmaze.com.

License

License

© 2026 Punkmaze Company. All rights reserved. This website, the PunkMaze game and all their content — source code, images, sounds, music, icons and text — are a copyrighted work. They are not released under an open-source license.

What's not allowed without prior written permission

  • Reproducing, distributing or publishing all or part of this game or its code, in any form.
  • Reusing the graphic or audio assets in another project, including after modification, resizing or format conversion.
  • Publishing an app derived from this game, or reusing substantial portions of it.
  • Using the name "PunkMaze", its logo or icon to identify another product, or in a way that would suggest a connection with it.

What's allowed

  • Downloading and playing the game as part of its normal use.
  • Quoting short excerpts, with attribution, for educational or journalistic purposes.

Other uses

Any other use requires written permission: contact@punkmaze.com.