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Games like Mouse Trap

1981

You guide a mouse through a maze full of cats, collecting cheese while dodging pursuers in a fast, simple take on the Pac-Man formula. Its appeal lies in the quick, straightforward chase through early arcade mazes.

  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Mouse Trap are Timberman, Pretty Girls Panic! and Pac-Man Championship Edition. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mouse Trap special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Timberman

85 %Match

2014PCSteam Deck verified93 % positive0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Mouse Trap: gameplay over story, a bright tone and easy-to-grasp systems.

A simple arcade game where you chop a tree as a lumberjack at breakneck speed while dodging the branches. Easy to learn, hard to master, built around chasing high scores and unlocking new lumberjacks.

Pretty Girls Panic!

Gameplay comes before story

An arcade puzzle game in the vein of Qix where you carve away areas of the screen to reveal pictures of pretty girls while dodging sea creatures. The tone is tongue-in-cheek and built around fan service.

Pac-Man Championship Edition

Linear, curated structure

You guide Pac-Man through ghost-filled mazes again, but rapid pacing, chain multipliers and constantly shifting rules turn the classic into a frantic high-score chase. It was designed by Tōru Iwatani himself, the creator of the original, and became his final game before retiring.

Lightfish

Linear, curated structure

You guide a small fish through the abyssal deep and draw lines across unexplored territory to trap and destroy monsters. One touch from an enemy is fatal, so every line has to be planned carefully.

Bit.Trip Beat

Gameplay comes before story

A rhythm-driven retro arcade game in the style of Pong: you bat incoming beats back with a paddle in time to the music, while pixel visuals and chiptune sound blend into a hypnotic experience.

Progressbar95

Linear, curated structure

You fill a progress bar while fighting off office assistants, calculators and annoying pop-ups. The game turns nostalgic Windows 95 interface elements into quirky enemies and obstacles, with a playful, humorous tone.

Snake II

Gameplay comes before story

The classic Nokia phone arcade game: guide a growing snake around the screen, eat food and avoid crashing into your own tail. Simple, addictive and built around chasing high scores.

Safety First!

Linear, curated structure

You use twin-stick controls to spray magical repair liquid and fix broken electric wires across 69 physics-puzzle levels. A quirky mix of dexterity and puzzle-solving.

QuantZ

Linear, curated structure

You steer a cube with the mouse and drop marbles onto it to trigger chain reactions. It blends puzzle and action into a simple but addictive loop.

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