Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
Released Jun 2021
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
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Evaluation
Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective launched on June 22, 2021 as a complete, self-contained puzzle adventure game adapted from the Pierre the Maze Detective children's book series. The developer described it at launch as a finished product featuring 10 levels, over 100 hidden objects, and over 500 interactions — all the content in the game was present on day one.
Following launch, the developer issued a handful of bug fix patches in June and August 2021, and resolved a content packaging error in April 2022. These were all maintenance updates with no new gameplay content added. There have been no DLC listings, no announced expansions, no roadmaps, and no developer communications suggesting additional content is in the works.
The most recent developer communication on Steam was the April 2022 bug fix post. Since then — over four years ago — there has been complete silence from the developer on any new content. The game has no post-launch content update pattern to speak of, and the store description makes no mention of planned additions. This game launched as a finished product and the developer has never indicated otherwise.
Evidence
Launch post describes the game as a complete package: 10 levels, 100+ hidden objects, 500+ interactions, original soundtrack — all available at release after 3 years of development.
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained adventure with a defined set of levels, puzzles, and interactions. No mention of DLC, expansions, or future content.
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Developer
Publisher
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Achievements
41
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
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!
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.Are these done yet?
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