Maze generator

Maze shape controls the outer outline of the maze, such as a rectangle, circle, star, heart, house, animal, or another silhouette.
Maze grid controls the structure of the paths inside that shape. For example, the same house-shaped maze can be built with a square grid, triangle grid, hexagon grid, or circular grid.

The generator supports several grid types:
Square grid creates classic mazes with horizontal and vertical paths.
Triangle grid creates sharper, angled paths based on triangular cells.
Hexagon grid creates honeycomb-like paths with more directions.
Circular grid creates ring-based mazes that work well for round puzzles and center-focused paths.

Choose Square grid for a classic printable maze.
Choose Triangle grid or Hexagon grid for a more unusual geometric look.
Choose Circular grid for round mazes or puzzles where the path leads toward the center.

Maze difficulty controls how detailed the maze is.
Easier mazes use fewer cells and are simpler to solve. Harder mazes use more cells, creating longer paths, more turns, and more dead ends.
For shape-based mazes, difficulty controls the amount of maze detail inside the selected shape.

Maze style changes how the paths are generated. Different styles create different maze patterns, such as long corridors, dense branches, winding paths, or row-based layouts.

The generator includes several maze styles based on common maze generation algorithms:
Diagonal paths — based on the Binary Tree algorithm.
Side paths — based on the Sidewinder algorithm.
Random maze — based on the Aldous-Broder algorithm.
Smooth random maze — based on Wilson’s Algorithm.
Long corridors — based on the Hunt-and-Kill algorithm.
Winding paths — based on the Recursive Backtracker algorithm.
Branching maze — based on Kruskal’s Algorithm.
Dense maze — based on Simplified Prim’s algorithm.
Balanced maze — based on True Prim’s algorithm.
Row-by-row maze — based on Eller’s Algorithm.

Winding paths is a good default choice for most worksheets. It creates clear, interesting mazes with twisting paths.
For simpler-looking mazes, try Long corridors.
For more complex-looking mazes, try Dense maze or Branching maze.

Start and finish controls where the maze begins and ends.
Bottom to top places the entrance near the bottom and the exit near the top.
Left to right places the entrance on one side and the exit on the opposite side.
Longest path tries to create a longer route through the maze.
Edge to center tries to guide the path from the outer edge to an inner opening.
No start or finish creates a maze without entrance and exit markers.

Use Edge to center for circular mazes or shapes that have an inner opening, such as a ring, frame, donut, or shape with a clear empty space inside.
If the selected shape does not have a usable inner opening, this option may not work.

Some shapes have wide, clear areas that are easy to turn into a maze. Other shapes may have very thin parts, small details, or disconnected areas.
Simple shapes usually work best. Very detailed silhouettes may need a lower difficulty level or a different shape.

Some shapes cannot create a valid path. This can happen when the shape has disconnected parts, very narrow areas, or no usable inner opening for an edge-to-center maze.
If this happens, please choose a different shape.

Yes. The worksheet can include an answer key showing the correct path through the maze. This is useful for teachers, parents, and printable activity pages.

Yes. Each maze is generated automatically based on the selected settings. Click New maze to create another version with the same options.

This maze generator is based on the open-source codebox/mazes project by Codebox.
You can also view the original maze generator demo on codebox.net.
The original project is a JavaScript maze generator that supports square, triangular, hexagonal, and circular grids, along with several common maze generation algorithms.
The source code is available on GitHub and is licensed under the MIT License.

The maze worksheets generated with this tool are released by us into the public domain.
You may use the generated mazes for personal, educational, classroom, nonprofit, or commercial projects without asking for permission.

Yes. The mazes generated with this tool are released into the public domain by us.
You can print them, share them, use them in classroom materials, include them in activity books, or use them in commercial projects.

Credit is appreciated but not required for the maze worksheets generated with this tool.
The tool itself is based on open-source code licensed under the MIT License, and we provide attribution to the original project in this FAQ.