Shadow Steps
Play Shadow Steps free online. Zombies walk your exact footsteps a few seconds behind you. Grab every key in the maze and reach the hatch without doubling back.
How to Play Shadow Steps
You are lost in a ruined lab maze. The zombies here cannot think for themselves. Each one follows your exact footsteps, a few seconds behind you, so a zombie is always standing right where you were a moment ago.
Collect every key in the maze. When the last key is picked up, the hatch in the far corner opens. Reach it to escape to the next maze.
You keep walking in the direction you chose until you reach a wall. If you stop for too long, the zombie catches up. If you turn around and walk back the way you came, you walk straight into it.
Keys often sit at the end of dead ends, so you need to dash in and out quickly. Every maze adds another zombie and shortens the gap behind you.
Controls
Touch
- Swipe up, down, left or right to choose your direction.
Keyboard
- Arrow keys or W, A, S and D choose a direction. You keep walking until you reach a wall. P pauses, M mutes.
Tips and Tricks
- Plan a route that goes round loops instead of back along the same corridor.
- You can press your next direction before you reach a corner, and you will turn as soon as you can.
- Short dead ends are safe to dash into. Long ones are risky.
- Never stand still for long. The zombie is always on its way.
About the Game
Shadow Steps is a maze game where your own past is the enemy. The zombies copy your moves exactly, so every route you take is one they will take too.
Each maze is made fresh, and none of its dead ends is too deep to escape. Your best score is kept in this browser and can go on the Top 10 board.
Shadow Steps FAQ
How do the maze zombies move?
Each one follows your exact path a few seconds behind you.
What opens the hatch in Shadow Steps?
Collecting every key in the maze.
Why did a zombie catch me in a dead end?
Walking back out of a dead end means walking back along your own path, where the zombie is.
Does Shadow Steps get harder?
Yes. Each maze adds a zombie and shortens the gap behind you.
