Agency of Reassigned Desks: a free maze game where the map keeps changing

What is Agency of Reassigned Desks?

Walk to your desk across an open-plan floor of filing cabinets. Every few steps Facilities redesigns the floor, and from Intermediate up your desk is reassigned too. Arrow keys, WASD or the on-screen pad.

Agency of Reassigned Desks is a free satire game: your desk has moved again, and Facilities redesigns the open-plan floor every few steps.

Walk with the arrow keys, WASD or the on-screen pad. When the cabinets move (and, from Intermediate up, your desk), plan a new route from where you stand.

At a glance

Category

Absurd Bureaucracy

Difficulty

Easy

Play time

5 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Walk

Each desk found: +100, plus 5 per step left in your budget.

Redesign

The floor changes every few steps: plan from where you stand.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Absurd and warm: every country, office, planet and form is made up, and every run ends on a real admin skill.

Scoring

Each desk found: +100, plus 5 for every step left in your budget.

Win by finding all three desks on Beginner, or two of three on Intermediate and Expert.

What it trains

Route planning

Finding a short path around obstacles.

Re-planning

Adapting when the map changes.

Strategy and tips

Take sure steps

Move toward the desk on a clear line; don't commit to a long detour that a redesign will undo.

Count down

The header shows how many steps until the next redesign.

Stay central

On Intermediate and Expert, the middle of the floor is closer to wherever the desk lands next.

Why play Agency of Reassigned Desks?

Plans change at work too. Taking the next sure step and re-planning beats following an old map.

Frequently asked questions