Single-player games like This Way Madness Lies
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to This Way Madness Lies, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Cosmic Star Heroine
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.
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Cthulhu Saves Christmas
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Eldritch horror saves Christmas for fun & profit in this fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy.
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Cthulhu Saves the World
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!
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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!
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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Penny Arcade’s “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4” concludes the saga of Tycho Brahe, Scion of The Long Project, and his almost certainly human partner Jonathan Gabriel. The world has been destroyed, but existence extends beyond this mortal plane in the gruesome Underhell!
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Loser Reborn
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
A Lovecraftian Retro MetaRPG. Marty Stu got reincarnated as a prince in another world. But happily-ever-after comes with Daemon Sultan Azathoth, naturally, and a tough decision to make. When Marty finally realizes life is never that easy, he also learns something is unspeakably wrong...
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Parasite Mutant
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is a bio-horror RPG featuring a retro third-person semi-fixed camera and an ATC combat system that blends real-time and turn-based elements. You play as Nova, a Psionic Agent sent to investigate a mysterious abandoned city-island, ultimately uncovering the hidden truth and rewriting fate.
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My Holiday 2
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
This is the second part of the long holiday of labor and capital! It tells the story of the protagonist's return to his hometown in the summer vacation three years after his previous work, but he is invaded by the meow man.
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Breath of Death VII
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!