Single-player games like This Way Madness Lies
Below are 10 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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Jack Move
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
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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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Doom & Destiny
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Be ready for the nerdiest adventure of your life! Journey with four everyday friends into this turn based hilarious jrpg filled with parodies and cameos! Explore a huge fantasy world full of secrets, monsters, dungeons and preposterous villains! Nerds are storming fantasy and it's awesome!
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Cris Tales
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play!
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Quartet
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG.
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Virgo Versus The Zodiac
Single-player alternative to This Way Madness Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with This Way Madness Lies.
Dethrone the Zodiacs, revive the Golden Age and purge the Heretics that swarm the galaxy as Virgo, the queen of Purity, in this unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG.
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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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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!