Games like Malice
If Malice is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gluua, Eternal Haunt and Psycho Fear — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and mysterious. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Malice: You fall through a sinkhole into a nightmarish Japanese mansion with a lingering, sinister presence and terrifying threats… and the only way out is deeper in. Malice is a two-player, compulsory co-op survival horror that forces you to make unforgiving choices and rely on your wits to survive.
Players who liked Malice also play
Steam players who put hours into Malice also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Gluua
WHY THIS
Top pick for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Malice.
first-person 1-4 multiplayer horror game. The game will allow players to take on the role of a spirit liberator who will be able to freely choose missions based on the difficulty and readiness they like or want to do. Players will encounter the supernatural and find the truth in that place.
Eternal Haunt
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
A first-person atmospheric survival horror game set in Old Japan. Explore the claustrophobic labyrinth of Yuki-Onna's home, stay warm, scavenge for items and avoid her ten ghost children. Puzzle solutions and haunting scares shift, making every playthrough unique. Can you endure the relentless cold?
Psycho Fear
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
Psycho Fear is a heart-pounding escape room puzzle where players must escape to survive. Solve challenging puzzles, overcome deadly obstacles in an intense atmosphere, nerve-wracking and dark environment will keep players on edge.
Peek
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Malice.
An audio-deduction horror game where the best way to play is to close your eyes. Listen to the sounds of the ritual room, track a restless spirit across a ritual grid using sound alone, and place the correct relics to complete the exorcism.
The Maze Project
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
The Maze Project is a psychological horror game set in a dark, creepy maze. Unaware of how you found yourself here, you must escape from this twisted nightmare. Survive from the dark manifestations that lurk around the maze waiting for every opportunity to get you, and uncover the hidden secrets.
Deepscape Inc
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
A 2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first.
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Malice.
Ranked #7 for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.
Trance, Trauma
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Ranked #8 for Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
A woman killed herself. Uncover her motive in 3 surreal, hexagon rooms. Set in the aftermath of a tragic incident, Trance, Trauma is a point-and-click puzzle game where you play as the soul of the victim.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Malice at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action with Malice.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Malice.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Malice.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malice.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Malice.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Malice.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Malice.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Malice.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Malice
- Does Malice run on Steam Deck?
- Malice is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Malice cost?
- Malice is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Malice have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Malice supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Malice?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Malice are Gluua, Eternal Haunt, Psycho Fear.
- Who developed Malice?
- Malice was developed by Nimbus Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Malice.
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