Single-player games like MadMan
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to MadMan, 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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Ferus-The dark abyss
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Pay attention to what is hidden in the darkness, if you want to get out alive you will have to sharpen your wits!
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Noiseless
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Noiseless is a first-person survival horror game. You follow the story of a freelance investigative journalist who tries to uncover the secrets of the Gaudium Hospital.
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Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
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Waffle Cone Willie
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with MadMan.
In this first-person survival horror game, run and hide from Waffle Cone Willie, a haunted ice cream truck that roams through the town of Sweetwater seeking his next victim. Find clues, survive, and uncover the mystery and nightmare of Sweetwater.
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Misery Mansion
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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INVITATION To FEAR
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.
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Chicken Feet
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.