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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The Maze: In Dark
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MadMan.
Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.
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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!
- 3
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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Bloody Moon - First Fear
Single-player alternative to MadMan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MadMan.
A Young girl thrown into a mass grave. A secret order born in Renaissance France. A thousand-year ritual rooted in real history. No weapons. No interface. No way out. The truth does not reveal itself all at once. You have to earn it.
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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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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.