Single-player games like The madness of death
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The madness of death, 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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Six nights to die
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The madness of death.
Six nights to die is a first person psychological horror game. You are Karen a barmaid, you will have to investigate what are the strange happenings that are going on in the bar where you work while doing your daily work.
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Echoes of the Museum
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The madness of death.
"Echoes of the Museum" immerses you in a first-person psychological horror set inside a corrupted museum. You are Alicia, a restoration student drawn into a nightmare where collecting souls opens sealed paths, but slowly erodes your sanity and distorts reality.
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From The Other Side
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The madness of death.
"From the Other Side" immerses you in a chilling first-person psychological horror game. You are Steve, a security guard on his first night at work, tasked with monitoring security cameras and fixing unsettling anomalies that will make you question reality.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The madness of death.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Visage
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The madness of death.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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iBLiS
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The madness of death.
Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.
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CRUELTY
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The madness of death.
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to The madness of death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The madness of death.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.