Games like Absolute Insanity
If Absolute Insanity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pacify, Ziggurat and The Consuming Shadow — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, eerie and funny. 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.
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Players who liked Absolute Insanity also play
Steam players who put hours into Absolute Insanity 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.
Pacify
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Absolute Insanity.
Top pick for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Absolute Insanity.
Second-strongest match for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
The Consuming Shadow
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an unsettling mood with Absolute Insanity.
Third-strongest match for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a stressful mood with Absolute Insanity.
Ranked #4 for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Picayune Dreams
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Absolute Insanity.
Ranked #5 for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety, meta progression, atmospheric and an intense mood with Absolute Insanity.
Ranked #6 for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Backrooms Society
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles, procedural generation, atmospheric and an eerie mood with Absolute Insanity.
Ranked #7 for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
DOOM 3 Resurrection of Evil
WHY THIS
Shares boss arena combat and an intense mood with Absolute Insanity.
Ranked #8 for Absolute Insanity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
The gripping expansion pack for DOOM 3 takes your even further into the the DOOM universe. Two years following the unexplained disaster on Mars, the UAC returns to the abandoned facility to investigate a mysterious beacon buried deep in the ruins of the ancient civilization.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absolute Insanity at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~94% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Absolute Insanity on Steam right now. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
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.
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 with Absolute Insanity.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Chris Danelon
Other recommendable Steam games by Chris Danelon, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Indigo Parallel
WHY THIS
Shares an eerie mood with Absolute Insanity.
Another title from Chris Danelon, the studio behind Absolute Insanity. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
A surreal mind-bending journey into the depths of madness. You assume the role of Tom, a man hopelessly in love with Daisy, who embarks on a psychedelic adventure through a bizarre and unpredictable world.
Alpha Locus VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Chris Danelon, the studio behind Absolute Insanity. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Alpha Locus VR is a horror wave based shooter for the HTC Vive (PC). You can fight through various waves using both melee weapons and guns. As an immersive shooter, this game is scary and fun. This game is in the Alpha stage of production.
Zombie Liminal Fishing
WHY THIS
Another title from Chris Danelon, the studio behind Absolute Insanity. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Eliminate zombies in eerie liminal spaces. Gather zombie meat as bait for fish and sell your catch. Use the cash to upgrade weapons, unlock transportation devices, and access new zones. Repeat.
Vapor Strange
WHY THIS
Another title from Chris Danelon, the studio behind Absolute Insanity.
Explore bizarre procedural generated psychedelic worlds, encounter surreal creatures, experience shifting rulesets, retro aesthetics, and altered music for a wild and truly strange experience.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pacify
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Absolute Insanity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Ziggurat
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Absolute Insanity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
The Consuming Shadow
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an unsettling mood with Absolute Insanity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety, meta progression, atmospheric and an intense mood with Absolute Insanity.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Absolute Insanity.
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Frequently asked about Absolute Insanity
- How much does Absolute Insanity cost?
- Absolute Insanity is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Absolute Insanity?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absolute Insanity are Pacify, Ziggurat, The Consuming Shadow.
- Who developed Absolute Insanity?
- Absolute Insanity was developed by Chris Danelon.
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