IMHO.

Single-player games like Veil of Madness

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Veil of Madness, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Veil of Madness page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld — Steam game cover

    SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Veil of Madness.

    SIN CARDS is a permadeath Horror Deckbuilder. Craft powerful items, master the dark power of Sin Cards, and shape your build through a skilltree. Every decision counts. The Netherworld awaits you...

    2025RPG3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  2. 2
    My Only Heroes — Steam game cover

    My Only Heroes

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Veil of Madness.

    Assemble your squad in My Only Heroes, a roguelite deckbuilder where your deck is your Heroes. Start each run with random recruits, then brave shifting dungeons to unlock legendary Main Heroes with superior stats. Stack equipment for awesome combos and survive to reach Mayhem Mountain!

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Rune in the Three Kingdoms — Steam game cover

    Rune in the Three Kingdoms

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    The game currently adopts Diablo-like gameplay and data. the concepts of anger system, general system, and attack distance have been emphasized. In order to enhance the game experience, the levels and values ​​required for some data have been modified.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross — Steam game cover

    Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    A story-driven deckbuilding RPG set in the history of Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross. Unlike traditional deckbuilders, the teammates you recruit decide the success or failure of battles. Fight the war against the Teutonic, or tackle roguelite runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  5. 5
    Aces & Adventures — Steam game cover

    Aces & Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Veil of Madness.

    Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  6. 6
    Black Book — Steam game cover

    Black Book

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  7. 7
    Cultist Simulator — Steam game cover

    Cultist Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Veil of Madness.

    Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

    2018IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Inscryption — Steam game cover

    Inscryption

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  9. 9
    Conarium — Steam game cover

    Conarium

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — Steam game cover

    Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

    2014IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  11. 11
    Transient: Extended Edition — Steam game cover

    Transient: Extended Edition

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  12. 12
    Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage — Steam game cover

    Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Veil of Madness.

    In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  13. 13
    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes — Steam game cover

    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes

    Single-player alternative to Veil of Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Veil of Madness.

    Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →