Single-player games like Malevolent Madness
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Malevolent 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.
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Ranked picks
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Backrooms: Lost Tape
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
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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The Maid
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
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Krampus is Home
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
Sebastian is a teenager who is waiting for his parents to come back home on a cold Christmas night. Soon he realizes that there is something evil lurking around. Experience Sebastian 's journey into a surreal world like no other.
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Panelak
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
Panelak is an old socialist-era building where strange things happen. Can you make it to the roof and help the helpless man?
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Apartment No 129
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
Emir, who has an interest in mysterious events, steps alone into the abandoned apartment known as "Apartment No 129" to trace the trail of a paranormal event that occurred in 2009 and shook the country. However, he will find himself in an unexpected confrontation within this horror apartment.
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Among Ashes
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
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Limoria
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
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SHADOW MANSION
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
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The Brothers Hotel
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
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Runway 66
Single-player alternative to Malevolent Madness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Malevolent Madness.
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.