Single-player games like Mad Father
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Mad Father, 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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Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
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Angels of Death
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
"Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.
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The Witch's House MV
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
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Coffin of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
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Corpse Party
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
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Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
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The Crooked Man
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.
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DreadOut
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mad Father.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mad Father.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Father.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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WORLD OF HORROR
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Father.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
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OFF
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Father.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Godcall Defense Line
Single-player alternative to Mad Father — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Father.
"Godcall Defense Line" is a multiplayer cooperative game. It combines action, strategy, real - time strategy, and tower defense. Players can summon gods, ghosts, beasts, heroes, and build defenses like walls and guns to fend off continuous enemy attacks.