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More about this game →We filtered the 46 games similar to Madison down to the 38 that fit the “Dark” category. Amnesia: Rebirth, Soma and Penumbra Overture top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Madison.
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Within the “Dark” category, the closest game to Madison is Amnesia: Rebirth — scoring 89/100 on our similarity scale. Soma and Penumbra Overture follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Madison. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, while skipping deep simulation
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Madison.
✓ Nearly identical: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.
≠ Missing: deep simulation.
Penumbra Overture is a survival horror game developed by Frictional Games. In the year 2001, after his mother's death, Phillip receives a message from his father who left the family and was supposedly dead. The letter leads Phillip to Greenland where he finds a mine his father wrote about.
It predates Madison by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and deep simulation
≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, deep RPG systems and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery game set on the enigmatic island of Narapela after the events of the zombie outbreak of the original Dead Island. The story lets players unravel the origins of the zombie virus through the eyes of the would-be documentary journalist Cliff Calo.
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Madison.
It predates Madison by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with cozy, relaxing feel, fantasy world and setting cartoon, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: combat.
✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals and combat.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Madison.
✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with combat magic and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals.
It predates Madison by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals and combat.
✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals and combat.
✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals and combat.
✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: vibe casual and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: combat.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Madison.
✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping deep simulation
Spooky and her mansion of creepy cuties are back in Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation! Can you survive 1000 rooms of adorable terror?
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: combat.
✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation
Titular best-selling psychological thriller author was going through a writer’s block, but when he tries to take a small vacation, it seems that he is attacked and has to fight off the “darkness” that possess people and animals alike.
Where it drifts furthest from Madison: visuals and combat.
It predates Madison by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
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