8 Games like Alice: Madness Returns on PS5 that you should try

If Alice: Madness Returns worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings shooting mechanics and open world exploration.

If Alice: Madness Returns worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings exploration and discovery.

If Alice: Madness Returns worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings a mythological setting.

On paper it is what Alice: Madness Returns is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

What brings it close to Alice: Madness Returns is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings deep simulation and open world exploration.

Shelved next to Alice: Madness Returns for good reason: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings open world exploration and magic-based combat.

Same family as Alice: Madness Returns: fantasy world, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Alice: Madness Returns is strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a cyberpunk setting.