7 Puzzle games like Alice: Madness Returns 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 horror setting, 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 an anime aesthetic.

Shelved next to Alice: Madness Returns for good reason: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings a medieval setting.

What brings it close to Alice: Madness Returns is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is fighting mechanics.

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.

Genre puts it alongside Alice: Madness Returns, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and 3D presentation.

The thread back to Alice: Madness Returns runs through single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.