24 Narrative 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.

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.

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. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

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

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.

Its point of contact with Alice: Madness Returns is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: punishing difficulty and open world exploration.

It shares the essentials of what Alice: Madness Returns does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals: survival mechanics and punishing difficulty.

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.

It shares the essentials of what Alice: Madness Returns does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is 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.

It shares the essentials of what Alice: Madness Returns does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is Metroidvania exploration and open world exploration.

If Alice: Madness Returns worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is shooting mechanics and punishing difficulty.

What brings it close to Alice: Madness Returns is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals: fighting mechanics and punishing difficulty.

What carries over from Alice: Madness Returns is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings magic-based combat and post-apocalyptic world.