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Malum

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Malum is the premier C-list horror game. Run from a motely collection of bizarre demons then summon in some guns to turn the tables on them. Best enjoyed with friends.

What works

  • Fun and challenging cooperative gameplay
  • Unique monsters and maps
  • Good value for price
  • Active and responsive developer
  • Engaging horror atmosphere with humor

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and maps
  • Some bugs and ai quirks
  • Slow pacing and stamina system complaints
  • In-game voice chat issues
  • Replayability limited after achievements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • KLETKA

  • CRYO

  • Project Unknown

  • Occult

  • PIT OF GOBLIN

  • PANICORE

Less expressive

Games that feels like Malum but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Watchers

  • Pacify

  • Paranoia Place: Escape Together

  • Emissary Zero

  • The Devourer: Hunted Souls

  • Bureau of Contacts

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Malum. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Malum. These titles are not in What to play next.

Malum: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026