Games like Smile
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Smile for fans of strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Smile also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Smile: A simple trip to the doctor has turned the life of Theodore Caldwell upside down. Unaware of what has really happened, Theo now finds himself in a strange location with hostile entities around every corner. Smile utilizes time management and fear of the unknown to create a truly haunting experience.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Deep Sleep: The Beggining
Top pick for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smile.
Discover the truth about winderfield, the ghost town and solve the mysteries.
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Survive the Jurassic
Second-strongest match for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smile.
You're placed in a small, secluded house hidden deep within a dense jungle teeming with danger. The calm is short-lived as the ground shakes and distant roars grow louder—dinosaurs are closing in. Your only chance is to navigate the confined space, avoid detection!
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Fading Light VR: Antiworld
Third-strongest match for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smile.
The post-war world of nuclear explosion has trapped you in a dark circulated antiworld. Armed only with a faint flashlight and antimatter collector, you have to generate enough energy and hold on till the first sight of the morning light. Hurry, but be careful, it's rumored that you are not alone...
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Don't Leave
Ranked #4 for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smile.
Welcome to a mysterious adventure where justice and the supernatural intertwine! Judge Harlan, in his old country cottage, faces a mysterious presence after his mother's sudden departure. Explore justice's limits in this extraordinary tale!
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Spectral Scream
Ranked #5 for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smile.
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
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Backrooms: Lost Tape
Ranked #6 for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile.
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
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There's Something In The Ice
Ranked #7 for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
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Agonize
Ranked #8 for Smile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
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Frequently asked about Smile
- How much does Smile cost?
- Smile is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Smile?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smile are Deep Sleep: The Beggining, Survive the Jurassic, Fading Light VR: Antiworld.
- Who developed Smile?
- Smile was developed by Ecco Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Smile.
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