Single-player games like Why don't they laugh?
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Why don't they laugh?, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Lonely Christmas
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Why don't they laugh?.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Exorcist 2: Crow Magic
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Why don't they laugh?.
Are you ready to witness the adventure of the Exorcist, a master of magic and exorcism, and exorcise the most powerful dark being, the crow demon?
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VOW
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
Vow is a mystical game about a cursed village frozen between sunset and night. Explore abandoned houses, read birch bark letters, and observe ancient rituals to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of its inhabitants — and your own fate.
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Like a dog
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
Inside an infinite laboratory where inhumane experiments were conducted on dogs, a concise story about loneliness, perseverance, and madness is told...
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System Malfunction
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
"System Malfunction" is a first-person horror game set in a mysterious building. The player takes on the role of a security guard who witnesses strange occurrences during the night shift. In a fear-inducing environment, the player explores the building to uncover hidden truths.
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Something on the Floor
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
You are left alone in a hotel where everyone has disappeared. Search the endlessly repeating floors for hidden anomalies, eliminate them, and escape. Trust nothing. Something is on this floor.
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Route8
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Why don't they laugh?.
"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."
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Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins.
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Why don't they laugh?.
🎃 A fun indie western-style shooter where you must protect the townspeople from hordes of living pumpkins, find a hidden stash of gold, and uncover a farmers' conspiracy. And, of course, there’s a betrayal involved too.
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Masters in the Shadows
Single-player alternative to Why don't they laugh? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Why don't they laugh?.
Become an artifact seeker or a hunter, tracking seekers in the abandoned American town of the 1950s - now inhabited by feral robots and mutated humans.