Single-player games like Project Smile
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Project Smile, 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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Manipulate: Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Project Smile.
Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?
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Scotophobia
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Project Smile.
Scotophobia is a psychological horror in which you’re your accommodation is rapidly changing ceasing to belong to you. Will you be able to uphold your abode, reveal the origin of the mysterious guests, keep sanity, and… survive?
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Lucid Falls
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Smile.
Manipulate gravity, space and time, and survive terrifying nightmares in a deeply atmospheric lucid dream. Facing terrifying creatures, and solving challenges that bend reality, every moment reveals more of the dark truth behind Lucid Falls.
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Blackforest
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Smile.
A realistic first-person horror game where you explore a dark underground basement, solve puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and escape from a ruthless killer who could be lurking around every corner.
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HERADÔNIA Director's cut
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Smile.
REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THE EVILS OF YOUR CORRUPT HEART, THOSE YOU TRIED TO BURY.
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It Happened At Night - A New Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Project Smile.
While working at a remote site deep in the woods, Chloe becomes entangled in a disturbing mystery that leads her into something far more terrifying than she could have imagined.
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Karakuru
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Smile.
Algı sınırlarını zorlayan bu yapımda gerçekliğin bizzat kendisi ol ve hayale karışmanı izle. Gerçeklikle düşün, yaşamla ölümün ayırt edilemediği bu yapımda Barlas, gelecekte yaşarken geçmişini yeniden yaratmak zorundadır. Peki ya, geçmiş geleceğin ta kendisiyse?
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Final Fall
Single-player alternative to Project Smile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Project Smile.
Final Fall is a psychological horror game about schizophrenia. Play as Ophelia, a woman with no memory after a failed suicide attempt. Solve brutal puzzles, survive hallucinations, and fight her inner demons. Suicide isn’t just backstory, it's gameplay. Resist or don't... Her life is in your hands.