Single-player games like Smell like a puddle
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Smell like a puddle, 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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Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN)
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN) is a hidden object game. The player's task is to find things hidden on the map. Help Alice cross this path, destroy the ego-structure, get out of the abyss, find the key.
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NEUROZA
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Smell like a puddle.
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This Is Not Your House
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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stikir
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
This game is about making this game.
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Mercury Elopement Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Smell like a puddle.
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
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Bad Dream: Stories
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to Smell like a puddle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smell like a puddle.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.