Single-player games like Joyful Masks
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Joyful Masks, 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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Nightmares Awake
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
A psychedelic 1st-person immersive nightmare horror game steeped in the atmosphere of the works of classic writers.
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Not My Son
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
A psychological horror game where a stepfather is left alone with a disturbing child. Explore a quiet house, face growing nightmares, and piece together the truth behind the boy’s behavior.
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Siren's Call: Free Beta Edition
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Joyful Masks.
This is an outdated, public beta for Siren's Call: Escape Velocity. Home is where your body is. And like any good tourist trap, Siren’s Call will do whatever it can to keep you there as long as possible. They will drag you down like crabs in a bucket. They will make this place home.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
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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Mayfly
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this short narrative exploration game.
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Saoirse
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
Eight people are trapped in an abandoned neurotech facility. The only hope for escape is by surviving deathgames based on scans of each other's minds.
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Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joyful Masks.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
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BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH
Single-player alternative to Joyful Masks — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Joyful Masks.
In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity lurking in the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late?