Games like Smile Dog
If Smile Dog is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pomberito, Blue Maiden and Befriended Curse — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Smile Dog: You’ve got mail. You shouldn’t have opened it. A classic creepypasta brought to life as a cozy horror, where one email is all it takes for things to go wrong.
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Steam players who put hours into Smile Dog also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Pomberito
WHY THIS
Top pick for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Survive 5 nights in the heart of northeastern Argentina as a local farmer and reveal the truth behind the haunting tales of the Pombero in a world where folklore meets terror.
Blue Maiden
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
A slow-burning, psychological horror walking sim set in a haunted Japanese neighborhood.
Befriended Curse
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.
Five Nights at Freddy's
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
No, I'm not a Human
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Detention
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Stories Untold
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Smile Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Smile Dog at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Smile Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Five Nights at Freddy's
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smile Dog.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
Detention
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Smile Dog.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Frequently asked about Smile Dog
- How much does Smile Dog cost?
- Smile Dog is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Smile Dog?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smile Dog are Pomberito, Blue Maiden, Befriended Curse.
- Who developed Smile Dog?
- Smile Dog was developed by Sweet Sennin Games.
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