Single-player games like The Smiling Flesh
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Smiling Flesh, 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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SHADOW MANSION
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Smiling Flesh.
A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.
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The Maze: In Dark
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Smiling Flesh.
Relying on a single flashlight, secure your objective in the dark factory and escape avoiding 'his' eyes. Overcome the extreme fear of the unknown that the darkness brings, and break through your limits.
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Dread Flats
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Smiling Flesh.
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Smiling Flesh.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Smiling Flesh.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Never Again
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Smiling Flesh.
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Smiling Flesh.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to The Smiling Flesh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Smiling Flesh.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!