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Single-player games like Smile Your Day

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Smile Your Day, 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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    MULE: DON'T ASK QUESTIONS — Steam game cover

    MULE: DON'T ASK QUESTIONS

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    1-4 players. Smuggle secret packages across a 9 km² open world and a fully explorable international airport. Evade police patrols, customs inspections and airport security checkpoints while upgrading your vehicles, using disguises, and delivering the cargo before time runs out.

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wild Americas — Steam game cover

    Wild Americas

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    Chisel away a destructible landscape gathering minerals to craft bigger and better explosives in search of a priceless geological oddity.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SCP: Valravn — Steam game cover

    SCP: Valravn

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    You never lose a war, when war is what you sell. Infiltrate the Valravn Corp. Put down the horrors in the dark. Containment is not enough.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cod Quest! — Steam game cover

    Cod Quest!

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    Run, grow and defend the UK's last Fish and Chip Shop. Your chippy is under threat from an impending invasion; you have 30 days to prepare. Upgrade your shop, unlock better recipes, purchase new equipment and more!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Came From Space — Steam game cover

    They Came From Space

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    Be the First Alien Invaders on Earth to complete objectives and prepare it for FULL SCALE INVASION! They Came From Space is an open world co-op game where you can play with up to 4 players. Avoid scary humans while navigating a rural small town as you uncover the deep dark secrets of this world.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Expendabots — Steam game cover

    Expendabots

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    Expendabots is a 1–4 player co-op horror-extraction game where expendable robots explore ever-changing islands and terrifying dungeons. Outmatched and vulnerable, you’ll need to stay quiet, hide from hostile creatures, survive the horrors, and extract with your squad before the island is lost.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aliens Took My Stuff — Steam game cover

    Aliens Took My Stuff

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smile Your Day.

    In this 1-4 player co-op simulator, you are aliens stealing people's personal belongings straight from their homes to study their DNA. Use telekinesis, turn invisible, and deploy advanced sci-fi gadgets to rob houses clean. Just avoid getting caught by angry Earthlings!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burglin' Gnomes — Steam game cover

    Burglin' Gnomes

    Single-player alternative to Smile Your Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Smile Your Day.

    An online Co-op game about breaking into houses and causing havoc as a tiny gnome. Avoid danger, repurpose stolen household items, and complete tasks to meet the High-Gnome’s demands. Craft equipment and upgrade your home to make your missions easier and more successful.

    2026ActionAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →