Single-player games like Half-Life: Blue Shift
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Half-Life: Blue Shift, 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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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Black Mesa
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Relive Half-Life.
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Prospekt
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him, his Vortigaunt allies manage to find some help from a forgotten hero.
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Crysis Warhead®
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.
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Transmissions: Element 120
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
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STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
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SUPERHOT
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
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Abiotic Factor
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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Contraband Police
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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The Office Void
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
You’re stuck on the night shift. The code refuses to compile, the deadline is on fire, and your mind is no longer yours. To keep from passing out and blowing the entire shift, you have to drink coffee. Lots of it.
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Borderlands 2
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
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Borderlands 3
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.
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Borderlands 4
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Borderlands 4 is a mayhem-fueled looter shooter, jam-packed with billions of weapons, deadly enemies, and intense co-op action. Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...
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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Single-player alternative to Half-Life: Blue Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Half-Life: Blue Shift.
Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.