Single-player games like The Third Shift
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Third 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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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Third Shift.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Home
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
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Clock Tower: Rewind
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Third Shift.
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
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Tormenture
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
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Silver Pines
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Fishing Vacation
Single-player alternative to The Third Shift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Third Shift.
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure