Games like The Night Shift
If The Night Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Apartament 1406: Horror, The Stalked 2 and The Stalked — 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 The Night Shift: Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
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Steam players who put hours into The Night Shift 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.
Apartament 1406: Horror
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.
The Stalked 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
The Stalked
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Escaped from Liam's obsession, Kate seeks refuge in her grandpa's mansion. Strange occurrences raise questions about Liam's presence or another figure. Unraveling mysterious letters, Kate embarks on a journey, seeking peace.
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
HORROR TALES: The Wine
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
From The Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
Beyond Hanwell
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
HORROR TALES: The Beggar
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Night Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Control space-time to fight an evil monster in this terror and science fiction journey set in a shattered but beautiful world. Bend physics, the sky and the earth itself in engaging boss-fight encounters with the full power of Unreal Engine 5 and Nvidia DLSS.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Night Shift at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Sally Face - Episode One
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Night Shift on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
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 The Night Shift.
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 The Night Shift.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Night Shift.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Night Shift
- Does The Night Shift work on Steam Deck?
- The Night Shift is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Night Shift cost?
- The Night Shift is listed on Steam at 5.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Night Shift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Night Shift are Apartament 1406: Horror, The Stalked 2, The Stalked.
- Who developed The Night Shift?
- The Night Shift was developed by Red Spiral Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Night Shift.
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